Projects may require that P6 users temporarily work in remote locations without access to the private network where the P6 server resides. Diverse project teams may also exist with some members updating their tasks using P6, and others using e-mail.
Note: Timesheet users can request a list of their tasks using E-mail Statusing Service; however, timesheet users can only update their tasks using P6 Team Member Web.
To support updating assignment status by e-mail, you will need to:
Note: Each user with a valid user account can be assigned to activities as a resource assignment if the account is associated with a labor resource, as an activity owner, or by being assigned a Team Member work distribution filter.
Note: OBS access to a project is not required for resource assignments or activity owners using P6 Team Member Web, E-mail Statusing Service, or P6 mobile to view and update their assigned tasks. OBS access is required for each user with a Team Member work distribution filter assigned.
Known Issues
Yahoo and Hotmail web clients are not supported. If the user's e-mail address is assigned to one of these accounts, have them access their account within an SMTP e-mail client.
Error Messages
Users may receive error messages when updating tasks if their e-mail application is set to return e-mail messages in HTML format.
One of the following situations will occur:
The following methods can be used to avoid this issue:
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