Overview
Use this page to add and configure project codes and code values.
Screen Elements
Add
menu
Add Code: Creates a new code.
Add Code Value: Creates a code value for the selected code.
Add Child Code Value: Creates a child code value for the selected code value.
Actions
menu
Get Usage Data: Opens the Display Usage Data dialog box.
Delete Data: Deletes the selected enterprise data permanently.
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.
Customize View
Opens the Customize View dialog box.
Prints the current page, table, chart, or item.
Search
Searches the view or dialog box for data matching the criteria entered into the box.
Row Actions menu
Add Code: Creates a new code to help you organize data.
Add Code Value: Creates a code value for the selected code.
Add Child Code Value: Creates a subordinate code value for a selected code value.
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.
Move Up: Moves the selected item up within the same level in the hierarchical arrangement.
Move Down: Moves the selected item down within the same level in the hierarchical arrangement.
Move Right: Moves the selected item one level lower in the hierarchical arrangement.
Move Left: Moves the selected item one level higher in the hierarchical arrangement.
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.
Maximum Code Value Weight field
The maximum allowed weight value for a specific project code type.
Maximum Length field
The maximum number of characters used for a code value name.
Name field
The name of the code. This column is always visible on this page.
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.
Weight field
The weight of the project code.
P6 calculates project score based on the weights associated with project codes and project code values assigned to a project. To use project scoring features, you must create weighted project codes and code values and assign them to the projects you want to rank.
Weight Percent field
The project code weight divided by the total of all project code weights.
Download
Enables you to download the view as an 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 Projects and click Project Codes.