- One of the most useful tools in the Oracle Primavera P6 - How to get used of Float Paths, step by step. - When it fails to support you? What to do in such a case.

1. 1) F9

2. 2) Options

3. 3 advanced options

4. 4) check as follows
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5. 5) Choose the last activity for the villa
(handover)
v

6. 6) Choose the number of the
float paths (critical paths)
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7. 7) Close advanced options then run
(schedule)

8. 8) Filter the target number of Float Paths
Float path = 1 , indicates the critical path for a series or activity.
Float path = 2 , indicates the second critical path for a series or
activity.
Float path < X, indicates the first (X) number of the critical paths

9. 9) Why it doesn’t work ?
 This option will not work, in two cases:
1- One constraint assigned to the destination activity, with an impacted date
exceeding all of the predecessor relationships.
 In this case, non of the predecessor relationships will be driving, so P6
Can’t detect the proper float path
2- Open relationship, i.e. the destination activity doesn’t have any
predecessor.

10. 10) What to do ?
 Carefully filter the destination activity, then use the predecessors’ least free
float relation, by GO TO till you reach the start.
 Be careful while using this method, try to avoid totally any option that may
refresh the data. It will clear everything and bring you back to the target
activity only.