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Contents
Copyright ................................................................................................ 2
Preface ................................................................................................. 41
Where to Get Documentation .................................................................... 41
Where To Get Training ............................................................................ 44
Where to Get Support ............................................................................. 44
Documentation Accessibility...................................................................... 45
Introduction............................................................................................ 47
About Oracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management..................... 47
Working with the Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM Suite ........................................... 48
About P6 ......................................................................................... 51
About P6 Team Member Applications........................................................ 52
About P6 Progress Reporter ................................................................... 53
About Oracle Universal Content Management .............................................. 54
About P6 Professional .......................................................................... 54
About Oracle BI Publisher and the OBIEE Platform ........................................ 55
About P6 Reporting Database ................................................................. 55
About P6 Analytics.............................................................................. 55
About the Oracle Business Process Management Suite .................................... 57
About the P6 Integration API.................................................................. 57
About P6 EPPM Web Services ................................................................. 58
What's New in P6 EPPM............................................................................ 58
P6 Overview ........................................................................................... 59
Working with P6 .................................................................................... 59
Customizing the P6 User Experience ............................................................ 61
About Industry-Specific Field Names......................................................... 62
About the User Interface.......................................................................... 63
Working with the P6 User Interface.......................................................... 63
About Screen Controls....................................................................... 65
Working with the Main Menus.............................................................. 66
About the Most Recently Used List........................................................ 67
Working with Tables ......................................................................... 68
About Columns (Fields)...................................................................... 69
Showing or Hiding Columns in a Table ................................................... 69
Selecting Items from a List of Available Items.......................................... 70
Working with Toolbars ...................................................................... 71
Customizing Toolbars........................................................................ 72
Working with "Select a Value" Dialog Boxes ............................................. 72
Selecting Values from "Select a Value" Dialog Boxes .................................. 74
Working with Data in P6 .................................................................... 75
Working with Detail Windows.............................................................. 76
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About Portlets ................................................................................ 78
About Data Entry Controls.................................................................. 78
About Security ...................................................................................... 78
Printing Pages Using P6 Printing Tools .......................................................... 79
Printing Pages Using Your Web Browser ........................................................ 80
About E-Mail Notifications ........................................................................ 80
Working with E-Mail Notifications ............................................................ 81
Sending Activity Views by E-Mail .......................................................... 82
Sending E-Mail about Documents.......................................................... 82
Sending E-Mail about Issues ................................................................ 83
Sending E-Mail about Milestones .......................................................... 83
Sending E-Mail about Timesheets to Resources......................................... 84
Sending E-Mail Notifications about Resource Assignments ........................... 84
Sending E-Mail to a Project Manager ..................................................... 85
Sending E-Mail to Activity Resources ..................................................... 86
Sending E-Mail to Project Resources...................................................... 86
Sending E-Mail to Resource Teams........................................................ 87
Updating the Progress of Activities Using E-mail....................................... 88
About Grouping and Sorting ...................................................................... 88
Working with Group and Sort Features ...................................................... 89
Grouping and Sorting Information ............................................................ 90
About Find, Search, and Filter Features ........................................................ 91
Working with Find, Search, and Filter Features............................................ 91
Finding Entries................................................................................ 92
Searching for Entries ........................................................................ 92
About Filters .................................................................................. 93
Working with Filters ......................................................................... 93
Filtering Data ................................................................................. 95
Pages Supporting Filters .................................................................... 96
Creating, Modifying, Saving, and Deleting Data ............................................... 97
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Data .......................................................... 97
About Removing and Deleting Data .......................................................... 98
Deleting Entries .............................................................................. 99
Undoing Mistakes ............................................................................... 99
About Metrics and Calculations .................................................................100
Using Visual Indicators ........................................................................100
About Importing and Exporting Data ...........................................................101
About Importing and Exporting Projects ...................................................102
About P6 Help......................................................................................102
Viewing Help Content .........................................................................102
Working with P6 Help Topics.................................................................104
About Timesheets .................................................................................106
