P6 Timescale dialog. Two Lines, Timescale Start PS, Date Interval Quarter/Month, Show Primary Dates.

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Layouts, filters, Gantt, print · 46 topics.

Timescale is a view setting. It is not a schedule object.

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  1. A Location

    Location is lat/long on project/activity/resource; not an activity code

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  2. A Reflection

    Reflection is a mergeable what-if copy; What-If status alone is not a reflection

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  3. Activity Feedback

    TASKFDBK is resource comments on an activity; not TASKMEMO, not Discussion

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  4. Activity Network

    Activity Network is a Show-on-Top WBS diagram; not Trace Logic or TASKPRED; positions as .ANP, no XER table

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  5. Activity Usage Profile

    Activity Usage Profile is a Show-on-Bottom histogram of activity units/cost; not the usage spreadsheets or Resource Usage Profile; no XER table

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  6. Activity Usage Spreadsheet

    Activity Usage Spreadsheet is a timescaled activity view; not Resource Usage Spreadsheet; not editable; no XER table

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  7. Admin Categories

    Admin Categories is Admin > Admin Categories standard category dictionaries; not Admin Preferences; no ADMINCAT table

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  8. Admin Preferences

    Admin Preferences is Admin > Admin Preferences enterprise defaults; not User Preferences; no table on project XER

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  9. Check Out

    Check Out is remote lock-and-copy; Exclusive is a session lock

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  10. Check Schedule

    Check Schedule is a health/quality report; not Calculate schedule; no XER table

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  11. Columns

    Columns is Layout Options bar / View > Columns Available/Selected list plus Edit Column title/width/alignment; .plf not XER; not Group and Sort or…

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  12. Costs Are Stored in the Base Currency

    Costs stored in base currency; view currency is display only

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  13. Currencies

    Currencies is Admin > Currencies the currency dictionary; not User Preferences Currency; CURRTYPE is currencies.md

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  14. Curtain Attachment

    Curtain is a Gantt date-range decoration saved with the layout; not Spotlight; no XER table

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  15. Discussion

    Discussion is an activity comment thread; Unread Comments is Team Member, not Feedback; no table on project XER

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  16. Estimate History

    PROJEST is a saved Professional top-down / function-point estimate; not Independent ETC, remaining duration, or spending plan

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  17. Filter Activities According to the Resource Usage Profile

    Filter activities according to the Resource Usage Profile is Display Activities for Selected: Resource or Time Period

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  18. Filter Activities According to the Resource Usage Spreadsheet

    Filter activities according to the Resource Usage Spreadsheet is Display Activities for Selected: Resource or Assignments

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  19. Filters and Layouts Are a View, Not the Schedule

    Filter/layout is a view; not in project XER; .plf is separate

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  20. Future Period Buckets Are Typed Assignment Units, Not a Curve

    Typed assignment buckets (Manual curve); not FINDATES, TASKFIN, or 21-point curves

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  21. Gantt Bars Are Layout Bar Definitions, Not an XER Table

    Gantt bars are View > Bars / Bar Chart Options layout definitions (Current / Baseline / Float timescales, filters, necking, labels); .plf not XER; not…

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  22. Global Change

    Global Change is a batch edit (If/Then); PCF not XER; not a filter

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  23. Group and Sort

    Group and Sort is Layout Options bar / View > Group and Sort grouping bands and within-group sort; .plf not XER; not a filter or Collapse To

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  24. Group and Sort Resource Usage Spreadsheet Columns in the Activities Window

    Group and sort Resource Usage Spreadsheet columns in the Activities window is Display Options bar, Group and Sort By

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  25. High-Level Planning Assignments Sit on WBS or Project, Not TASK

    Planning-page resource/role demand on WBS or project; not TASKRSRC; WBSRSRC_QTY only, no assignment-header table

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  26. Independent ETC

    Independent ETC is typed on WBS; calculated ETC uses the WBS technique

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  27. Issues and Thresholds — Not Schedule Logic

    PROJISSU / PROJTHRS / ISSUHIST; monitor writes issues; not schedule logic

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  28. Job Services

    Job Services is Tools > Job Services the interval scheduler; not Apply Actuals, Summarize, Schedule, or Publication

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  29. P6 Activity Constraints (Task.cstr_type)

    TASK.cstr_type codes and float effects

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  30. P6 Schedule Print / PDF (Table + Gantt)

    Print current layout; Data Date in header; Timescale Start/Finish is its own control

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  31. P6 View > Collapse to (WBS Level)

    View > Collapse To; project node = level 1; depth not code dots

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  32. Professional Reports Are a Stored Definition, Not a Layout

    Professional Report Wizard/Editor is a stored definition (.ERP); not in project XER; not BI Publisher or a layout

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  33. Publication

    Enable Publication queues project data into the Extended Schema for reports; not Check Out, not a baseline

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  34. Risks Are Uncertain Events, Not Issues or Thresholds

    PRORISK / RISKTYPE (Professional); not issues; not project thresholds; XML for EPPM

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  35. Schedule Log

    Schedule Log is an HTML/text report of the last schedule run; not an XER table

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  36. Security Profiles

    Security Profiles is Admin > Security Profiles global and project privilege sets; not Users; no table on project XER

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  37. Send Project Creates an XER and Emails It; It

    Send Project is File > Send Project; creates an XER and emails it; not File > Export, Job Services Export, or Check Out

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  38. Sight Lines Are Gantt Background Gridlines, Not an XER Table

    Sight Lines are Bar Chart Options Gantt background gridlines (horizontal major/minor + vertical date-interval); .plf not XER; not Data Date, Progress Line,…

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  39. Summarizer Stores Rolled-Up EPS Totals; It

    Summarizer rolls project data for EPS/summarized pages; Enable Summarization is not Publication; not Calculate schedule

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  40. Text Attachment

    Text attachment is custom Gantt text (View > Attachments → Text); not a notebook or curtain; no XER table

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  41. Timescale

    Timescale is Layout Options bar Gantt/profile/spreadsheet date-axis format (Calendar/Fiscal/Week of Year, Date Interval, ordinal); .plf not XER; not print…

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  42. Tracking

    Tracking is Enterprise > Tracking (Project Explorer / Resource Explorer; four layout types including Resource Analysis and Project Gantt/Profile); not…

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  43. Types of Tracking Layouts

    Types of tracking layouts is four types: Project Table, Project Bar Chart, Project Gantt/Profile, Resource Analysis

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  44. User Preferences

    User Preferences is Edit > User Preferences per-user time/date/currency and session settings; not Admin Preferences; no table on project XER

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  45. Users

    Users is Admin > Users login accounts; Global Access / Project Access / Module Access; not Security Profiles; no table on project XER

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  46. Visualizer

    Visualizer is a separate app (Gantt/TSLD/.vlf); not in project XER; not the Activities .plf

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