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Overview

Use this page to specify general default options.

Screen Elements

Starting Day of Week:

First day of week for calendars list

Use the arrow to choose a day. The start day of the week affects how all days in a week are displayed in profiles, spreadsheets, and other layouts in which a weekly timescale can be displayed. For example, if Wednesday is selected as the starting day of the week, the week is displayed as WTFSSMT.

Note: When using View Calendar or going to Calendar views in Enterprise Data, the First day of week for calendars setting is ignored.

Activity Duration:

Default duration for new activities field

The default duration for new activities in all projects. Having a default duration simplifies the process of adding new activities.

Code Separator:

Specify the character for separating concatenated codes. It is also the default WBS code separator for new projects. field

The character that separates hierarchy levels in roles, resource codes, project codes, cost accounts, issue codes, activity codes, and risk categories; it is also the default separator for WBS codes in all new projects.

Industry Selection:

Select the industry to use for terminology and default calculation settings in the P6 Professional module. list

Use the arrow to choose the type of industry in which you use this application. The industry you choose causes P6 Professional to use terminology and default settings for calculations that most closely align with the selected industry.

Engineering and Construction: Determines the use of terminology and default settings for calculations aligned with the engineering and construction industries.

Government, Aerospace and Defense: Determines the use of terminology and default settings for calculations aligned with government and with aerospace and defense industries.

High Tech, Manufacturing and Others: Determines the use of terminology and default settings for calculations aligned with high-technology, manufacturing, and other industries.

Utilities, Oil and Gas: Determines the use of terminology and default settings for calculations aligned with the utility, oil, and gas industries.

Note: Until an industry is selected P6 Professional users will see a message each time they log in which explains that this option has not been set.

Password Policy:

Enable password policy option

Determines whether to enable the password policy.

"" Use the Password Policy to authorize a password that is 8-20 characters long and that contains at least one letter and one number.

Online Help:

Enter the Online Help URL for the P6 Professional module field

The help URL that will allow users to access help for P6 Professional. If this field is left blank, the Online Help option will not be available and Local help will always launch when the F1 key or Help shortcut are used.

Leave the default URL to launch the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) site when Online Help is selected from the Help menu.

Remove the URL to disable the Online Help option from the Help menu for all users. Users will only be able to access the local version of the help.

Specify a new URL location to launch when Online Help is selected from the Help menu.

Using OTN ensures that you always have the most current help content.

Always launch Online Help for F1 shortcut key and context-sensitive help option

Switch on this option if your users have access to the internet and need to be able to see the most up to date version of Help. If this option is switched off, accessing Help via the F1 key and Help shortcuts will always show local help. This option is off by default.

Document Management:

P6 URL field

The P6 URL that will enable users to view content repository documents in P6 Professional.

Contract Management:

Contract Management URL field

The Contract Management URL that will enable access to Contract Management from P6.

Primavera Unifier:

Primavera Unifier URL field

The Primavera Unifier URL that will enable users to access Primavera Unifier from P6.

Company Short Name field

The Company Short Name for accessing the Primavera Unifier database.

Authentication Code field

The Authentication Code for accessing the Primavera Unifier database.

P6 Professional Applications

Use Remote Mode for P6 Professional Update Baseline, Schedule Compare and XML Import option

Switch on this option if you want P6 Professional to run Update Baseline, Schedule Compare, and XML Import procedures using the API in Remote Mode. If you choose to use this feature, ensure that P6 Professional users configure their connection to the P6 database using the P6 Pro Cloud Connect driver.

Integration API Server URL field

The URL of the Integration API server which will perform the calculations for Update Baseline, Schedule Compare, and XML Import for P6 Professional.

Note:

Getting Here

  1. Click the Administer menu and select Application Settings.
  2. On the Application Settings pane, click General.

Related Topics

Working with Application Settings

Set the Industry Type (P6 EPPM Only)



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