Working with Timesheets.....................................................................106
Approving or Rejecting Timesheets .........................................................107
Sending E-Mail about Timesheets to Resources ...........................................108
Assigning a Project Manager Delegate for Timesheets ...................................109
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Assigning a Resource Manager Delegate for Timesheets .................................110
Dashboards and Workspaces...................................................................... 113
About Dashboards, Workspaces, and Workgroups ............................................113
About Dashboards .................................................................................113
Working with Dashboards.....................................................................114
Creating Dashboards...........................................................................117
Customizing Dashboards ......................................................................117
Configuring Dashboard Content ..........................................................118
Configuring Dashboard Access ............................................................118
Configuring Dashboard Filters ............................................................119
Configuring Dashboard Layout ............................................................119
Showing and Hiding Dashboards ..........................................................120
Working with Workflows in P6 ...............................................................120
About Project Workspaces .......................................................................123
Working with Project Workspaces...........................................................124
Customizing Project Workspace .............................................................124
Configuring Workspace Content ..........................................................124
Configuring Workspace Layout............................................................125
Sending E-Mail to Project Resources........................................................126
About Project Performance Metrics.........................................................127
Assessing Project Performance ...........................................................127
Assessing Project Health...................................................................127
Customizing Project Statistics ............................................................128
Identifying Critical Activities Behind Schedule ........................................129
About Performance Thresholds ...........................................................129
Working with Performance Thresholds ..................................................130
About Milestones ............................................................................130
Sending E-Mail about Milestones .........................................................131
About Cost Performance Index (CPI) ....................................................131
About Schedule Performance Index (SPI) ...............................................132
About To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI) ........................................132
About Contract Management.................................................................132
Working with Contract Management.....................................................133
Opening the Contract Management Control Center...................................133
Linking P6 and Contract Management Projects........................................134
Linking P6/P6 Professional and Contract Management Applications...............135
About Project Workgroups .......................................................................135
Working with Workgroups ....................................................................135
Assigning Documents to Projects .........................................................135
Creating Workgroups .......................................................................136
Customizing Workgroups...................................................................137
Assigning Workgroup Activities ...........................................................138
Creating Workgroup Issues ................................................................138
Sending E-Mail to Activity Resources ....................................................139
About Portlets .....................................................................................140
Working with Portlets .........................................................................140
List of Portlets...............................................................................143
Customizing Portlets........................................................................145
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Customizing the My Risks Portlet.........................................................145
Customizing the Resource Analysis Chart Portlet .....................................145
Customizing the Open Requests for Resources Portlet ...............................146
Customizing Portfolio View Portlets .....................................................146
Customizing Scorecard Portfolio View Portlets ........................................147
Analyzing Resource Team Usage in the Resource Team Summary Portlet ........147
Creating Portfolio View Portlets..........................................................148
Document Review and Workflow Portlets ..............................................148
Participating in Document Reviews ......................................................149
Terminating Document Reviews ..........................................................149
About Workflows ............................................................................150
Working with Workflows in P6 ............................................................150
Participating in Workflows ................................................................153
Linking the Cost Worksheet to Contract Management................................154
Opening Projects from Dashboard Portlets.............................................155
Sending E-Mail to Resource Teams.......................................................155
Sending E-Mail Notifications about Resource Assignments ..........................156
Creating Custom Portlets ..................................................................156
Portfolios ............................................................................................. 159
About Portfolios ...................................................................................159
Working with Portfolios ..........................................................................159
Opening Portfolios .............................................................................160
Creating Portfolios.............................................................................160
Creating Projects While Working with Portfolios .........................................161
Creating Projects in a Portfolio View Scorecard Portlet .................................161
Creating Projects on the Portfolio Analysis Page .........................................162
Assigning Projects to a Portfolio.............................................................163
Defining Performance Thresholds ...........................................................163
Portfolio Views ....................................................................................165
About Portfolio Views .........................................................................165
Working with Portfolio Views ................................................................165
Creating Portfolio Views ...................................................................166
Working with Portfolio View Scorecards....................................................167
Working with Portfolio View Bubble Charts................................................169
