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How to
color
WBS
level auto
matically
Khuong DoApril 7, 2018Import / Export, Layout / Report, Primavera P6

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After export activity table from Primavera P6 to Excel, it’s very hard to
distinguish WBS level.
I will show you how to color WBS level automatically so we can have
report like in P6.

 Step 1:

Follow this article to insert the “WBS Level” column

: https://doduykhuong.com/2018/04/01/primavera-p6-export-to-excel-how-
to-identify-wbs-level-for-activity/
 Step 2:

Go to Conditional Formatting -> Manage Rules

Create a New rule. Select Use a formula to determine which cells to format

In the formula box enter : =IF($A2=0,TRUE)

Select a color for WBS Level 0.

Click OK.

In the Applies to box, click the arrow icon to select the cells.

We select nearly the whole table.

Click OK.

Now every WBS Level 0 will have green color.

Then we create Rule for other WBS Level: 1, 2, 3
Now the report is very colorful
Primavera
P6 export
 to Excel.
How to
identify
WBS level
for activit
y
Khuong DoApril 1, 2018Layout / Report, Primavera P6

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After export activity table from Primavera P6 to Excel, it’s very hard to tell
this activity belong to what WBS.

We can add 1 column to show the WBS level for each activity.

The formula for the column is : =((FIND(TRIM(B2),B2))-1)/2

Apply to the rest so we can see WBS level for each activity: