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<h2>Congratulations! You just made your first step to making your life easier!&nbsp;</h2><p>Hi there! If you are reading this, it means that you just got invited into the platform!&nbsp;<br>This article will guide you through your first day with Nodes &amp; Links and how to get started!</p><blockquote><p>We use the following terms to navigate data within the platform:</p><ul><li><strong>Project</strong>: A predetermined set of schedules that constitute a self-contained object. This object is called ‘project’. A project on the Nodes &amp; Links platform usually reflects one real-world project, but there are exceptions where one project on Nodes &amp; Links can be composed of more than one real-world project.</li><li><strong>Fiiles supported:</strong> Oracle Primavera P6 file (.xer), Microsoft Project (.mpp) or PowerProject (.pp) file.&nbsp;</li></ul></blockquote><h2>Step 1: Accept the invitation in your email&nbsp;</h2><p>Before you get on the platform you need to create an account. You should see an email with an invitation that looks like this:</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//0fd80da0-1887-4265-81a4-602f50e685d5"></figure><h2>Step 2: Create a new project and upload your baseline</h2><p>All you need is internet access, a project schedule, and a modern browser and you are good to go!&nbsp;</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//2fb9b1dc-6b24-4932-a11c-e9485b8c0afd"></figure><h2>Step 3: Upload an update for your project</h2><p>There are several ways of uploading a new schedule to an existing project.</p><p>We recommend doing so from the Home Screen - simply go to the top left corner and click on the ‘<strong>+</strong>’ icon. Once you are there, follow the on screen instructions and you are good to go!</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//23b52a29-062d-4200-a369-7da5e82161a7"></figure><h2>Step 4: Invite a colleague</h2><p>You can easily add users to an existing project. Simply go to the bottom left corner and click on the ‘Add to a project’ button. You can invite one or many users at the same time, by simply adding their email addresses and assigning roles to them. Note that you can assign permission up to the same level as your role.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/4014b909-4547-495f-a079-cd7413e0e03f"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>&nbsp;</h2><h2>You are ready to go!</h2><p>Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any further queries!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p><figure class="media"><div data-oembed-url="https://youtu.be/RKI_TanCl5I"><div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RKI_TanCl5I" style="position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div></figure><h2><strong>This screen enables you to:</strong></h2><ol><li>Get an overview of you schedule’s Carbon footprint.</li><li>&nbsp;Drill down on your carbon footprint to an activity level.</li><li>Understand the impact delays will have on your project, carbon wise.</li></ol><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//763dfe73-29f6-4135-b0d1-335e1f4a6ba5"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>Get an overview of your schedule’s Carbon footprint.</h3><p>You can easily get an overview of your schedule carbon-wise by navigating to the Carbon overview page. There you will find an s curve widget showcasing:</p><ul><li>The accumulated carbon of your currently selected schedule</li><li>The accumulated carbon of your baseline schedule.</li><li>The total carbo production of your schedule in kilotonnes</li><li>The difference between the two schedules percentage-wise</li></ul><p><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//5c43e5fa-736d-4b1a-b43d-c7fb191e03b6">Additionally, at the bottom left, a high-level breakdown is available for equipment and materials, where you can see the total carbon production by hovering on the donut.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//a0e29dd1-30c4-4b8f-91b3-0f08bb76b42b"></figure><p>Finally, at the bottom right, you can quickly grasp the big carbon offenders by looking of the screen where you will be presented with 4 of the worst environmental performers, 2 for materials and 2 for equipment respectively.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//bc3b46e3-178d-419a-984a-a98f16ab9ce8"></figure><blockquote><p><strong>At a glance</strong>: If you don’t want to dive into details, you can get your current schedule’s carbon footprint and the breakdown of materials and equipment percentage-wise just by looking at the home screen</p></blockquote><h3>Drill down on your carbon footprint to an activity level.</h3><p>By accessing the Carbon breakdown page you can drill down looking for carbon to an activity level.</p><ul><li>On the left of the page, there is a WBS/Activity hierarchy tree.</li><li>Clicking on any of the WBSs or activities will result in</li><li>The sankey graph on the right depicts a breakdown of carbon per resource for selected WBS or activity.