Reports based on P6 data require timely access to the most current data in order to be accurate. For example, report recipients expect to see updated enterprise data and project data including any calculations.
Some other areas of P6, including Team Usage and Resource Analysis also rely on published data to provide accurate information.
In order to provide this data, P6 generates and stores data in reporting tables (the P6 Extended Schema). You can configure P6 to automatically publish essential data to the tables or manually generate it so that the most current data is available. You can select to be notified by email if publication services fail.
The data is split into two general categories: project data and global data. Project data includes all information about your projects, including baselines, summaries, calculations, and audit data and global data includes enterprise data, project, activity, resource, calendar, enterprise data dictionary, resource and role data, security and audit data. The Team Usage and Resource Analysis views access project data. Reports can use both project and global data.