Primavera Viewer
Nickie Koskinen
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If you manage your construction & engineering projects with Primavera P6 Professional Project Management, you know how expensive it can be to get everyone on your team a full working license. Primavera P6 Professional licenses cost approximately $2500 USD each and if you need a bunch for your project team, the cost is going to set you back.
On top of that, using a viewer application makes Primavera P6 data more accessible to your team. A project team member can now receive an .xer file, open it and get a full understanding of the project without the need to log into Primavera P6 at all.
Once the file is open, you have some abilities to customize what you see. You can pick the columns to display through a familiar P6-like screen. Sorting columns works exactly as in P6 and you can collapse to any WBS level you like.
Disclaimer: The data presented in the Data Viewerserves to illustrate some of the results produced in the PRIMAVERAproject.The data producers and data providers make no warranty,either express or implied, including, but not limited to,warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particularpurpose. By using the Data Viewer, you accept the terms of thisdisclaimer. Please get in touch with the project should you needmore information (primavera...@bsc.es).
The PRIMAVERA Data Viewer is a visual prototype that explores someof the PRIMAVERA project results obtained from different GlobalClimate Models (read more about the climate models used inPRIMAVERA here). The aim of the prototype is toillustrate the climate model results obtained from differentmodels and resolutions. We selected a few well known climateindices to illustrate the data. At the moment, the Data Viewerprovides results from the past model runs (i.e. climatology) aswell as the early project results from the future model runs. Youcan read more about the climate model simulations conducted inPRIMAVERA here.
Although the project uses the latest generation of advancedhigh-resolution global climate models, these models (like allmodels) are not perfect. In addition, we only present some of theobtained results, without providing detailed evaluation orcomparison of the results obtained from different models.Consequently, the Data Viewer has only an illustrative purpose tovisually suggest what we can expect from high resolution globalclimate models. The results from climate models demand carefulanalysis and consideration of uncertainties, before this data canmeaningfully inform decisions.
The PRIMAVERA consortium uses 7 different Global Climate Models.These models are run at different horizontal resolutions. Readmore about the models used by the modelling groups in thePRIMAVERA consortium here.
The Robinson projection is a map projection which showsthe entire world at once. It makes compromise betweenarea-preserving and conformal map projections. The meridians curve gently on these maps andstretch the poles into long lines, making severe distortionclose to the poles. The map projections suitable to view thepoles are the stereographic projections. Check here for other discussions of mapprojections.
The simulated precipitation depth accumulated over a24-hour period for the period of record that ranks as the 95thpercentile rainfall depth based on the range of all daily eventoccurrences during this period (EPA)
The simulated daily maximum temperature that ranks as the 90thpercentile of all daily maximum temperatures in the periodcurrently displayed. [For example, if you are viewing thisquantity for "Jun-Jul-Aug" and "Climatology (1981-2010)", itshows the 90th percentile value of all simulated daily maximumtemperatures across all Junes, Julys and Augusts in the period1981-2010, considered together.]
The length of heat waves is defined by the number ofconsecutive days in which the heat wave threshold of the 90thpercentile is met by the simulated daily maximum temperature.The maximum heatwave length at each gridbox is shown. This 90thpercentile is computed from the reference period (1981-2010).
For safety reasons, wind turbines stop producing energy when wind speeds are too high. This indicator shows the number of days in the selected period with simulated maximum wind speed exceeding a threshold of 13 m/s. "100m" refers to the approximate height of the turbine.
When winds are too low wind turbines can not produce energy. This indicator shows the number of days in the selected period with simulated maximum wind speed below a threshold of 4 m/s. "100m" refers to the approximate height of the turbine.
Project-oriented companies solve the issue for these expenditures, by printing out or sending project schedules to team members in PDF format. Summing this up, the project schedules are created natively in Primavera P6, but shared in .pdf file format, so as to make a workaround of having licenses for all of the team members.
Watching from the other perspective: the team members that are assigned to the project, experience a certain adversity in regards to this rudimentary form of receiving the project schedule, leading to a negative side effects and missed opportunities to build a more effective team environment and greater collaboration between everyone involved.
Recently, some of the software companies around have noticed this issue of cut-out in project information and less effective functioning of project teams, and have created suitable solutions to enable a more affordable means to this ache.
Project organizations can worry no more on using the time consuming and, as I mentioned before, rudimentary means to share the project schedules in .xer and .xls format. The new approach is to use a reader tool for these type of files that are created with Oracle Primavera P6 software.
1. A project viewer provides an interactive overview of the project. Each member can view specific parts of the project plan, and move through the various options and settings this type of tool offers. With printed .pdf sharing, users receive their tasks, and have no overview of how they fit in the whole of the project.
2. It is a secure way to deliver project plans to project team members and serves the right information to the right people. If all team members have a project reader at their disposal, then there will be no lags in delivering updated project schedule information to everyone, including the project stakeholders.
3. Sharing the entire project plan provides a clearer organization to Project Schedulers and Project Managers, in terms of having a better way to organize which team members view which tasks and project information, and minimizes time wasted when sharing project schedules through printed PDFs.
4. Project schedule readers provide many options to the project team, giving a clearer overview of the whole project and providing opportunities for improvement in synergies between the project team. A team with a clear picture is going to be motivated and can lead to improved performance by each member.
5. A project viewer will save you money spent on expensive licenses for key Project stakeholders that only need to view the project schedule. This type of software acts as a cost-effective means to deliver the Project information to the outer project stakeholders and consultants, serving that information in an adequate dashboard and professional setting, while at the same time saving tenfold on software licensing to satisfy the need to deliver such information.
These are just some of the main benefits of deploying this type of software in your organization, and have the whole project team informed regarding any changes or updates in the project schedule, at the same time save significantly on time and additional resources to deliver this crucial project information. There are of course long term advantages in regards to the overall team efficiency and positive effects on achieving greater collaboration and synchronization between members of a construction team.
XER Viewer is a free and simple to use app to view the summary of any Oracle Primavera P6 XER files. The XER Viewer would not change the source data but it gives you a sneak peek into your P6 data files.
This software is a Beta release and may contain some glitches, please contact us via d...@rexintel.com if you encountered any bugs or malfunctions and get a chance to win a FREE XER Viewer Pro as soon as it's available.
In the near future we will be releasing the Pro version of the XER Viewer. If you'd like to be kept updated with the latest news and features on the product, please join us and sign-up in our web site.
Disclaimer
This application is a free to download and use software. It comes without any warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You cannot redistribute and/or modify it under any circumstances.
Primavera P6 XER Viewer is a free app for Android published in the PIMS & Calendars list of apps, part of Business.
The company that develops Primavera P6 XER Viewer is Rexintel. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0. This app was rated by 3 users of our site and has an average rating of 3.0.
To install Primavera P6 XER Viewer on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2015-10-20 and was downloaded 3,686 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Primavera P6 XER Viewer as malware as malware if the download link to com.rexintel.xerviewer is broken.
How to install Primavera P6 XER Viewer on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Primavera P6 XER Viewer is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Primavera P6 XER Viewer will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Primavera P6 XER Viewer will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.