Reports Page

Overview

Use this page to define three sets of header, footers, and custom labels for P6 Professional reports and Visualizer diagrams.

Screen Elements

First Set section

Define a header, footer, or custom text label for reports or diagrams.

Second Set section

Define a second header, footer, or custom text label for reports or diagrams.

Third Set section

Define a third header, footer, or custom text label for reports or diagrams.

Header Label 1, 2, or 3 field

The custom text that will be inserted into any report or diagram containing a Header Label 1, Header Label 2, or Header Label 3 variable text cell, when printed or drawn. You can type new header text. The maximum number of characters is 255.

Footer Label 1, 2, or 3 field

The custom text that will be inserted into any report or diagram containing a Footer Label 1, Footer Label 2, or Footer Label 3 variable text cell, when printed or drawn. You can type new footer text. The maximum number of characters is 255.

Custom Label 1, 2, or 3 field

The custom text that will be inserted into any report or diagram containing a Custom Label 1, Custom Label 2, or Custom Label 3 variable text cell, when printed or drawn. You can type new custom text. The maximum number of characters is 255.

Note: The labels can be used by choosing them as variables in Page Setup. Variables can be set in Visualizer on the Title Block tab of the Page Setup tab. Variables can be set in P6 Professional on the Header and Footer tabs of the Page Setup dialog box. These labels cannot be used in P6.

General section

Cache Timeout list

Determines the interval at which the cache for searching reports times out.

Enhanced Page Loading option

Determines whether to use enhanced loading in the Reports page. When this option is selected, reports are cached as you expand the report folder structure. When this option is not selected, reports are cached as soon as you open the Reports page.

Caching allows reports to be searched, so select this option if page loading performance is more important to you than searching. You can search the You can search the report name, default format, default template, available format, and available templates columns.

BI Publisher Authentication section

Note: If you change the settings in this section, the changes will take effect the next time the registry service runs. The frequency at which the registry service runs can be configured in Primavera P6 Administrator, on the Registry Service page of the Services section of the P6 Configuration. The default setting is for the Registry service to run every 90 seconds.

Selected Configuration list

The configuration on the BI Publisher server to be linked to this instance of P6.

Admin Username field

The username of an Administrative user on the BI Publisher server.

Password field

The password for the administrative user of the BI Publisher server.

Getting Here

  1. Click Administration.
  2. On the Administration navigation bar, click Application Settings.
  3. On the Application Settings page, click Reports.

Last Published Monday, February 5, 2024