The data you see in P6 can be of the following types:
- Live: Data stored directly in the database, or calculated "on-the-fly".
Most of the information you see in P6 is drawn live from the database. That includes information about projects, their activities, resources, roles, assignments, labor unit totals, cost totals, risks, issues, documents, and so on.
- Published: Data gathered by the Publication Services, that gather and calculate data as close as possible to real-time.
These global services gather certain enterprise, project, resource, and global data that P6 uses to generate unit and cost spreads and calculated data on some pages. Published data is also used for reports. The services are triggered when sufficient changes are made to projects or when a time period specified by an administrator has elapsed.
Project level settings control whether a project's data will be published and each project's relative priority to others.
Application level settings control the period for which data will be published, the interval for time-distributed data, whether and how often publication services run, the triggers for a project's data to be republished, and whether resource spread, role spread, and baseline data should be published.
For more information about publication services, see About Publication Services.
- Summarized: Data gathered by the Summarizer Service, that runs at scheduled times as configured by your administrator.
This project service generates data used on some pages to show unit and cost spread data and aggregated (rolled-up) data at EPS, project, and WBS level. The summarizer is typically configured to run less frequently than the publisher and therefore changes you make might take longer to be visible in summarized data than published data.
For more information about summary data, see About Summary Data.
The following table shows which type of data is used in each area of the software.
Dashboards
Data Type
| Source
|
|---|
Bubble charts, histograms, pie charts, score cards, side-by-side histograms, stacked histograms.
| Published
|
- Except costs, units, dates, durations calculated using dates, and activity counts.
| Summarized
|
Project Performance
| Published
|
- Except earned value management calculations.
| Summarized
|
Open Requests for Resources
|
|
| Live
|
| Published
|
My Projects
| Live
|
My Activities
| Live
|
My Risks
| Live
|
My Issues
| Live
|
My Documents
| Live
|
My Calendar
| Live
|
Portfolios
Data Type
| Source
|
|---|
Portfolio Analysis Page
| Published
|
- Except costs, units, dates, durations calculated using dates, and activity counts.
| Summarized
|
Capacity Planning Page
| Summarized
|
Performance Status Page
| Published
|
- Except earned value management calculations.
| Summarized
|
Projects
Data Type
| Source
|
|---|
EPS Page
| Live
|
- Except costs, units, dates, and activity counts.
| Summarized
|
| Live (but calculated from summarized data)
|
Activities Page
| Live
|
- Except Resource Availability.
| Published
|
Team Usage Page
| Published
|
Assignments Page
| Live
|
- Except Resource Availability
| Published
|
Issues Page
| Live
|
Documents Page
| Live
|
Risks Page
| Live
|
Resources
Data Type
| Source
|
|---|
Assignments Page
| Live
|
- Except Resource Availability
| Published
|
Planning Page
| Live
|
- Except Resource Availability
| Published
|
Analysis Page
| Published
|
Administration Page
| Live
|
Approvals
Data Type
| Source
|
|---|
Status Updates Page
| Live
|
Timesheets Page
| Live
|
Reports
Data Type
| Source
|
|---|
All data
| Published
|
Reference Topics
P6 Team Member Interface Field Names
Action Required for Document Reviews Toolbar
Action Required for Workflows Toolbar
Activity Count Columns of the Activity Table
Activity Steps Columns of the Activity Table
Applying Actuals Based on the Auto Compute Actuals Method
Applying Actuals Based on the Timesheets Method
Available Columns of the Activities Page
Available Columns of the Assignments Detail Window of the Activities Page
Available Columns of the Assignments Page
Available Columns of the EPS Page
Baseline Columns of the EPS Table
Bubble Chart Settings Area
Budget Columns of the EPS Table
Calendar Tab of the View Calendar Dialog Box of the Activities Page, EPS Page, Assignments Page, or Resources Page
Cost Columns of the EPS Table
Costs Columns of the Activity Table
Costs Columns of the Assignments Table
Dates Columns of the Activity Table
Dates Columns of the Assignments Table
Dates Columns of the EPS Table
Default Settings for Views
Document Search Criteria
Document Security (Reference)
Durations Columns of the Activity Table
Durations Columns of the Assignments Table
Durations Columns of the EPS Table
Earned Value Columns of the Activity Table
Earned Value Columns of the EPS Table
Errors Section of the Leveling Report Log
Future Period Planning: Deleting, Copying, Pasting, and Replacing Data
Future Period Planning: Entering and Editing Data
Future Period Planning: Importing and Exporting Data
Future Period Planning: Miscellaneous Information
Future Period Planning: Settings
Future Period Planning: Troubleshooting
Future Period Planning: Updating Projects
General Columns of the Activity Table
General Columns of the Assignments Table
General Columns of the EPS Table
Histogram Chart Settings Area
Level Resources Dialog Box (Reference)
Lists Columns of the Activity Table
Multiple Float Paths of the Activities Table
My Documents Portlet Toolbar
My Reviews Toolbar
My Workflows Toolbar
Number of Activities Columns of the EPS Table
Pages Supporting Filters
Percent Complete Columns of the Activity Table
Percent Complete Columns of the Assignments Table
Percent Complete Columns of the EPS Table
Performance Status Calculations
Personal Information Tab of the My Preferences Page
Pie Chart Settings Area
Portfolio Analysis Settings Area
Portfolio Analysis Toolbar
Portfolios Navigation Bar
Pre-response Thresholds (Risks)
Preferences Columns of the EPS Table
Private Documents Toolbar
Publication columns of the EPS Table
Recent Documents Toolbar
Resource Columns of the Assignments Table
Resources Navigation Bar
Risk Exposure (Pre-response)
Risk Exposure Calculations
Risk Scoring Method Description
Scorecard Settings Area
Set the Industry Type (P6 EPPM Only)
Standard Work Week Tab of the View Calendar Dialog Box of the Activities Page, EPS Page, Assignments Page, or Resources Page
Summary Columns of the EPS Table
Summary Tab of the View Calendar Dialog Box of the Activities Page, EPS Page, Assignments Page, or Resources Page
Team Member and P6 Mobile tab of the Consent Notice Page
Timesheet Feedback Columns of the Activity Table
Units Columns of the Activity Table
Units Columns of the Assignments Table
Units Columns of the EPS Table