Defining Publication Periods

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Before publishing global or project data for reporting, define the publication period. The publication period you define should be large enough to capture all the project data you need to include in reports.

Caution: You can perform these steps again at any time to modify your settings. However, if an Admin Superuser modifies the Start date, Time distributed interval, or Finish date is current date plus fields, all data will be fully recalculated. Oracle recommends that you only reconfigure publication options on weekends or during off-peak hours to prevent the disruption of other P6 features.

To define the publication period:

  1. Click the Administer menu and select Application Settings.
  2. On the Application Settings pane, click Services.
  3. On the Services page, in the Publication Periods section:
    1. In the Start date field, click to select the exact month, day, year, and time to mark the initial start of the data publication period. Select any date in the past that represents a reasonable amount of historical spread data for your organization. For example, in order for users to be able to produce time-distributed reports for any date range, enter the earliest project start date at your organization.
    2. In the Finish date is current date plus field, select a numeric quantity and unit of time to construct a dynamic period of time. Whenever a publication service runs, this period of time is added to the current date to determine the finish date for the publication of data. For example, if the value is 5 years, time-distributed data will always be published covering the period of time that begins with the value in the Start Date field and extends five years into the future each time a service runs.
    3. In the Time distributed interval field, select the unit of time in which time distributed data will be recalculated and published. Set this to Week if performance is of primary importance and you do not need to see daily data.
    4. Click Save.

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Working with Publication Services for Reporting

Publishing P6 Data for Reports

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