The CPM Procedure

Functional Summary

The following tables outline the options available for the CPM procedure classified by function. An alphabetical list of options is provided in the Dictionary of Options.

Table 2.1: Activity Splitting Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
split in-progress activities at TIMENOW	ACTUAL	TIMENOWSPLT
max. number of segments variable	RESOURCE	MAXNSEGMT=
min. segment duration variable	RESOURCE	MINSEGMTDUR=
enable splitting	RESOURCE	SPLITFLAG

Table 2.2: Baseline or Target Schedule Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
baseline finish date variable	BASELINE	B_FINISH=
baseline start date variable	BASELINE	B_START=
schedule to compare with baseline	BASELINE	COMPARE=
schedule to use as baseline	BASELINE	SET=
schedule to update baseline	BASELINE	UPDATE=

Table 2.3: Calendar Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
calendar variable	CALID
holiday variable	HOLIDAY
holiday duration variable	HOLIDAY	HOLIDUR=
holiday finish variable	HOLIDAY	HOLIFIN=

Table 2.4: Data Set Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
calendar input data set	PROC CPM	CALEDATA=
activity input data set	PROC CPM	DATA=
holiday input data set	PROC CPM	HOLIDATA=
schedule output data set	PROC CPM	OUT=
resource availability input data set	PROC CPM	RESOURCEIN=
resource schedule output data set	PROC CPM	RESOURCESCHED=
resource usage output data set	PROC CPM	RESOURCEOUT=
workday input data set	PROC CPM	WORKDATA=

Table 2.5: Duration Control Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
workday length	PROC CPM	DAYLENGTH=
workday start	PROC CPM	DAYSTART=
duration unit	PROC CPM	INTERVAL=
duration multiplier	PROC CPM	INTPER=
treatment of milestone	PROC CPM	SETFINISHMILESTONE
duration variable	DURATION
finish variable	DURATION	FINISH=
override specified duration	DURATION	OVERRIDEDUR
start variable	DURATION	START=
work variable	RESOURCE	WORK=

Table 2.6: Lag Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
alphanumeric lag duration calendar	SUCCESSOR	ALAGCAL=
lag variables	SUCCESSOR	LAG=
numeric lag duration calendar	SUCCESSOR	NLAGCAL=

Table 2.7: Miscellaneous Options

Description	Statement	Option
suppress warning messages	PROC CPM	SUPPRESSOBSWARN
fix L_FINISH for finish tasks to E_FINISH	PROC CPM	FIXFINISH

Table 2.8: Network Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
AON format activity variable	ACTIVITY
AOA format headnode variable	HEADNODE
project variable	PROJECT
AON format successor variables	SUCCESSOR
AOA format tailnode variable	TAILNODE

Table 2.9: Multiproject Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
project variable	PROJECT
aggregate parent resources	PROJECT	AGGREGATEPARENTRES
ignore parent resources	PROJECT	IGNOREPARENTRES
compute separate critical paths	PROJECT	SEPCRIT
use specified project duration	PROJECT	USEPROJDUR
compute WBS Code	PROJECT	WBSCODE

Table 2.10: OUT= Data Set Options

Description	Statement	Option
include percent complete variable	ACTUAL	ESTIMATEPCTC
add an observation for missing activities	PROC CPM	ADDACT
single observation per activity	PROC CPM	COLLAPSE
copy relevant variables to Schedule data set	PROC CPM	XFERVARS
variables to be copied to Schedule data set	ID
include descending sort variables	PROJECT	DESCENDING
include all sort order variables	PROJECT	ORDERALL
include early start sort order variable	PROJECT	ESORDER
include late start sort order variable	PROJECT	LSORDER
include resource start order variable	PROJECT	SSORDER
include WBS Code	PROJECT	WBSCODE
include information about resource delays	RESOURCE	DELAYANALYSIS
include early start schedule	RESOURCE	E_START
include free float	RESOURCE	F_FLOAT
set unscheduled S_START and S_FINISH	RESOURCE	FILLUNSCHED
include late start schedule	RESOURCE	L_START
exclude early start schedule	RESOURCE	NOE_START
exclude free float	RESOURCE	NOF_FLOAT
exclude late start schedule	RESOURCE	NOL_START
exclude resource variables	RESOURCE	NORESOURCEVARS
exclude total float	RESOURCE	NOT_FLOAT
include resource variables	RESOURCE	RESOURCEVARS
include total float	RESOURCE	T_FLOAT
set unscheduled S_START and S_FINISH to missing	RESOURCE	UNSCHEDMISS
update unscheduled S_START, S_FINISH	RESOURCE	UPDTUNSCHED