Working with Portfolio View Pie Charts ....................................................171
Working with Portfolio View Histograms ...................................................173
Portfolio Scenarios ................................................................................175
About Portfolio Scenarios.....................................................................175
About What-if Analysis ........................................................................175
Working with Portfolio Scenarios............................................................176
Creating Portfolio Scenarios ..............................................................176
Sending E-Mail About Scenarios...........................................................176
Capacity Planning .................................................................................177
About Capacity Planning......................................................................177
Working with the Capacity Planning Page..................................................177
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Analyzing Role Allocation (Capacity Planning).........................................179
Projects............................................................................................... 181
About Projects.....................................................................................181
Working with Projects.........................................................................181
Creating Projects ..............................................................................182
Assigning Locations to Projects..............................................................182
Opening Projects or Templates..............................................................183
Opening Dependent Projects.................................................................184
Importing and Exporting Projects ...........................................................185
Working with Primavera XML Project Import...........................................185
Working with Primavera XML Project Export...........................................187
Working with Microsoft Project Import .................................................189
Working with Microsoft Project Export..................................................191
About Opening a Project Exclusively........................................................192
Opening Projects Exclusively..............................................................192
Removing the Exclusive Lock on Projects...............................................193
Working with Oracle ERP, Fusion PPM Bridge, and Other Integrated Solutions.......195
Sending Project Data to an ERP System.................................................196
Sending Project Data to Fusion...........................................................197
About Project Templates ........................................................................198
Working with Project Templates ............................................................198
Creating Project Templates..................................................................199
The EPS .............................................................................................200
About the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS) .............................................200
Working with the EPS.......................................................................200
Creating EPS Elements .....................................................................202
Configuring the EPS.........................................................................203
Opening Projects or Templates in the EPS .............................................203
About Projects .................................................................................204
Creating Projects............................................................................204
Creating Projects from Existing Projects or Templates ..............................205
Deleting Projects or EPS Elements .......................................................205
Customizing Detail Windows ..............................................................206
Configuring Project Preferences .........................................................207
Configuring History Settings for P6 Analytics ..........................................207
Configuring Project Calculations .........................................................207
Linking P6 and Contract Management Projects ........................................208
Configuring Project Defaults ..............................................................208
Configuring General Project Preferences...............................................209
Configuring P6 Progress Reporter ........................................................209
Configuring Project Summarization and Publication Services.......................210
Configuring P6 Team Member Status Update Reviews................................210
Configuring P6 Team Member Application View Preferences .......................211
Opening Projects or Templates...........................................................213
About Gantt Charts ............................................................................214
Working with the Activity Gantt Chart ..................................................214
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Configuring Gantt Charts ..................................................................215
About Baselines ................................................................................216
Working with Baselines.....................................................................216
Creating Baselines ..........................................................................218
About Summary Data ..........................................................................219
Working with the Summarizer Service ..................................................220
Summarizing Projects ......................................................................220
About Importing and Exporting Projects ...................................................221
Importing and Exporting Projects ........................................................222
Exporting Projects using Microsoft Project XML .......................................222
Configuring Microsoft Project Templates ...............................................222
Exporting Projects using Primavera XML Format ......................................223
Importing Projects using Microsoft Project XML .......................................223
Importing Projects using Primavera XML Format ......................................224
Exporting Projects to Excel ...............................................................225
About Budgets..................................................................................225
Working with Budgets ......................................................................226
Establishing Budgets ........................................................................228
Creating Budget Change Requests .......................................................228
Approving or Denying Budget Change Requests .......................................229
About Spending and Benefit Plans .......................................................230
Working with Spending and Benefit Plans ..............................................231
Configuring Spending and Benefit Plans ................................................233
About Return on Investment (ROI) .......................................................233
About Project Views...........................................................................234
Configuring EPS Views......................................................................234
Configuring EPS View Columns............................................................234
Configuring EPS View Grouping ...........................................................235
Configuring EPS View Filters ..............................................................236
