Working with BaselinesBefore you update a schedule for the first time, you should create a baseline plan. The simplest baseline plan is a complete copy, or snapshot, of the original schedule. This snapshot provides a target against which you can track a project's cost, schedule, and performance. You can save a copy of the current project to use as the baseline or you can convert another project in the EPS hierarchy to a baseline for the current project. To help categorize, or track, multiple baselines for a single project, you can assign each baseline a type that reflects its purpose, for example, initial planning baseline, What-if project baseline, customer sign-off, or midproject baseline. Regardless of the number of baselines you store for a project, at any given time you can only select at most two baselines for use in making comparisons in P6. The project-level baseline is used for project/activity usage spreadsheets and profiles, as well as for earned value calculations. You can convert another project in the EPS hierarchy to a baseline for use in comparisons with the current project. Before converting a project to a baseline, if you still want to have access to the original project, you should make a copy of it. Once you convert a project to a baseline, it is no longer available in the project hierarchy. You can restore a baseline, making it available again as a separate project in the project hierarchy, in order to modify it or update it. Note: You must have the Edit Project Details Except Costs/Financials and Assign Project Baseline project privileges to set the project baseline. Table of Working with Baseline Elements
Note: You can define up to three baselines for a project in P6 Professional.
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