Specify the interval to summarize and store resource spreads
By calendar: Choose this option if you want to summarize and store activity and resource spreads according to the calendar intervals you specify in the WBS Level and Resource/Role Assignment Level fields. This option is selected by default.
Note:
- If you summarize projects with the 'By calendar' option selected, then clear the checkbox and summarize projects again, the previously existing summary activity and resource spreads are not removed; you must remove them manually.
WBS Level: Choose the time interval, such as week or month, for storing summarized activity data.
Resource/Role Assignment Level: Choose the time interval, such as week or month, for storing summarized resource data.
By financial period: Select this option if you want to summarize and store activity and resource data in financial period intervals that correspond to the range of financial periods defined in the Financial Periods dictionary. Choosing this option enables P6 Professional to accurately display all activity and resource data (both actual to date and past period actual) in financial period timescale intervals.
Notes:
- You cannot clear both the 'By calendar' and 'By financial period' checkboxes; at least one checkbox must be marked.
- If financial periods are not defined in the Financial Periods dictionary, you can select this option but data will not be summarized by financial period.
- If you choose to summarize by both calendar and financial period intervals, summarizer jobs will take longer to run.
Tips:
- If you want all activity and resource data in the database to be summarized by financial period (including closed projects), you must create financial periods that span the date range of all projects in the database. For example, if the oldest project in your database has a project start date of October 1st, 2001, your financial periods should begin on or before that date.
- After you choose to summarize data by financial period, you must summarize closed projects at least once to store project data in financial period intervals. Doing so ensures that data will display accurately in profiles and spreadsheets when users choose to display data for all projects in a financial period timescale interval (rather than open projects only).
P6 Professional Online Help URL
When you select the Online Help option from the Help menu, the URL that is specified in this section will launch. By default, the P6 Professional Online Help URL field is populated with the version hosted by Oracle, http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E63417_01_01/client_help/. The language that is used forhelp is determined by the user's language selection under Tools. You can set your own URL location. If the P6 Professional Online Help URL field is blank, the Online Help option on the Help menu is disabled for all users.
The Always launch Online Help for the F1 shortcut key and context-sensitive help option is not selected by default. By default, local help will launch when you use the F1 key and help shortcut icons. If the P6 Professional Online Help URL field is blank, this option is disabled and local help will always launch.
Document Security
Invalid document types: Provide a comma-separated list of file types P6 Professional should not accept for upload of documents. Oracle recommends that at least the default values of .exe, .com, .bat, .cmd, .vbs, .js, and .msi should be entered in this field.