Applying Filters..............................................................................236
Creating Filters ..............................................................................237
Configuring Filters ..........................................................................238
Configuring EPS View Gantt Chart Bars .................................................239
Configuring EPS View Gantt Chart .......................................................240
Configuring EPS View Access ..............................................................240
About Columns (Fields) ....................................................................240
About Grouping and Sorting ...............................................................241
About Filters .................................................................................241
About Funding Sources........................................................................241
Working with Funding Sources ............................................................241
Assigning Project Funding Sources .......................................................244
About Gantt Charts ............................................................................244
Configuring Gantt Charts ..................................................................244
About Bars....................................................................................245
About Project Codes ..........................................................................246
Assigning Project Codes....................................................................247
About P6 Progress Reporter ..................................................................247
About Contract Management.................................................................248
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Linking P6/P6 Professional and Contract Management Applications...............248
About Notebooks ..................................................................................248
About Notebook Topics .......................................................................249
Working with Notebooks ......................................................................249
Assigning Notebook Topics ...................................................................249
Activities ...........................................................................................250
About Activities ................................................................................250
Working with Activities ....................................................................250
Creating Activities ..........................................................................251
Configuring General Activity Information...............................................252
Assigning Locations to Activities .........................................................253
Recalculating Assignment Costs ..........................................................254
Sending Project Data to an ERP System.................................................254
Customizing Detail Windows ..............................................................255
About Activity Types........................................................................256
About WBS Summary Activities ...........................................................256
About Suspending and Resuming Activities.............................................257
About the Activity Table...................................................................257
About Activity Networks ...................................................................257
Working with the Activity Network ......................................................258
About Calendar View .......................................................................259
Working with the Activity Calendar......................................................260
About Activity Views ..........................................................................261
Working with Activity Views ..............................................................261
Creating Activity or EPS Views............................................................262
Configuring Activity Views.................................................................262
Configuring Activity View Columns.......................................................263
Configuring Activity View Grouping......................................................264
Configuring Activity View Filters .........................................................265
Applying Filters..............................................................................266
Creating Filters ..............................................................................266
Configuring Filters ..........................................................................267
Configuring Activity View Gantt Chart Bars ............................................268
Configuring Activity View Gantt Chart ..................................................269
Configuring Activity Network .............................................................270
Configuring Activity View Access.........................................................270
Sending Activity Views by E-Mail .........................................................271
About Columns (Fields) ....................................................................271
About Filters .................................................................................272
About Grouping and Sorting ...............................................................272
About Activity Codes ..........................................................................272
Creating Activity Code Values for Activities ...........................................272
Assigning Activity Code Values to Activities............................................273
About Gantt Charts ............................................................................274
Working with the Activity Gantt Chart ..................................................274
Configuring Gantt Charts ..................................................................274
About Progress Spotlight...................................................................275
About Bars....................................................................................276
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About Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) ..................................................277
Working with WBS Elements ..............................................................277
About Siblings and Children ...............................................................279
Creating a WBS ..............................................................................279
Creating a WBS from a Template.........................................................280
Configuring General WBS Information ...................................................280
Defining Earned Value Calculations for WBS Elements ...............................281
Working with WBS Milestones .............................................................282
Working with WBS Categories.............................................................283
About Baselines ................................................................................284
Working with Baselines.....................................................................285
Creating Baselines ..........................................................................287
About Scheduling Projects....................................................................288
Scheduling Projects.........................................................................288
Configuring General Scheduling Options ................................................289
Configuring Advanced Scheduling Options..............................................289
About Float .....................................................................................290
About Critical Path Activities ................................................................290
