If We Use P6 Progress Reporter, Which Version Should We Use?

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P6 Progress Reporter consists of the P6 Progress Reporter client on the front end, the database server that contains your projects on the back end, and the application server hosting P6 Progress Reporter files in the middle, providing a link between P6 Progress Reporter clients and the database.

P6 EPPM facilitates project communication among team members by providing two types of interfaces for P6 Progress Reporter: a Java Web Start version and a Web Browser version. The Web Browser version is optional and depends on your configuration. The differences between the two interfaces are:

• Java Web Start version Enables users to access their timesheet data across the Internet as a Java application.

  Java Web Start provides a secure and platform-independent deployment of P6 Progress Reporter, using the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) technology. Java Web Start also ensures that users always launch the most recent version of P6 Progress Reporter under the correct JRE version, even if there is more than one JRE version present. Java Web Start automatically downloads the most recent version of P6 Progress Reporter to the user’s computer, so users never have to upgrade manually.

• Web Browser version Performs the same function as the Java Web Start version, but this version runs as a Java applet. You must have this version when using Single Sign-On authentication.

  To run the Web Browser version, users visit a specified URL, and the Java applet automatically downloads to their computers; their computer can then run the applet. When many of your users will need to use P6 Progress Reporter, run it as a Java applet to save time with administration—no client-side installation is required, and software updates distribute automatically. The primary disadvantage is the initial download time for the applet.