{"id":2603,"date":"2017-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsanalytics.com\/primavera-p6-tutorial-introduction-claim-digger\/"},"modified":"2017-08-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T04:00:00","slug":"primavera-p6-tutorial-introduction-claim-digger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsanalytics.com\/primavera-p6-tutorial-introduction-claim-digger\/","title":{"rendered":"Primavera P6 Tutorial: An Introduction to Claim Digger"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Primavera P6 Training<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1251\" src=\"http:\/\/primaveratrainingblog.mssprojectsanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/claimdigger-300x300.png\" alt=\"claimdigger\" width=\"208\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Claim Digger Overview<\/h3>\n<p>Today\u2019s blog discusses the features and functionality of the Claim Digger utility in the P6 software application. Claimdigger is actually its own separate product that has been built in to P6. It is an application that compares two project plans, a revised project and a baseline projects, and creates a report on the differences between the project plans including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Items changed<\/li>\n<li>Items deleted<\/li>\n<li>Changed Values<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main features of Claim Digger include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple reporting formats- HTML, CSV, Text<\/li>\n<li>Selects a base project and revised project to compare<\/li>\n<li>Report comparison options can be turned on and off as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Steps to Access Claim Digger<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Go to tools menu and open Claim Digger<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: After Claim Digger is launched, the main application window appears<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Specify which projects you would like to compare.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the left side select the\u00a0<em>revised project<\/em><\/li>\n<li>On the right side select the\u00a0<em>original project baseline<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Choose a\u00a0<em>report format<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HTML file<\/li>\n<li>CSV file<\/li>\n<li>ASCII text file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>:\u00a0 Select\u00a0<em>report type<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>report path<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>:\u00a0 Click the\u00a0<em>advanced button<\/em>\u00a0to pull up the advanced settings where you can specify what data to compare including:\u00a0<em>overall project data<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>activity level data<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: You can configure what factors to compare including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Costs<\/li>\n<li>Units<\/li>\n<li>Durations<\/li>\n<li>Percent complete<\/li>\n<li>Relationships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong>:\u00a0 Click\u00a0<em>compare<\/em>\u00a0to generate the project difference report and view the preview<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong>:\u00a0 The\u00a0<em>project difference report<\/em>\u00a0outlines what projects are being compared, the user who initiated, and shows the activities that have had a value change<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 9<\/strong>: After you have reviewed the data, go to\u00a0<em>file<\/em>\u00a0and close down the Claim Digger dialog box.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe id=\"img-1340131654114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L4GqH68bx54\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Would you like a better understanding of P6 to manage your projects more effectively?\u00a0<a title=\"Click here to see our list of available courses.\" href=\"http:\/\/mssprojectsanalytics.com\/project-management-training\/\">Click here to see our list of available courses.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primavera P6 Training Claim Digger Overview Today\u2019s blog discusses the features and functionality of the Claim Digger utility in the P6 software application. Claimdigger is actually its own separate product that has been built in to P6. 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