Understanding Oracle Primavera P6 Activity % Complete

by | Jul 17, 2024 | Oracle Primavera P6 PPM

The P6 Percent Complete type should be understood if it is intended to be used to update (status or progress) the schedule.

In summary the default for new activities is set in the Percent Complete Type drop-down box and this option may be set for each activity individually after it has been created.

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Default Percent Complete Type
The Default Percent Complete Type for each new activity in each project is assigned in the Defaults tab of the Details form in the Project Window:

Understanding Oracle Primavera P6 Activity % Complete

The Percent Complete Type of a new activity is set to the Default Percent Complete when created and may be changed at any time in the Activities window.

 Percent Complete Types

  • Physical % Complete – This field enables the user to enter the percent complete of an activity and this value is independent of the activity durations and no summary values are calculated.
  • Duration % Complete – This field is calculated from the proportion of the Original Duration and the Remaining Duration and they are linked. A change to one value will change the other. When the Remaining Duration is set to greater than the Original Duration this percent complete is always zero.
  • Units % Complete – This is where the percent complete is calculated from the resources’ Actual and Remaining Units of Labor and Non Labor resources only. A change to one value will change the other and when more than one resource is assigned then all the Actual Units for all resources will be changed proportionally. This will be covered further in the Updating Resources This is similar to the Microsoft Project % Work Complete.

Activity % Complete
The Activity % Complete field is linked to the % Complete Type field assigned to an activity in the General tab of the Details form in the Activities Window or the % Complete Type column:

Understanding Oracle Primavera P6 Activity % Complete

The Activity % Complete is also linked the % Complete Bar and this value is represented on the % Complete Bar.

Understanding Oracle Primavera P6 Activity % Complete

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