Table 2.11: Problem Size Options

Description	Statement	Option
number of precedence constraints	PROC CPM	NADJ=
number of activities	PROC CPM	NACTS=
number of distinct node or activity names	PROC CPM	NNODES=
number of resource requirements	PROC CPM	NRESREQ=
do not use utility data set	PROC CPM	NOUTIL

Table 2.12: Progress Updating Options

Description	Statement	Option
actual finish variable	ACTUAL	A_FINISH=
actual start variable	ACTUAL	A_START=
assume automatic completion	ACTUAL	AUTOUPDT
enable actual time to fall in a non-work period	ACTUAL	FIXASTART
do not assume automatic completion	ACTUAL	NOAUTOUPDT
percentage complete variable	ACTUAL	PCTCOMP=
remaining duration variable	ACTUAL	REMDUR=
show float for all activities	ACTUAL	SHOWFLOAT
current date	ACTUAL	TIMENOW=

Table 2.13: Resource Variable Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
resource variables	RESOURCE
observation type variable	RESOURCE	OBSTYPE=
resource availability date/time variable	RESOURCE	PERIOD=
alternate resource specification variable	RESOURCE	RESID=
work variable	RESOURCE	WORK=

Table 2.14: Resource Allocation Control Options

Description	Statement	Option
delay variable	RESOURCE	ACTDELAY=
activity priority variable	RESOURCE	ACTIVITYPRTY=
use alternate resources before supplementary levels	RESOURCE	ALTBEFORESUP
wait until L_START DELAY	RESOURCE	AWAITDELAY
delay specification	RESOURCE	DELAY=
schedule even if insufficient resources	RESOURCE	INFEASDIAGNOSTIC
independent allocation	RESOURCE	INDEPENDENTALLOC
milestones can consume resources	RESOURCE	MILESTONERESOURCE
milestones can not consume resources	RESOURCE	MILESTONENORESOURCE
use multiple alternates for a single resource	RESOURCE	MULTIPLEALTERNATES
resource calendar intersect	RESOURCE	RESCALINTERSECT
scheduling priority rule	RESOURCE	SCHEDRULE=
secondary scheduling priority rule	RESOURCE	SCHEDRULE2=
stop date for resource constrained scheduling	RESOURCE	STOPDATE=

Table 2.15: RESOURCEOUT= Data Set Options

Description	Statement	Option
include all types of resource usage	RESOURCE	ALL
append observations for total usage	RESOURCE	APPEND
alphanumeric calendar for _TIME_	RESOURCE	AROUTCAL=
include availability profile for each resource	RESOURCE	AVPROFILE
cumulative usage for consumable resources	RESOURCE	CUMUSAGE
include early start profile for each resource	RESOURCE	ESPROFILE
exclude unscheduled activities in profile	RESOURCE	EXCLUNSCHED
include unscheduled activities in profile	RESOURCE	INCLUNSCHED
save observations for total usage	RESOURCE	TOTUSAGE
include late start profile for each resource	RESOURCE	LSPROFILE
maximum value of _TIME_	RESOURCE	MAXDATE=
maximum number of observations	RESOURCE	MAXOBS=
minimum value of _TIME_	RESOURCE	MINDATE=
numeric calendar for _TIME_	RESOURCE	NROUTCAL=
include resource constrained profile	RESOURCE	RCPROFILE
unit of difference between consecutive _TIME_ values	RESOURCE	ROUTINTERVAL=
difference between consecutive _TIME_ values	RESOURCE	ROUTINTPER=
use a continuous calendar for _TIME_	RESOURCE	ROUTNOBREAK

Table 2.16: RESOURCESCHED= Data Set Options

Description	Statement	Option
add activity or resource calendar	RESOURCE	ADDCAL
include WBS Code	PROJECT	RSCHEDWBS
include order variables	PROJECT	RSCHEDORDER
id variables	RESOURCE	RSCHEDID=

Table 2.17: Time Constraint Specifications

Description	Statement	Option
alignment date variable	ALIGNDATE
alignment type variable	ALIGNTYPE
project start date	PROC CPM	DATE=
project finish date	PROC CPM	FBDATE=
finish before DATE= value	PROC CPM	FINISHBEFORE