Oracle Primavera P6 Cumulative

Feature Overview

P6 EPPM, P6 Professional, and P6 Team Member Web 23.12 - 24.12 Release Feature Overview

Feature Area Feature

P6 EPPM User Administration Improvements

The User Administration page provides more efficient access to the user count.
- A roll-up of the total number of users assigned each module is shown when the view includes
modules columns.
- A Filter menu allows you to hide inactive user accounts from the view.

P6 EPPM Standardize User Settings With Ease

The Copy User Settings dialog box makes it easy to copy settings from one user to multiple other
users. For example, you could create template users for different access configurations then
copy the user settings from one of the template users to one or more other existing users when
you need to set up or change users configurations. The settings you can copy are gathered into
the following groups: Module Access, Resource Access, User Interface Views, Global Security
Profile, Project Access, and P6 User Preferences. You can copy one or more groups of settings to
other users and at the same time you can prevent those users from being able to change their
preferences.

P6 EPPM Summary Bar Labels Roll Up Data Fields

In the Bars dialog box of the Activities view, the label field on Summary bars shows the value of
the field at grouping level. For example, if your view is grouped by WBS and you select Activity
Count, then the summary bar will be labelled with the number of activities in the group. However,
if you select a WBS UDF, the summary bar will be labelled with the value of the UDF at the group
level.

P6 EPPM Drag Milestones and Remaining Early Start Date on the Gantt Chart.
You can drag milestones on the Gantt Chart view of the Activities page to apply a Start On or
After constraint to the activity. A Start On or After constraint allows your milestone to be held in
place at a future time unless scheduling logic pushes it later.
You can drag the Remaining Early Start of an In Progress activity's bar on the Gantt Chart to a
later date. If the Remaining Early Start is after the Actual Start date, you can also drag the
Remaining Early Start to an earlier date back to and including the Actual Start date for the
activity. Dragging the Remaining Early Start does not apply a constraint to the activity, therefore
the scheduler can overwrite changes that you make by dragging the Remaining Early Start date
of an activity.

P6 Team View the Description of Steps in P6 Team Member Web and P6 for iOS
Member Web You can see the descriptions of each step in the Steps section of the Activity Details tab of the
progress panel in P6 Team Member Web. You can also see the step description in the Steps
 dialog box of P6 Team Member Web.
You can see the descriptions of each step in the Step Details page P6 for iOS.

P6 Team Standard View is the New Default for Timesheets Page in P6 Team Member Web
Member Web The Standard view is now the default view when a new user opens the Timesheets page of P6
Team Member Web. The Standard View of the Timesheets page, introduced with release 22.6,
provides many advantages over the Classic View, including:
- custom filters and views
- multiple group and sort options
- the ability to add or hide columns in the grid
- quick search functionality
- a look and feel closer to the P6 interface
- significant improvements in performance during data loading
If you upgrade from release 22.5 or earlier to 24.4 (or if you have never modified the Default
Timesheets View in Application Settings) when you log into P6 Team Member Web and navigate
to the Timesheets page, you will see the Standard view by default.
If you have modified the Default Timesheets View in Application Settings and upgrade from
release 22.6 or later to 24.4, when you log into P6 Team Member Web and navigate to the
Timesheets page, you will see the same view you used last time you used the application.

P6 Team Classic View of the Timesheets Page in P6 Team Member Web Deprecated
Member Web The Classic View of the Timesheets page in P6 Team Member Web is supported in this release,
but might not be supported in a future release. Oracle recommends using the Standard View of
the Timesheets page in P6 Team Member Web.

P6 Team Limit the Scope of the All filter for Completed Activities in P6 Team Member Web and P6 for iOS
Member Web When you choose to view all your completed activities, the scope has previously been limited to
30 days. This limit ensures no degradation in performance and also helps you focus on the most
relevant activities from a list that could otherwise be extremely long. However sometimes it
might be necessary to see activities that were completed more than 30 days ago.
The Timeframe for Completed Activities setting in the Preferences page of P6 Team Member
Web allows you to select your preferred scope for the All filter when viewing completed activities.
The options available are 30, 60, 90 or 180 days.
The same setting is available in Settings of P6 for iOS.

