How to use Claim Digger to compare P6 files?
Claim Digger Overview
Today we will spend a little time discussing the features and functionality of the Claim Digger utility built into the P6 software application. Claim Digger is its own separate product that has been built in to P6 and is used to compares two project plans or a revised project and a baseline (target), and creates a report on the differences between the project plans including subjects like:
- Items changed
- Items deleted
- Durations changed
- Changed Values
The main features of Claim Digger include:
- Multiple reporting formats- HTML, CSV, Text
- Selects a base project and revised project to compare
- Report comparison options can be turned on and off as needed
The Easy Steps to Use Claim Digger
Step 1: Go to tools menu and open Claim Digger
Step 2: After Claim Digger is launched, the main application window appears
Step 3: Specify which projects you would like to compare.
- On the left side select therevised project
- On the right side select theoriginal project baseline
Step 4: Choose a report format
- HTML file
- CSV file
- ASCII text file
Step 5: Select report type and report path
Step 6: Click the advanced button to pull up the advanced settings where you can specify what data to compare including: overall project data and activity level data
Note: You can configure what factors to compare including:
- Costs
- Units
- Durations
- Percent complete
- Relationships
Step 7: Click compare to generate the project difference report and view the preview
Step 8: The project difference report outlines what projects are being compared, the user who initiated, and shows the activities that have had a value change
Step 9: After you have reviewed the data, go to file and close down the Claim Digger dialog box.
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