This section describes how to enter general information about the new value list, including the list name and description.
- Open the Bridge Server Settings Wizard, as described in Step 1. The General step of the Bridge Server Settings Wizard is displayed.
- In the Status area you can view the status of the server that is currently defined.
- In the Synchronization area, you can define the frequency of the synchronization:
- Check the Sync every checkbox and enter the number of weeks/days/hours between synchronizations.
- You can view and edit the date and time of the Next Sync by selecting the necessary date from the pop-up calendar and selecting the hour from the drop-down list.
- Select a Sync Time Out value. The value in this dropdown signifies the time span for which the system will wait for the sync job to complete before it stops the job (in case of a manual sync) or stops the job and restarts the job (in case of a scheduled sync).You can select from the following options:
- 15 min
- 30 min
- 1 hour
- 3 hours
- 6 hours
- 12 hours
- 23 hours
- Unlimited
- Click Test to test the connection with the defined servers.
Click Log to open the Project Management Server Log Report window. The Project Management Server Log Report includes the following columns: Time, Event, Object Name, Status, User, Error Code, and Description.
- In the Server Name field, enter the name of the server with which you would like to synchronize.
- In the P6 Web Services URL field, enter the URL of the server’s P6 web service with which you would like to synchronize.
- In the P6 Web Access URL field, enter the P6 server web access URL. This URL will be used to enable web access to P6 from within the PPM application.
Note: Make sure that the name and URLs you supply are unique in the system, and that the server is not mapped to another Primavera Portfolio Management server.
- In the Server Proxy field, enter the proxy URL to connect P6 on cloud servers.
For an on-premises P6 server, do not enter the proxy URL.
- In the Description field, enter an (optional) description for the defined server.
- In the Access to P6 area, enter the User Name and Password that will be used to access the server.
- Click Next to proceed to the next step of the Bridge Server Settings Wizard, where you can define the default mapping options.