P6 Timesheet Approvals
Professional Resource Managers, Project Managers, and their delegates can use P6 Professional to view,
approve, or reject timesheets, view and add Timesheet History Notes, and to send email to the
resource who submitted a timesheet. Project Managers and Resource Managers can also select
delegates to perform all these actions on their behalf.

P6 Quickly and Easily Unlink Activities

Professional You can unlink activities from their successors and predecessors using the Unlink Activities
option in the Edit Menu of the Activities page. You can also right click on the activities and select
Unlink Activities. When you select multiple activities and use the unlink option, only the
relationships between the selected activities are removed. Relationships between the selected
activities and activities that you have not selected remain intact.

P6 Choose Whether to Import Responsible Managers From XER File

Professional Responsible Manager is now available as a data type in the Global tab of the XER import
 template. By default, P6 Professional will import Responsible Managers with the Keep Existing
option, but you can select Do Not Import to prevent Responsible Managers from another OBS
structure from being imported into your own. Alternatively you can select Update Existing to
ensure your OBS structure us updated when the file is imported.

P6 Improved Clarity in Global Change Reports

Professional The Global Change report now provides the Project ID and WBS code for all changed items,
helping you to understand the extent of the changes if you are applying a global change to
more than one project.

P6 EPPM Easy Access to Audit Data

You can view table auditing data for projects on the EPS page. The Audit panel shows the
changes made in the selected tables in your preferred time period. You can customize the time
period you want to view, include or exclude tables from the view, filter the data and print directly
from the panel.
You must set up table auditing and run the Publish Audit Data global scheduled service at least
once before this data will be visible. To learn how to set up and configure table auditing, see the
Application Administration Guide, Help, or Reporting Guide.
To support this feature four columns have been added to the PAUDITX table in the database
schema. After this upgrade, if you had previously configured and enabled table auditing, the
PAUDITX table will be reconstructed to repopulate the four new columns for historic data the first
time the Publish Audit Data job runs. The process of reconstructing the table might mean that
the Publish Audit Data process takes longer than normal.

P6 EPPM Exclude Secure Codes when Pasting Data

You can select not to include secure code assignments when performing the following actions:
- Cutting and then pasting projects, activities, resources, or roles (including the assignments
pasted with their projects and activities).
- Copying and then pasting projects, activities, resources, or roles (including the assignments
pasted with their projects and activities).

P6 EPPM Improved Filtering in the Card View of Status Updates

You can filter the card view using your own customized filter on the basis of many aspects of
status updates, including dates associated with the status update, users associated with the
status update, activity ID or name, WBS code or name, status, type, and review type.

P6 EPPM Open P6 Directly From an Activity Email

When you use the Email Activity Details action from the Row Actions menu in the Activities page,
the email you send contains a link to the activity. The recipient of the email can click the link to
open P6 directly to the specific project and activity to which the email refers.

P6 EPPM Improved Clarity About the Database You are Logging Into
The Login page of P6 always shows the Database and Language lists. Previously these lists were
part of the Advanced section of the login page which was not expanded by default.

P6 EPPM Modifying Security Privileges is Quicker and Easier

The Global Security Profiles and Project Security Profiles pages now list all privileges in a
categorized list on a single detail window. The privileges are grouped into categories that
correspond to the separate detail windows that existed in previous versions. It is no longer
necessary to remember the category to which a privilege belongs, because you can search the
 single categorized list to quickly find the privileges you need to modify. You can also assign or
remove all privileges in a category with a single click using the assign option at the grouping
level for that category. This improvement will save administrators' time when they modify
security profiles or set up new profiles.

P6 EPPM Export the Entire Hierarchical Code Value Path to CPP

Many of the data elements you export with your CPP files may be mapped to Activity Codes. By
default, P6 EPPM exports the code values only. However if you have many levels to your
hierarchical activity codes, you can now configure the export template to export the full
hierarchical path to the code value by selecting "Include code value path" when you map a
code in the CPP export template. The resulting export will include the full path to the relevant
code value with dots between each hierarchical level, for example, ENG.Elec.Micro.Interface.

P6 EPPM Sample User Inactivity Report Improved

The sample User Inactivity Report includes the creation date of the user account. This helps to
differentiate between users who are not using their login, from users who have not yet logged in
because they are new to the organization.

