Use the Project toolbar to access windows and dialog boxes in which you can view, add, edit, and delete project-level data, such as activities, the WBS, and resource assignments. This toolbar is displayed by default, and the icons are enabled when any project is open.
The following table provides information about each available icon on the toolbar.
Icon | Function | Displays by default? | Corresponding menu command |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opens the Activities window. Use the Activities window to create, view, and edit activities for the open project. | Yes | Project > Activities |
| Opens the Work Breakdown Structure window. Use the Work Breakdown Structure window to create, view, and edit the open project's work breakdown structure (WBS). | Yes | Project > WBS |
| Opens the Resource Assignments window. Use the Resource Assignments window to view all resource assignments, grouped by resource, for all currently opened projects. You can also display resource cost and quantity information in a spreadsheet. | Yes | Project > Resource Assignments |
| Opens the WPs & Docs window. Use the WPs & Docs window to create and maintain work product and document records for the open project, such as records for standards, procedures, guidelines, and templates. | Yes | Project > Work Products and Documents |
| Opens the Project Expenses window. Use the Project Expenses window to add, edit, and delete expense items for activities in the open project. | Yes | Project > Expenses |
| Opens the Project Thresholds window. Use the Project Thresholds window to create, view, edit, and monitor thresholds for the open project. You can monitor a threshold at the work breakdown structure (WBS) level or the activity level to identify issues. | No | Project > Thresholds |
| Opens the Project Issues window. Use the Project Issues window to add, edit, and delete issues for the open project and to send Email notifications about issues. | No | Project > Issues |
| This icon appears only when P6 Professional is connected to a P6 Professional database. Opens the Risks view. Use the Risks view to add, edit, assign, and delete risks for the open project. You can also calculate a risk's exposure values and its overall impact on the project's schedule and costs. | No | Project > Risks |
| Opens the Assign Baselines dialog box. Use the Assign Baselines dialog to assign project, primary, secondary, and tertiary baselines to a project. | No | Project > Assign Baselines |
| Opens the Maintain Baselines dialog box. Use the Maintain Baselines dialog box to create, delete, copy, or restore baselines for the open project. | No | Project > Maintain Baselines |
| Opens the Set Default Project dialog box. When you open multiple projects, use this dialog box to specify which project to open by default, which project’s settings to use when you schedule or level, and which project to use by default when you add new information to the database. | No | Project > Set Default Project |
Tips
- To show icons on the toolbar that do not display by default, you must customize the toolbar. The icons on this toolbar do not have corresponding shortcut keys.