Working with Critical Activities ..........................................................291
Creating Baselines ..........................................................................295
About Schedule Preview ......................................................................296
Enabling Schedule Preview ................................................................296
About Resource Leveling......................................................................297
Configuring Resource Leveling Options and Priorities ................................297
Leveling Project Resources................................................................299
About Activity Progress .......................................................................300
About Updating Progress...................................................................300
Working with Updating Progress in a Browser Running P6 ...........................300
Updating the Progress of Activities Using P6...........................................301
About The Apply Actuals Feature ........................................................301
Working with the Apply Actuals Feature................................................301
Applying Actuals to a Project .............................................................303
Working with Activity Updates by E-mail using E-mail Statusing Service .........304
Supporting E-mail Updates with E-mail Statusing Service ...........................308
Updating the Progress of Activities Using E-mail ......................................309
Updating the Progress of Activities Using P6 Team Member Web ..................310
Updating the Progress of Activities Using the P6 Team Member for iPhone App 310
About P6 Team Member Status Updates....................................................310
Working with P6 Team Member Status Updates .......................................311
Assigning a Status Reviewer to a WBS ...................................................313
Selecting an Activity for Review .........................................................313
Reviewing Team Member Status Updates...............................................314
Sending E-mail to a Team Member About a Status Update ..........................315
Viewing Team Member Status Updates History ........................................315
About the Auto Compute Actuals Feature..................................................316
Working with the Auto-Compute Actuals Feature.....................................316
Applying Auto Compute Actuals to Activities ..........................................317
About Store Period Performance ............................................................318
Storing Period Performance ...............................................................318
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About Importing and Exporting Data........................................................319
Importing Activities.........................................................................319
Exporting Activities to Excel ..............................................................320
Creating Import Templates for Importing Activities ..................................320
About Relationship Lines .....................................................................322
About Progress Lines ..........................................................................322
About Resources ...............................................................................322
Assigning Resources to an Activity .......................................................322
Assigning a Resource to Multiple Activities.............................................323
Configuring Activity Resources ...........................................................324
Adding Activity Resource Estimates .....................................................324
Requesting Resources for Activities .....................................................325
Specifying Resource Assignment Rates ..................................................325
Assigning Resource Curves to Resource or Role Assignments from the Activities Page
.................................................................................................326
Assigning Resources to Unstaffed Activities ............................................326
Searching Resources ........................................................................327
About the Recalculate Assignment Costs Feature.....................................328
Recalculating Assignment Costs ..........................................................329
Configuring Resource Leveling Options and Priorities ................................330
Leveling Project Resources................................................................331
About the Check Resource Overallocation Service....................................332
Working with the Check Resource Overallocation Service...........................333
Checking for and Resolving Overallocated Resources ................................334
About Roles .....................................................................................335
Assigning Roles to an Activity .............................................................336
Assigning a Role to Multiple Activities...................................................336
Configuring Activity Roles .................................................................337
About Activity Owners ........................................................................337
Assigning an Activity Owner to an Activity .............................................337
About Documents ..............................................................................338
Assigning Documents to Activities........................................................338
About Expenses ................................................................................339
Creating Expenses...........................................................................339
Configuring Expenses .......................................................................339
Configuring Auto Compute Actuals for Expenses ......................................340
About Feedback................................................................................340
Adding Feedback ............................................................................341
Adding the New Feedback Column.......................................................341
Acknowledging Feedback ..................................................................342
About Duration Types .........................................................................342
Working with Duration Types .............................................................343
About Constraints..............................................................................343
Working with Activity Constraints........................................................344
About Issues ....................................................................................345
Creating Activity Issues ....................................................................345
Configuring Activity Issues.................................................................346
About Notebooks...............................................................................346
Working with Notebooks ...................................................................346
About Notebook Topics .......................................................................347
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Assigning Notebook Topics ................................................................347
About Relationships ...........................................................................347
Creating Activity Relationships ...........................................................348
Configuring Activity Relationships .......................................................349
Assigning Predecessor Relationships .....................................................349
