Users (P6 Professional Only)
A user account provides a secure means for a person in your organization to access and use P6 Professional, however a user account alone isn't sufficient to access the software. A user account requires access to modules, and to be assigned security profiles. You might also need to assign your user access to resources.
Modules
The modules available for P6 Professional are:
- P6 Professional
- P6 Visualizer
You can assign a user access to either or both.
Security Profiles
Security profiles are collections of privileges that determine what a user assigned that security profile will or will not be allowed to do in P6 Professional. Users you create will not have access to any projects or features until you assign them a security profile.
Global security profiles allow you to restrict what users can do with global data (for example, resources, roles, codes, and calendars) and the actions they can take (for example, importing and exporting data, running services, using secure codes, and provisioning users).
Project security profiles allow you to restrict what users can do in projects assigned to a given OBS (also known as a Responsible Manager).
Resource Security
Resource security allows the administrator to restrict a user's resource access. By default, new users do not have access to resources.
Rules for Usernames and Passwords
The following rules apply to the usernames you can create and the passwords your users can use.
- Login names for users must be between 1 and 255 characters long.
- If the Enable Password Policy check box is cleared in the Admin Preferences dialog box, passwords must be between 1 and 20 characters long. If the Enable password policy check box is selected in the Admin Preferences dialog box, passwords must be at least 8 characters long and must contains at least one alpha and one numeric character.
- If you intend to use reporting software, avoid using commas when creating data other than Project names. The way that data is passed to some reporting software can cause a comma to be interpreted as a delimiter between data items.
- Oracle recommends the use of strong passwords. Strong passwords in P6 Professional are defined as passwords containing between 8 to 20 characters and at least one numeric and one alpha character. To further strengthen the password, use a mixture of upper and lower case letters.
To set up a new user:
Add a new user.
Assign the user access to the modules they will need to use.
Assign a global security profile.
Assign project security profiles to OBS nodes.
Last Published Thursday, October 9, 2025