Resources Privileges
P6 Setup Tasks > Users and Security in P6 EPPM > Defining Global Security Profiles in P6 EPPM > Global Privilege Definitions
Add Resources option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to create resource data. This privilege also selects the 'Edit Resources' global privilege.
Edit Resources option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to modify resource data. This privilege also enables users to assign, modify, and remove role assignments. To display resources' price/unit in reports, users must have this privilege and the 'View Resource and Role Costs/Financials' global privilege assigned to their profile. To display resource skill level (a resource's role proficiency) in the application and in reports, users must have this privilege and the 'View Resource Role Proficiency' global privilege assigned to their profile.
Delete Resources option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to remove resource data. This privilege also selects the 'Add Resources' and 'Edit Resources' global privileges.
Note: When a resource is deleted, all historical data for that resource and its assignments is also deleted. This includes resource costs and spreads from all projects to which that resource was assigned. Deleting resources can change the costs and units figures for all projects to which that resource was assigned. In most circumstances users should not delete resources, but clear the Active option for the resource on the Resources tab on the Resources Administration page.
Exercise extreme caution when assigning the Delete Resources privilege.
Add/Edit/Delete Resource Calendars option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to create, modify, and remove resource calendars data. This privilege also enables users to edit Shifts in P6 Professional.
Add/Edit/Delete Resource Curves option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to create, modify, and remove resource distribution curves definitions.
Add/Edit/Delete Roles option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to create, modify, and remove roles data.
Add/Edit/Delete Global Resource and Role Teams option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to create, modify, and remove global Resource Teams and Role Teams. A Resource/Role Team is a collection of resources/roles.
Add/Edit/Delete Rate Types and Units of Measure option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to create, modify, and remove resource rate types and units of measure data.
View Resource and Role Costs/Financials option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to display all values for labor, material, and nonlabor resource costs, price/unit values for roles, and costs for resource and resource assignments User Defined fields. For users who do not have this privilege assigned to their profile, all areas that display monetary values for labor, material, and nonlabor resources and roles will display dashes and cannot be edited. For resources, such areas include resource price/unit, values in resource spreadsheets and histograms in Resource Analysis and Team Usage, and Cost data types for Resource User Defined fields. For roles, the area is the price/unit value in roles data. To display resources' price/unit, users must have this privilege and the 'Edit Resources' global privilege assigned to their profile.
View Resource Role Proficiency option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to display, group/sort, filter, search, and report on resource and role proficiency. To display resource skill level (a resource's role proficiency), users must have this privilege and the Edit Resources global privilege assigned to their profile.
Approve Resource Timesheets option
Determines whether the profile will enable users to approve or reject submitted timesheets as a Resource Manager.
Related Topics
Tools Privileges for Global Privileges
Views and Reports Privileges for Global Privileges
Last Published Monday, February 5, 2024