Configuring Predecessor Relationships ..................................................350
Assigning Successor Relationships ........................................................351
Configuring Successor Relationships .....................................................351
About Risks .....................................................................................352
Working with Project Risks ................................................................352
Assigning a Risk to an Activity ............................................................354
About Steps.....................................................................................355
Working with Activity Steps ...............................................................355
Creating Activity Steps.....................................................................356
Configuring Activity Steps .................................................................356
About Step Templates.........................................................................357
Adding Activity Steps from a Step Template...........................................357
About Trace Logic .............................................................................358
Viewing Relationships with Trace Logic.................................................358
About Budgets..................................................................................359
Creating Budget Change Requests .......................................................359
Approving or Denying Budget Change Requests .......................................360
About Earned Value ...........................................................................361
Configuring WBS Earned Value............................................................361
About Milestones...............................................................................362
Creating WBS Milestones...................................................................362
Team Usage ........................................................................................363
About Team Usage.............................................................................363
Customizing Team Usage ..................................................................363
Assigning Resources to Unstaffed Activities ............................................364
Exporting Team Usage Spreadsheets ....................................................364
Searching Resources ........................................................................365
Sending E-Mail to a Project Manager ....................................................366
Issues................................................................................................367
About Issues ....................................................................................367
Working with Issues.........................................................................367
Creating Project Issues.....................................................................368
Configuring Project Issues .................................................................369
Customizing Project Issues ................................................................369
Assigning Related Items to Issues ........................................................370
Sending E-Mail about Issues ...............................................................371
About Issue Codes .............................................................................371
Assigning Issue Codes.......................................................................372
About Issue Forms .............................................................................372
Creating Issue Forms .......................................................................372
Assigning Projects to Issue Forms ........................................................373
Risks.................................................................................................374
About Risks .....................................................................................374
Risk Enterprise Data...........................................................................374
Working with Risks Enterprise Data......................................................374
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Configuring Risk Enterprise Data .........................................................375
Risk Thresholds ..............................................................................375
About Risk Thresholds ......................................................................375
Working with Risk Thresholds .............................................................376
Creating Risk Thresholds...................................................................377
Modifying Risk Thresholds .................................................................378
Risk Scoring Matrices .......................................................................379
About Risk Scoring Matrices ...............................................................379
Working with Risk Scoring Matrices ......................................................380
Creating Risk Scoring Matrices............................................................383
Assigning a Risk Scoring Matrix to a Project............................................384
Assigning a Risk Scoring Matrix to a Project from the Enterprise Data Pane .....384
Assigning a Risk Scoring Matrix to a Project from the EPS Page ....................385
Assigning a Risk Scoring Matrix to a Project from the Portfolios Section .........385
Risk Categories ..............................................................................386
About Risk Categories ......................................................................386
Creating Risk Categories ...................................................................386
Risk UDFs .....................................................................................387
About Risk User Defined Fields ...........................................................387
Creating Risk UDFs ..........................................................................387
Project Risks....................................................................................387
Working with Project Risks ................................................................387
Managing Project Risks.....................................................................389
Creating Project Risks......................................................................389
Adding Detailed Project-Level Risks .....................................................390
Adding Project Risks to Activities ........................................................391
Adding High-Level Project Risks..........................................................392
Assigning a Risk to an Activity ............................................................393
Risk Response Plans.........................................................................393
About Risk Response Plans.................................................................393
Working with Risk Response Plans .......................................................394
Developing a Risk Response Plan .........................................................395
Adding Risk Response Plans ...............................................................395
Adding Risk Response Plan Action Items ................................................396
Assigning Activities to Risk Response Plan Action Items .............................397
Exporting Risk Data .........................................................................397
About Documents..................................................................................398
Working with Documents without the Content Repository ..............................398
Adding Documents to a Project without the Content Repository ..................399
Configuring Document Details without the Content Repository ....................399
Assigning Related Items to Documents without the Content Repository ..........400
