Overview
Use this page to add and configure issue codes and code values for projects.
Screen Elements
Add
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Add Code: Enables you to add a new code.
Add Code Value: Enables you to add a new value to an existing code. This option is only available if you have selected a code in the list.
Actions
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Get Usage Data: Opens the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Expand All button
Enables you to see all of the items in the hierarchical list.
Collapse All button
Enables you to hide subordinate items in the hierarchical list.
Full Screen
Expands the current work area so it fills the entire display.
Prints the Grid View.
Search
Searches the view or dialog box for data matching the criteria entered into the box.
Row Actions
Add Code: Creates a new code to help you organize data.
Add Code Value: Creates an issue code value for the selected issue code.
Delete: Deletes the selected data items or table rows permanently.
Cut: Cuts the selected item.
Copy: Copies the selected item.
Paste: Pastes a previously cut or copied item into the selected position.
Fill Down: Copies the data from the first cell selected to all other selected cells in the same column. Use CTRL or SHIFT to select multiple cells.
Active Project Count field
The number of currently in use projects and baselines in which the data item is used. On the Resources and Roles tabs of the Resource Administration page and the OBS page, any number over zero is a link that will open a dialog box listing the currently in use projects in which the data is used.
To see this field, you must have selected the Get Usage Data option on the Actions menu and have configured the options in the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Description field
A description of the code or the code value.
Inactive Project Count field
The number of obsolete projects and baselines in which the data item is used. On the Resources and Roles tabs of the Resource Administration page and the OBS page, any number over zero is a link that will open a dialog box listing the obsolete projects in which the data is used.
To see this field, you must have selected the Get Usage Data option on the Actions menu and have configured the options in the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Last Assigned Date field
The date the data item was most recently assigned in any project.
To see this field, you must have selected the Get Usage Data option on the Actions menu and have configured the options in the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Name field
The name of the code.
For example, you can create an issue code titled Severity, and subsequently create issue code values: High, Medium, and Low. You can assign each of these code values to issues across multiple projects, enabling you to categorize each issue according to how severe it is. Similarly, you can create codes to categorize issues by responsibility, subproject, or any other classification you require to organize issues. Assigning issue codes enables you to quickly search for and view issues according to specific criteria.
Secure option
Determines whether the code is a secure code.
Select Column field
Determines whether the data item might be a good candidate for deletion, based on the options you selected in the Display Usage Data dialog box. This option is only selected by P6 if the data item matches all the conditions you set in the Display Usage Data dialog box. You can also select or clear this option manually.
All data items with this option selected are deleted when you select Delete Data on the Actions menu.
To see this field, you must have selected the Get Usage Data option on the Actions menu and have configured the options in the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Usage Column field
Shows usage information about the enterprise data item.
Used after indicates the data has been summarized or published after the date you selected in the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Last assigned before indicates the data was last assigned before the date you selected in the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Never used indicates the data is not assigned in any project in the database.
To see this field, you must have selected the Get Usage Data option on the Actions menu and have configured the options in the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Download link
Enables you to download the currently displayed data as a Microsoft Excel file. For hierarchical data, the top level and any expanded levels are downloaded. For flat lists, all columns are downloaded.
Getting Here
- Click Administration.
- On the Administration navigation bar, click Enterprise Data.
- On the Enterprise Data page, expand Issues and click Issue Codes.