This topic describes the P6 Application Settings that are relevant to P6 Professional with P6 EPPM. All of these settings are on the General tab of the Applications Settings page in P6. See the P6 Help in the P6 EPPM User and Integration Documentation for details.
Industry Selection section
Select the industry to use for terminology and default calculation settings in the P6 Professional module list
Use the arrow to choose the type of industry in which you use this application. The industry you choose causes P6 Professional to use terminology and default settings for calculations that most closely align with the selected industry.
Engineering and Construction: Determines the use of terminology and default settings for calculations aligned with the engineering and construction industries.
Government, Aerospace, and Defense: Determines the use of terminology and default settings for calculations aligned with government and with aerospace and defense industries.
High Tech, Manufacturing, and Others: Determines the use of terminology and default settings for calculations aligned with high-technology, manufacturing, and other industries.
Utilities, Oil, and Gas: Determines the use of terminology and default settings for calculations aligned with the utility, oil, and gas industries.
Note: Until an industry is selected P6 Professional users will see a message each time they log in which explains that this option has not been set.
Online Help section
Online Help URL for P6 Professional field
The help URL that will allow users to access help for P6 Professional. If this field is left blank, the Online Help option will not be available and Local help will always launch when the F1 key or Help shortcut are used.
Leave the default URL to launch the version of the help hosted by Oracle when Online Help is selected from the Help menu.
Remove the URL to disable the Online Help option from the Help menu for all users. Users will only be able to access the local version of the help.
Specify a new URL location to launch when Online Help is selected from the Help menu.
Using the hosted version ensures that you always have the most current help content.
Always launch the Online Help for the F1 shortcut key and context sensitive help option
Switch on this option if your users have access to the internet and need to be able to see the most up to date version of Help. If this option is switched off, accessing Help via the F1 key and Help shortcuts will always show local help. This option is off by default.
Document Management section
P6 URL field
This URL enables P6 Professional users to download exported Primavera XML files.
P6 Professional Application section
Run in Secure Global Desktop environment option
Switch on this option if you want P6 Professional users to run the application in Secure Global Desktop.
Note: If this option is selected, P6 Professional users will not be able to see database details and system information on the System tab of the About page.