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Assigning Yourself to an Activity

  1. On the toolbar choose (Alt+A+N).
  2. Select the project you want to assign yourself to.

    To quickly find a project, you can search for it based on any of the listed fields: ID, name, or responsible manager. See Searching for Data.

    Note: A project-level setting determines whether a project is listed so you can assign yourself to its activities. If you need to assign yourself to a project that is not listed, contact your project manager or P6 administrator.

  3. In the Search for Activities section, choose one of the following options, then specify your search criteria and choose Search (Alt+S).

    Activities Assigned to Parent Resource - for the project you selected, lists all activities of the resource hierarchy element to which you are assigned in the project management database. The parent resource is generally the larger department or organization for which you work. For example, a salesperson might be assigned to an element of the resource hierarchy called Region 1 Sales. In this case, search would return all activities assigned to Region 1 Sales.

    Activity ID - returns the list of activities that meet the criteria you enter in the Search entry field.

    Note: You can use the asterisk (*) and percent symbol (%) wildcard characters in the search criteria. For example, to find all activities that begin with AB, type AB* or AB%. If you type only a wildcard character, the search finds all activities in the project.

  4. From the search results, select the activities you want to assign, using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select multiple activities.

    To quickly find an activity, you can search for it based on any of the listed fields: ID, name, or primary resource.

  5. Choose Assign (Alt+A). Or, if you currently have a timesheet open, you can assign yourself to the activity and automatically add it to the open timesheet by choosing Assign and Add.
  6. Click Close (Alt+C).

Related Topics

Working with Activities and Details

Displaying a List of Your Activities

Filtering and Sorting the Activity List

Selecting Activity Data Columns

Saving or Printing Your Activity List

Viewing Activity Details

Reporting Actual Work Time without a Timesheet

Reporting Dates for an Activity

Reporting Remaining Work Estimates

Reporting a Completed Assignment

Viewing and Reporting Progress for Activity Steps

Viewing and Sending Activity Feedback

Viewing Your Project List and Project Web Sites

Searching for Data

Activity Details Tabs


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