</li></ul><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//3440f902-b8e5-47c2-862a-e54b0247ca1d"></figure><blockquote><p>💡For every activity or WBS you also have a comparison with the baseline schedule available</p></blockquote><p>After finding a specific piece of information that you would like to convey, you can export the sankey graph depicting said information</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//64d3dffe-5ff1-4ecc-8788-c1d6a314d365"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p><strong>At a glance</strong>: Hovering on the ‘+13’ symbol at the end of each row, at the beak-down screen, will result in a popup containing all the resources of that activity or WBS, without having to click on that and inspect the sankey graph</p></blockquote><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//91651c11-5e70-47ad-a423-1a8b8d5bdefd"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>Understand the impact delays will have on your project, carbon-wise.</h3><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For every selected activity on the breakdown page you can see how 1 week of delay will affect it’s co2 footprint</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//ff60accf-f7e7-43ca-9bce-c8148ce1e206"></figure><blockquote><p><strong>At a glance</strong>: If you are in a hurry , you can only take a quick look at the home screen where you will find how 1 week of delay will alter your carbon impact on your 3 worst WBSs environmentally</p></blockquote><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//2dff5aa2-b779-4805-b23f-a847ff45aa97"></figure><h2>How does our NLP work?</h2><p>We use a wide range of material and equipment but we can provide you a simplified list of resources that will help you streamline your work - if you just use this small list of resources, this will help you get super accurate values without having to play with more elaborate resource types.</p><h3>What is the distinction between Materials and Equipment?</h3><p>From a P6 point of view, nothing. You don’t have to do anything in P6 regarding that. We just use this distinction ourselves to make it easier to taxonomise resources.</p><h3>Materials</h3><figure class="table"><table><thead><tr><th>Resource Name</th><th>Default Units</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Concrete</td><td>Cubic Meter</td></tr><tr><td>Reinforced concrete</td><td>Cubic Meter</td></tr><tr><td>Steel Reinforced Concrete</td><td>Cubic Meter</td></tr><tr><td>RCC</td><td>Cubic Meter</td></tr><tr><td>Asphalt</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Binder</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Base</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Surface Course</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>SC</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Steel</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Reinforcement</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Steelwork</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Aluminium</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Timber</td><td>Cubic Meter</td></tr><tr><td>Formwork</td><td>Cubic Meter</td></tr><tr><td>Cement</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Aggregate</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Fill</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Sub base</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Lower Base</td><td>Tonne</td></tr><tr><td>Fencing</td><td>Meter</td></tr><tr><td>Timber Fencing</td><td>Meter</td></tr><tr><td>Fence</td><td>Meter</td></tr></tbody></table></figure><h3>Equipment</h3><figure class="table"><table><thead><tr><th>Resource Name</th><th>Default Units</th><th>Primary Attribute</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Excavator</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Digger</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Paver</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Loader</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Compactor</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Roller</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Grader</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Tractor</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Bulldozer</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Dozer</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Generator</td><td>KilloWat</td><td>Power</td></tr><tr><td>Compressor</td><td>Cubic Feet Per Minute</td><td>Volumetric Flow</td></tr><tr><td>Crane</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr><tr><td>Dumper</td><td>Tonne</td><td>Mass</td></tr></tbody></table></figure><p>The primary attribute is a distinct property of an equipment type, for example for excavators we distinguish them by their mass. This helps us understand what is the exact equipment given the equipment type. e.g., 10 tonne excavator should have a different CO2 rate compare to a 20 tonne excavator.</p><h3>Am I supposed to do something with the Primary Attribute?</h3><p>No this is just us being transparent about how we work. Units for equipment’s attributes cannot be inserted in P6 anyway We recognise them in the name of the equipment.