The Burn Down subject area allows you to track how a project is doing versus what you originally planned at the start of the project.
For a project to be included in the Burn Down subject area, you must configure specific project UDF and History Level settings in P6.
For more detailed information on working with P6, see the P6 documentation.
To configure the Burn Down subject area for a project:
Navigate to and log in to P6.
In P6, click Projects.
On the Projects navigation bar, click EPS.
On the EPS page:
Select a project.
Click the Actions menu and select Set Project Preferences....
In the Project Preferences dialog box, click Analytics in the Project Preferences pane.
On the Analytics page, select Activity from the History Level drop-down list.
In the Project Preferences dialog box, click Save and Close.
On the Projects navigation bar, click EPS.
On the EPS page, add the sys_workdown and sys_workdown_date UDF columns to the page.
For the projects you want to add to the Burn Down subject area:
Type project in the sys_workdown column.
Type a date value (for example, 09/03/2012) in the sys_workdown_date column. This value is used as the snapshot date for comparison to actual project values. If no value is entered here, the Project Start Date will be used instead.
Note: The date used for the initial Burn Down data capture is 1 day before the date entered for this UDF. For example, if the sys_workdown_date is 09/03/2012, then the ETL process will use 09/02/2012 for the Burn Down comparison.