Before you implement resource security in your organization, you should know about the impact of restricting resource access in P6 Professional. Users with restricted resource access may experience the impact of the feature in the following major areas:
Resources View
If resource security is enabled, the Resources View's Filter By options display the following resources:
- All active resources
Displays all active resources that you have access to in a hierarchy. Those current project resources that are outside of your resource root nodes are not displayed. - All resources
Displays all resources that you have access to in a hierarchy. Those current project resources that are outside of your resource root nodes are not displayed. - Current Project's Resources
Displays only those current project resources that you have access to. In other words, those current project resources, who are under your root resource nodes. (Resources that you do not have access to are not displayed even if they are current project resources.)
Resource Assignments View
In the Resource Assignments View you still have access to all current project resources even if they are not under your root nodes. If you have the proper privilege, you can modify their assignments or reassign any resource to new activities.
Importing and Exporting Resources/Projects
If you have no resource access, you cannot import new resources or activity resource assignments, or issues associated with new resources. If you have limited resource access, new resources are imported under your root nodes and you can update existing resources only if you have access to them.