Every time a user attempts to log in to an instance of P6 Professional that has been installed using ClickOnce, P6 Professional checks the server from which it was launched for the most recent version of the application. If the version on the server is the same as the version the user is using, then nothing will happen and the user can begin to use the application. However, if a more recent version of P6 Professional becomes available as either a patch or an upgrade, the user's P6 Professional installation will be automatically updated to the latest version, unless your administrator has disabled the mandatory update option. If the mandatory update option is not enabled, then the Update Available dialog box will appear to users and prompt them to update or skip the P6 Professional version update.
Caution: If you update your P6 Professional installation to version 17 from a previous release, you must ensure all client computers have .NET 4.6.2 installed. If .NET 4.6.2 is not installed on your client machines, the update will fail. System administrators should update .NET and other prerequisites on all client computers before upgrading or installing P6 Professional. For more information on P6 Professional prerequisites see Prerequisites for Signing and Deploying P6 Professional Using ClickOnce.
Note: If your administrator disabled mandatory update, the Update Available dialog box appears only once for each new version of P6 Professional. If users choose to skip the version update, the Update Available dialog box will not display in the application until a newer version update becomes available on the server.
The following sections describe the different patching and upgrading scenarios that users might experience.
Accepting a Version Update
When a user accepts the version update, that user’s P6 Professional instance will close and automatically patch or upgrade their instance. After the patching or upgrade process completes, P6 Professional launches to the application login page.
The following list represents the process a user experiences when accepting a version update:
- A user attempts to log in to P6 Professional. P6 Professional checks the Oracle Primavera server for a new version of P6 Professional and determines that there is a new version of P6 Professional available that the user can download and install.
- The Update Available dialog box appears to the user. The user clicks OK.
- The user's instance of P6 Professional closes, the new version of P6 Professional downloads from the Oracle Primavera server, and P6 Professional silently updates to the most recent version. Users can check the progress of their update with the Updating P6 Professional dialog box.
- After the update completes, P6 Professional opens the Login to Primavera P6 Professional login page.
Declining a Version Update
If a user declines the update, then that user will no longer receive a prompt to update their P6 Professional instance for that version.
The following list represents the process a user experiences when declining a version update:
- A user attempts to log in to P6 Professional. P6 Professional checks the Oracle Primavera server for a new version of P6 Professional and determines that there is a new version of P6 Professional available that the user can download and install.
- The Update Available dialog box appears to the user. The user clicks Skip.
- The user logs in to P6 Professional.
- Later, when the user logs out of P6 Professional and attempts to log back in, P6 Professional checks the Oracle Primavera server for a new version of P6 Professional and determines that the version of P6 Professional on the server is a version update that the user chose to skip. P6 Professional opens the Login to Primavera P6 Professional login page.
Updating a Version if Initially Declined
If a user declines to update their version of P6 Professional when the Update Available dialog box appears, but later decides that they want to update their version, then users will need to navigate to the Primavera Portal to update their application instance.
The following list represents the process a user experiences when updating P6 Professional if they initially chose to skip the update:
- A user attempts to log in to P6 Professional. P6 Professional checks the Oracle Primavera server for a new version of P6 Professional and determines that there is a new version of P6 Professional available that the user can download and install.
- The Update Available dialog box appears to the user. The user clicks Skip.
- The user logs in to P6 Professional. Later, the user realizes that they want or need to update their instance of P6 Professional to the latest version.
After users determines that they want to update their version of P6 Professional after they have initially declined the update, they can use the following procedure to update their instance:
- Close P6 Professional.
- Log in to the Primavera Portal using the URL provided by their cloud administrator.
- Click Install P6 Professional.
- On the Installing P6 Professional With ClickOnce page, click the Install button..
- In the Opening setup.exe dialog box, click Save File.
- Run setup.exe.
Reverting to a Previous Patch
As users update their P6 Professional instances to new patches, they might find that they prefer to use earlier versions of P6 Professional rather than their current version. Rather than using their current version until a newer version becomes available, these users can revert their version to a previous patch.
To revert an instance of P6 Professional to a previous patch:
- Click Start.
- Click Control Panel.
- Click Programs and Feature.
- Right click the P6 Professional item.
- On the Primavera dialog box that asks "Do you wish to uninstall Primavera and all its components?", click Yes.
- On the P6 Professional Maintenance dialog box, select Restore the application to its previous state and the click OK.