StoringofPeriodPerformance
WhenbillinginExcel(AIAform)orintheP6schedulethecurrentbillingperiodamountsmustberolledor movedtothePreviouslyBilledorActualCostcategoriesbeforestartinganewbillingperiod. WhenthebillinghasbeenapprovedandfinalizedintheAIAformitcanbecopiedtoanewfileforuseinthe nextbillingperiod.TorollorclearouttheThisPeriodamountsinExcel,thecurrentperiodamountswill havetobeaddedintothePreviousApplicationcolumncells.Thiscreatesastartingpointforthenewbilling period.Seegraphicsbelow.   Copiedfilereadytoberolled
 Rolledfilereadyforcurrentperiodbilling
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StoringofPeriodPerformance(continued)
 CostloadedschedulesinP6reflectbillingproceduresverysimilartoExcel,butrollorstoredata differently.LiketheAIAExcelfile,makingacopyofthescheduletopreservethepreviousbillingperiod amountswillbethefirststep.  ThefollowingstepsarerequiredtoperformaStorePeriodPerformancefunctioninPrimaveraP6. 1. Thefirststepistoclosethecurrentfile(File,CloseAll)andnavigatetothePROJECTMode.  2. SelecttheUP1BdatabaseandrightmouseclicktobringupthedropdownmenuwhichdisplaystheCOPY function.  3. SelectCOPY,thenrightmouseclickagainandselectPASTE.  ClickOKineachofthethreedialogboxesthatcomeupaftertheCopyandPastefunctions.  4. RenameUP1B1toUP1CandgivetheProjectNameadesignatorofFINAL.Seegraphicbelow. 
  5. OpenfileUP1C  6. ReturntotheACTIVITIESModeandlocatetheP6TrainingCDRom.LoadCDRomifnotintheCDdrive.            
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StoringofPeriodPerformance(continued)
 7. NextselectVIEW,LAYOUT,OPEN,IMPORTtobringinapreviouslycreatedlayoutontheP6TrainingCD. Seegraphicbelow. 
8. IntheImportLayoutdialogbox,navigatetotheLAYOUTfolderontheP6TrainingCDROMandselect thefilenamedOVERALLBILLINGLAYOUT.plf,thenselectApply.Seegraphicsbelow.  
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StoringofPeriodPerformance(continued)
 Thegraphicbelowisthecorrectrepresentationofhowthenewlyimportedlayoutshouldlook.Checkthe columnsinthetabularareaaswellasthecolumnsintheResourcestabtomakesurethattheformat importedcorrectly. 
ActualLaborUnits generatedduringstatus ofactivities NoCost Actuals
 AlthoughtheP6trainingdatabasehasbeenupdatedandtheActualUnitsThisPeriodhavebeengenerated (bytheprogram),theActualThisPeriodCosts(actualcosts)havetobeinputmanually. 9. SelectActivityC10000andintheRESOURCEStab(intheActivityDetailwindowatthebottomofthe screen)clickintotheActualThisPeriodCostcolumn(intheLUMPSUMResource)andmanuallytypein $50,000.Seegraphicbelow.  
EntertheThisPeriod ActualCostmanuallyin thiscell.
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StoringofPeriodPerformance(continued)
 ClassExercise: InthespreadsheetbelowentertheActualsThisPeriodamountsforeachoftheactivitiesassociatedinthe P6module.
  AfteralloftheActualsThisPeriodhavebeenentered,theActualThisPeriodLaborCostcolumnshould resemblethegraphicbelow. 
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StoringofPeriodPerformance(continued)
 10. WiththecorrectvaluesforActualUnitsandCostThisPerioddisplayed,itisnowpossibletorollor storethePeriodPerformanceintheP6module.SelectTOOLS,STOREPERIODPERFORMANCE.See graphicbelow. 
  11. TheStorePeriodPerformancedialogboxwillappearwiththeProjectstobeUpdated.Checkthe SELECTEDboxifthereisnotcheckmarkandselecttheSTORENOWbuttontoinitiatetherollingof actualstostoredperformance.SelecttheYESbuttontocommencetheStorePeriodPerformance.See graphicsbelow. 
STORENOWbutton initiatesStorePeriod Performancefunction
ProjectData SelecttheYESbuttonto commenceStorePeriod Performance
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StoringofPeriodPerformance(continued)
 AftertheStoredPeriodPerformancehasbeencompletedtheActualThisPeriodLaborUnitsandtheActual ThisPeriodLaborCostscolumnsarecompletelyzeroedout.TheActualLaborUnitsandActualTotalCost columnsarepopulatedwiththecorrectfigures.Seegraphicbelow. 
 
Thisproceduremustbedoneaftereachbillingperiodisconsideredfinalandbeforethenextbillingperiod starts.
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