P6 EPPM Web Service Allow List for REST Services

Cloud only: The Web Service Allow List is extended to Web Service REST endpoints.

P6 EPPM Migration from OBIEE to Oracle Analytics Server

In Oracle Cloud releases 24.9 and earlier, Oracle Cloud-hosted environments use OBIEE (Oracle
Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition) for analytics reporting. With this release, we will migrate
to Oracle Analytics Server (OAS). OAS is a self-service analytics and data visualization platform
that offers a wide range of AI capabilities to deliver critical data insights and rich data
visualizations for dashboards and reports. Therefore, this upgrade will allow us to implement
new features in the future that take advantage of the capabilities of OAS. While the look and feel
of the interface might change slightly, all the functionality you have currently will be maintained.
The current service description for Oracle Analytics Publisher will still apply, including access
being limited to users with the BIAuthor role for the sole purpose of creating or editing reports.
We will take care of backing up your databases, reports, user accounts and every part of your
data during the upgrade. However, if you want to take an extra backup, the following Knowledge
Management article covers best practice : How To Backup and Restore BI Publisher and
Primavera \ CIC Analytics Catalog Folders (Doc ID 2882003.1)

P6 Preview Changes Before Committing to Updating a Baseline

Professional You can preview the changes that would be made to baseline data before you commit to
making the changes. After you have previewed the changes, you can adjust the settings and
preview again as often as you need to before updating the baseline.

P6 Export the Entire Hierarchical Code Value Path to CPP

Professional Many of the data elements you export with your CPP files may be mapped to Activity Codes. By
default, P6 Professional exports the code values only. However if you have many levels to your
hierarchical activity codes, you can now configure the export template to export the full
hierarchical path to the code value by selecting "Include code value path" when you map a
code in the CPP export template. The resulting export will include the full path to the relevant
code value with dots between each hierarchical level, for example, ENG.Elec.Micro.Interface.
P6 Performance Improvements
Professional The performance of checking projects in and out for SQLite databases has been improved.

P6 EPPM Faster Startup Time for P6 for Android and P6 for iOS
P6 for Android and P6 for iOS were designed with functionality to allow you to work more
effectively during periods of internet connectivity down time. As internet technology improves,
many people find that their internet connection is more stable and reliable, for more of the time.
To ensure you have the most up-to-date data during internet outages, at login the apps
download all the data you might need. You can now choose to skip that download, enabling you
to log into the apps more quickly. If you choose to switch off the "Download for Offline" toggle on
the login screen, P6 for Android and P6 for iOS will download data as required while you work. If
you skipped downloading data when you logged in, but then find you need to work offline, you
can select "Synchronize Activities" (P6 for Android) or "Download for Offline" (P6 for iOS) from the
Settings screen.

P6 EPPM Milestone Activities Support All Relationship Types

You can assign any relationship type to a milestone activity in P6. This includes: - You can import
projects regardless of the relationship types assigned to milestone activities in the project. - You
can copy and paste milestone activities without losing any of their relationships. - You can
change the type of an activity in either a project or a baseline to a start or finish milestone
without losing any of its relationships. The default relationship type for relationships connecting
with a start or finish milestone is finish-to-start. The Milestones with Invalid Relationships section
has been removed from the scheduling and leveling logs.

P6 EPPM Define a Default Database for a Database Instance

In Primavera P6 Administrator if there are multiple database instances defined for a
configuration, you can select which should be the default for new installations or for existing
users if their most recently used database is not available from their browser's cookies. To select
a default database instance for a configuration, select Manage Instances on the Instance list
and use the Row Actions menu to set a database as the default. This does not alter the user's
default database if the previous database selection is available in their browser's cookies.

P6 Milestone Activities Support All Relationship Types

Professional You can assign any relationship type to a milestone activity in P6 Professional. This includes: -
You can import projects regardless of the relationship types assigned to milestone activities in
the project. - You can copy and paste milestone activities without losing any of their 𝐓𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭
𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐬: a start or finish milestone is finish-to-start. The "Milestones with invalid
relationships" section of the Scheduling and Leveling logs has been renamed to "Milestone
activities with atypical relationships".

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