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p><figure class="media"><div data-oembed-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x87PIhygGmA"><div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x87PIhygGmA" style="position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div></figure><h2>In this piece, you’ll learn how to quickly</h2><ol><li>Understand what has changed (and its impact) fast</li><li>See the context of each change in the schedule &amp; dive into the data</li><li>See how your critical path has changed</li><li>See how any path of your interest has changed</li><li>Export as PNG, PDF or CSV</li></ol><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/c292e151-cd15-4f47-9f11-697a1936e83d"></figure><h3>Understand what has changed (and its impact) fast</h3><p>Find which key metrics of your project have changed since your last schedule, and focus on where you want to drill further 🔬</p><ul><li>Has the project completion date changed? How many activities and milestones are delayed? How is our progress and performance?</li><li>Will these changes affect my P80 position? How much has it changed?</li><li>Has my critical path changed? How did the path's activity count and float change? Is it causing a delay?</li></ul><p>Simply select your schedule from the drop-down menu, and click Compare. This will generate a range of information that you can use to identify all changes, and their impact, with the top banner focusing on project-wide KPIs.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//dd69782f-fcaf-4cad-a857-e2d36e4964b1"></figure><blockquote><p>Use the top banner to quickly find project-wide changes and associated details. For example, by hovering over the Critical Path you will be able to see the change in the number of activities, float and duration within that path fast and easily.</p></blockquote><h3>See the context of each change in the schedule</h3><p>Compare the two schedules visually on an activity level in the form of a Gantt chart. If you find an activity of interest find out what has changed with a simple click!</p><ul><li>Can I visualize your project's schedule and see activities and changes relative to one and other?</li><li>Can I see what activities have been added, modified, and removed from the schedule?</li><li>Can I see what has changed in the modified activities? Has the Start Date, End Date, or Total Float along with many more? Has the criticality of this task changed?</li></ul><blockquote><p>Simply scroll through your schedule, see which activities and milestones have been added, modified, and removed. Click on an activity and get a detailed view below the Gantt chart - see what has changed fast and easily!</p></blockquote><h3>See how your critical path has changed</h3><p>By selecting <code>Critical Path</code> you can examine how your project's critical path has changed.</p><p>See what activities and milestones have been removed from or added to your critical path. As before, click on the one you are interested in and you will see more detail below the Gantt chart!</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/b6af2f52-76ac-47aa-860d-215c469b8a5d"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p>Click on Critical Path and see how your critical path has changed. Scroll through it in a form of a Gantt chart. See on the left what activities and milestones have been added to or removed from your Critical Path. Click on any of the activities and milestones - see it in detail below the Gantt chart 'Export as PNG or PDF'</p></blockquote><h3>See how any other path has changed!</h3><p>By selecting the <code>+</code> icon, you can examine how any of your project's paths has changed.</p><p>You can also specify a pass-through activity for that path!</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/477d1745-775f-4e4c-abad-d01eef7a4eb2"></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3>Export as PNG, PDF or CSV</h3><p>You can save the Gantt Chart comparison, the Critical Path (or any other selected path) comparison as a PNG or PDF file by simply clicking <code>Export</code>. This allows you to save it in a form that you can share with anyone.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/c5835f23-a690-437c-bebb-b608aa7aefb7"></figure><blockquote><p>Pop-up window might need to be <strong>enabled</strong> in your browser for the file to be exported</p></blockquote><h3>Investigate changes made to the schedule</h3><p>Examine changes in your schedule at an activity or relationship level. Use the filters on the right-hand side to understand what has been modified:</p><ul><li>Which activities and milestones have changed? Which were deleted, modified, or added?</li><li>Has there been a change in their relationships?&nbsp;</li><li>Out of the activities that have changed, can I see which ones have their 'Finish Date' changed?</li></ul><p>The answer is yes, you can drill down further on what has changed &amp; how it has changed!</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/7846f9d5-3eed-47d7-8177-20c8f25dc739"></figure><h3>Data mode!</h3><p>Do not forget to switch into the data mode in order to inspect what changed for any given activity across updates!</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/f086941e-8cf8-4d78-b6f9-a82f2dd5936c"></figure>

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