Administration

This section lists the Administration differences between P6 and Primavera Cloud. For more information about the Administration functionality in Primavera Cloud, refer to the Global Admin section of the Oracle Primavera Cloud Help on Oracle Help Center.

General

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Application Settings

Y

 

Available in Admin Preferences menu.

Y

 

Embedded Enablement within Application

 

 

 

Y

 

UPK Enabled

Y

 

 

 

 

Global

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Global Change - Perform Calculations

 

Y

Y

 

 

Global Schedule Services

Y

 

 

 

 

Global Change - Update Existing Fields

Y

Y

Y

Y

P6 supports global change for activities, resource assignments, and expenses.

Primavera Cloud supports global change for activities only.

Global Change - Update Existing WBS-level Fields

Y

 

 

 

 

Enterprise Data/Dictionaries

In Primavera Cloud, the dictionaries are defined at workspace level. For more information, see Shared Data.

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Activity Codes - EPS

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Activity Codes - Global

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Activity Codes - Project

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Activity UDFs

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Assignment UDFs

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Baseline Types

Y

 

Y

Y

Baseline Types are called Baseline Categories in Primavera Cloud, and they are defined per workspace. Baseline categories can also be imported using P6 XML Import if assigned to baselines and selected for import.

CBS - Cost Structure

 

 

 

Y

 

Cost Accounts

Y

Y

Y

 

CBS in Primavera Cloud provides similar functionality as Cost Accounts in P6.

Cost Categories

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Cost Code Segments

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Currencies

Y

 

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Custom Logs

 

 

 

Y

Custom logs are used to define template registers for recording multiple records for a project. For example, Lessons Learned Log.

Custom Log Codes

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Custom Log Types

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Custom Log UDFs

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Document Categories

Y

 

Y

 

 

Document Codes

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Document Statuses

Y

 

Y

 

 

Document UDFs

Y

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Expense Categories

Y

 

Y

 

 

Expense UDFs

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Financial Periods/Reporting Cycles

 

 

Y

Partially Supported

Financial Periods are called Reporting Cycles in Primavera Cloud.

Primavera Cloud has 12 financial periods with pre-defined start day and month for each period.

Fund Source Codes

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Fund Source UDFs

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud in the Funds app.

Funding Sources

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Partially Supported

Y

In Primavera Cloud, funding sources are in the Cost and Funds app within each workspace. They can also be defined at the portfolio or project level. Funding data cannot be transferred between P6 and Primavera Cloud due to the differences in functionality.

Global Calendars

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Issue Codes

Y

 

 

 

 

Issue UDFs

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Locations

Y

Y

Y

Y

In P6, locations provide the latitude and longitude values only, whereas in Primavera Cloud geographic maps show the locations of objects.
Locations are also available for more objects in Primavera Cloud compared to P6 EPPM.

Notebook Topics

Y

 

Y

Y

 

Overhead Codes

Y

 

 

Partially Supported

Hour Types in Primavera Cloud provide similar functionality as Overhead Codes in P6.

Project Calendars

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Project Codes

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Project UDFs

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Rate Types

Y

Y

Y

Y

 

Resource Calendars

Y

Y

Y

Partially Supported

Resource Calendars are not directly supported in Primavera Cloud. Instead, you can assign a specific workspace- calendar to a resource.

Resource Codes

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Resource Curves/Curve Profiles

Y

Y

Y

Y

Resource Curves are called Curve Profiles in Primavera Cloud.

Resource Dictionary

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Resource Shifts

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Resource UDFs

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Risk Categories

Y

 

Y

 

 

Risk Codes

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Risk Forms

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Risk Matrix Templates

Y

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Risk Threshold Templates

Y

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Risk UDFs

Y

 

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Risk Workflows

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Role Codes

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Role Dictionary

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Step Templates

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Step UDFs

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Task Codes

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Task UDFs

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Timephased Exchange Rates

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Timesheet Periods (In Primavera Cloud, timesheets can only be created in weekly intervals.)

Y

 

Y

Y

Primavera Cloud supports weekly timesheet periods, which can be configured using the Timesheet Settings.

Units of Measure

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

WBS Categories

Y

 

Y

 

WBS Codes or UDFs can be used for WBS Categories in Primavera Cloud.

WBS Codes

 

 

 

Y

 

WBS UDFs

Y

Y

Y

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Work Package Codes

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

Work Product and Document UDFs

 

Y

Y

 

 

Work Package UDFs

 

 

 

Y

Defined per workspace in Primavera Cloud.

User Access

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Users

Y

 

Y

Y

 

User Groups

 

 

 

Y

 

OBS

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Global Security Profiles

Y

 

Y

Y

Available in the Global and Workspace permissions sets in Primavera Cloud.

Project Security Profiles

Y

 

Y

Y

Available in the Project permissions sets in Primavera Cloud.

Companies

 

 

 

Y

 

User Interface Views

Feature

P6 EPPM Web

P6 EPPM Client

P6 Professional

Primavera Cloud

Notes

Manage Content

Y

 

 

Partially Supported

In Primavera Cloud, Administrators can show or hide apps for specific users.

Activity Editing Settings

Y

 

 

 

 

Expand/Collapse all and Expand/Collapse to Level Grouped Data in Grids

Y

Y

Y

Partially Supported

In Primavera Cloud, only pages with grid items that support context menu settings will have this functionality.


Last Published Monday, August 18, 2025