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Primavera P6 Validation Report - Missing Objects - Constraints @OraclePrimavera #OraclePrimavear #PrimaveraP6 @OPrimaeraP6

Primavera P6 Validation Report – Missing Objects – Constraints

  The Primavera P6 Validation reports throw the following missing objects. All missing objects are DB constraints

      I found out the P6 DB constraints are available in the following SQL script

<P6_SOFTWARE>\database\scripts\install\PM_16_02_00\orpm_admuser.sql

  Also, I found out Oracle database will not allow adding a constraint…

How to enable Daylights Savings in Primavera P6 EPPM and P6 Professional? @OraclePrimavera #OraclePrimavear @PrimaveraP6 #PrimavearP6

How to enable Daylight Savings in Primavera P6 EPPM and P6 Professional

  In this section, I have explained how to enable Daylight Savings in Primavera P6 EPPM and P6 Professional.

  Version Used: P6 17.7 

  Enable DayLight Saving on Primavera P6 EPPM:

  1. Log in to Primavera P6 as Admin Super User >> Go to Admin config. The URL would be like below

  http://localhost:7001/p6.action/admin

  2.…

How to Export a Template in Primavera P6 EPPM #OraclePrimavera @OraclePrimavera #PrimavearP6 @PrimaveraP6

How to export a Template in Primavera P6 EPPM

  You may surprise, Primavera P6 does not support exporting Template into an XML file. We can achieve this by creating a project from Template and exporting the project into an XML file. On the other side, we can import the XML file and create a template from the imported project. I explained the same in this section.

  Assume I have a Template…

Primavera P6 Error: Primavera P6 Error: Connection attempt to database failed with message Cannot find OCI DLL @OraclePrimavera #OraclePrimavear #PrimaveraP6 @PrimaveraP6

Primavera P6 Error: Primavera P6 Error: Connection attempt to database failed with message Cannot find OCI DLL

The following error appears when connecting to Primavera P6 Professional on Oracle database. The reason is P6 DB connection wizard failed to find the below file.

  Bad public user name or password. PRM DBAccess Error: Connection attempt to database failed with message Cannot find OCI DLL

Primavera P6 Calculating Finish Date at 8 AM if it has FF relationship with negative Lag @PrimaveraP6 @OraclePrimavera #PrimaveraP6

Primavera P6 calculating Finish Date at 8 AM if it has FF relationship with Negative Lag

  In my projects, the finish date of the activity ends at 8 AM instead of 5 PM. This occurs to activities where LAG has negative days. Here below I have created an example project with three activities. The Finish date of third activity ends at 8 AM even it has a Planned Duration in it.

The following project…

How to set default planned duration for new activities in Primavera P6 #PrimaveraP6 @Primaverap6 @OraclePrimavera #OraclePrimavera

How to set default Planned Duration for new activities in Primavera P6?

  e add a new activity in Primavera P6 a planned duration of 5 days comes by default as shown below

    We can control this feature. That means we can change the default planned duration in Primavera P6 Application setting. To do this:

  Login to P6 as Admin >> Administer >> Application Settings >> General >> Activity…

How to dissolve activity in Primavera P6 @PrimaveraP6 #PrimaveraP6

How to dissolve an activity in Primavera P6

  Primavera P6 has a built-in operation called Dissolve Activity that allows us to delete an activity without deleting its Relationships;. As you see in the above image, After Dissolving Activity2, Predecessor of Activity 2 becomes predecessor for Activity3. 

  As shown in the below image, I have a project with three activities. The A1 successor is A2…

Primavera P6: Rollup values are not appearing in EPS, Project and WBS in Standard view or Classic view

Primavera P6: Rollup values not appearing in EPS, Project and WBS in Standard view or Classic view

  What If you want to see the Rollup values in EPS or Project fields but they are actually not appearing? That means the Rollup is disabled for corresponding view. Primavera P6 has the provision so the user has control to show or hide the rollups values in the EPS, Project or the WBS. This is old…