Editing future periods on activities which are in progress or complete.
You can edit future period values for planned units on an assignment at any time (before or after the data date), even if the activity associated with the assignment is in progress or has an actual finish date.
For remaining early units, you can only edit values for future periods on an assignment that fall after the data date. You cannot edit remaining early units values for period before the data date when an activity is in progress, even if you entered the values before work began on the activity. Once an activity has an actual finish date, you can not edit remaining unit values.
Note: When work on an activity is not proceeding according to plan, you can reestimate the remaining work on the assignment and update the remaining units on the assignment without changing the original plan. This allows you to compare the original baseline plan with the work that actually occurred. If the project schedule has deviated significantly from the original plan and several activities need to be re-estimated, you can update the planned units for those assignments and make another baseline for the project, or update the existing baseline.
Using Apply Actuals for assignments with manual future period values.
P6 will consider the data you entered in future periods when applying actuals if Auto Compute Actuals is selected on the activity or for the resource assigned to the activity.
Updating progress for assignments with edited future period values.
Actuals are applied to edited values for future periods on assignments depending on the way you update activity progress.
If you update activity progress by modifying the remaining units or remaining early finish on the assignment, the actual units for the activity are updated using the budgeted unit distribution you specified when you apply actuals, if the project option Recalculate actual units and cost when Duration % Complete changes is selected.
If you update activity progress by modifying the actual units on the activity or assignment, edited future period budgeted and remaining unit values are not updated when you apply actuals.
Removing progress from an activity with edited future period values.
When you remove progress from an activity that has edited future period values on an associated assignment, P6 adheres to the setting for removing progress from activities in the preferences for the project.
If Reset planned duration and units to remaining is selected the edited future period planned unit values for the assignment are respread to match the remaining unit values.
If Reset remaining duration and units to planned is selected the edited future period remaining unit values for the assignment are respread to match the planned unit values.
Earned value.
P6 will consider the data you entered in future periods when calculating earned value.
Reference Topics
P6 Team Member Interface Field Names
Action Required for Document Reviews Toolbar
Action Required for Workflows Toolbar
Activity Count Columns of the Activity Table
Activity Steps Columns of the Activity Table
Applying Actuals Based on the Auto Compute Actuals Method
Applying Actuals Based on the Timesheets Method
Available Columns of the Activities Page
Available Columns of the Assignments Detail Window of the Activities Page
Available Columns of the Assignments Page
Available Columns of the EPS Page
Baseline Columns of the EPS Table
Bubble Chart Settings Area
Budget Columns of the EPS Table
Calendar Tab of the View Calendar Dialog Box of the Activities Page, EPS Page, Assignments Page, or Resources Page
Cost Columns of the EPS Table
Costs Columns of the Activity Table
Costs Columns of the Assignments Table
Dates Columns of the Activity Table
Dates Columns of the Assignments Table
Dates Columns of the EPS Table
Default Settings for Views
Document Search Criteria
Document Security (Reference)
Durations Columns of the Activity Table
Durations Columns of the Assignments Table
Durations Columns of the EPS Table
Earned Value Columns of the Activity Table
Earned Value Columns of the EPS Table
Errors Section of the Leveling Report Log
Future Period Planning: Deleting, Copying, Pasting, and Replacing Data
Future Period Planning: Entering and Editing Data
Future Period Planning: Importing and Exporting Data
Future Period Planning: Miscellaneous Information
Future Period Planning: Settings
Future Period Planning: Troubleshooting
General Columns of the Activity Table
General Columns of the Assignments Table
General Columns of the EPS Table
Histogram Chart Settings Area
Level Resources Dialog Box (Reference)
Lists Columns of the Activity Table
Multiple Float Paths of the Activities Table
My Reviews Toolbar
My Workflows Toolbar
Number of Activities Columns of the EPS Table
Pages Supporting Filters
Percent Complete Columns of the Activity Table
Percent Complete Columns of the Assignments Table
Percent Complete Columns of the EPS Table
Performance Status Calculations
Personal Information Tab of the My Preferences Page
Pie Chart Settings Area
Portfolio Analysis Settings Area
Portfolio Analysis Toolbar
Portfolios Navigation Bar
Pre-response Thresholds (Risks)
Preferences Columns of the EPS Table
Private Documents Toolbar
My Documents Portlet Toolbar
Publication columns of the EPS Table
Recent Documents Toolbar
Resource Columns of the Assignments Table
Resources Navigation Bar
Risk Exposure (Pre-response)
Risk Exposure Calculations
Risk Scoring Method Description
Scorecard Settings Area
Set the Industry Type (P6 EPPM Only)
Standard Work Week Tab of the View Calendar Dialog Box of the Activities Page, EPS Page, Assignments Page, or Resources Page
Summary Columns of the EPS Table
Summary Tab of the View Calendar Dialog Box of the Activities Page, EPS Page, Assignments Page, or Resources Page
Team Member and P6 Mobile tab of the Consent Notice Page
Timesheet Feedback Columns of the Activity Table
Units Columns of the Activity Table
Units Columns of the Assignments Table
Units Columns of the EPS Table