Sending E-Mail about Documents without the Content Repository.................400
Working with Documents with a Content Repository .....................................401
About the Document Content Repository...............................................402
Creating Document Templates ...........................................................403
Copying Documents from Existing Templates ..........................................404
Adding Documents to a Project and Storing Them in the Content Repository ...404
Adding Documents to a Project from the Content Repository ......................405
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Configuring Document Details ............................................................406
Assigning Related Items to Documents ..................................................407
Checking Out Documents ..................................................................407
Checking In Documents ....................................................................408
Sending E-Mail about Documents.........................................................409
Assigning Documents to Workgroups.....................................................409
Creating Document Folders ...............................................................410
About Document Reviews..................................................................410
Working With Document Reviews ........................................................411
Reviewing Documents ......................................................................412
Creating Document Reviews ..............................................................413
Participating in Document Reviews ......................................................414
Terminating Document Reviews ..........................................................414
Searching for Documents ..................................................................415
Searching for Documents (Advanced Search) ..........................................415
Searching for Documents (Quick Search) ...............................................416
Viewing Documents .........................................................................417
Downloading Documents ...................................................................417
About Project Scheduled Services ..............................................................418
Creating Project Scheduled Services........................................................418
Configuring Project Scheduled Services ....................................................418
About Publication Services and Reporting.....................................................419
Working with Publication Services for Reporting..........................................420
Publishing P6 Data for Reports ...........................................................423
Defining Publication Periods ..............................................................423
Enabling Automatic Publishing of P6 Project Data for Reports .....................424
Enabling Automatic Publishing of P6 Global Data for Reports ......................426
Configuring Publication Service Settings for Projects ................................426
Manually Publishing P6 Project Data for Reports......................................427
Manually Publishing P6 Global Data for Reports .......................................428
Resources ............................................................................................ 429
Roles ................................................................................................429
About Roles .....................................................................................429
Creating Roles..................................................................................429
Assigning a Resource to a Role...............................................................430
Assigning a Role Team to a Role.............................................................431
Assigning Rates to Roles ......................................................................432
Assigning Work Limits to Roles...............................................................432
Role Teams.........................................................................................433
About Role Teams .............................................................................433
Creating Role Teams ..........................................................................433
Assigning a Role to a Role Team.............................................................433
Resources...........................................................................................434
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About Resources ...............................................................................434
Adding Resources ..............................................................................434
Assigning a Role to a Resource...............................................................435
Assigning a Resource Team to a Resource .................................................436
Configuring Resource Settings ...............................................................437
Assigning Calendars to Resources ...........................................................437
Assigning Locations to Resources............................................................438
Configuring Timesheet Reporting for Resources ..........................................439
Configuring Resource Settings for Timesheet Reporting .............................439
Assigning Resource Codes.....................................................................440
Assigning Resource Rates .....................................................................441
Creating Import Templates for Importing Resources .....................................441
Importing Resource Data .....................................................................442
Deleting Resources ............................................................................443
Resource Teams ...................................................................................444
About Resource Teams........................................................................444
Creating Resource Teams.....................................................................444
Assigning a Resource to a Resource Team .................................................445
Resource Assignments ............................................................................445
About Resource Assignments.................................................................445
Working with Resource Assignments in the Gantt Chart .................................445
Viewing Resource Assignments in a Gantt Chart ......................................446
Configuring the Resources Assignments Gantt Chart Bars ...........................446
Setting the Resources Detailed Assignments Gantt Chart Timescale ..............447
Modifying Resource Assignment Dates in the Gantt Chart ...........................448
Assigning a Resource to an Activity Assignment...........................................448
Viewing Assignment Unit and Cost Spreads ................................................449
Exporting Resource Assignment Data .......................................................450
Assigning Resource Curves to Resource or Role Assignments from the Resources
Assignments Page ..............................................................................451
Applying the Progress Spotlight to the Resources Assignments View ..................451
Resource Planning.................................................................................452
About Resource Planning .....................................................................452
Customizing the Resource Planning Spreadsheet .........................................453
Assigning Projects or WBS Elements to Resources or Roles..............................454
Assigning Resources or Roles to Projects or WBS Elements..............................455
Modifying Resource or Role Assignment Dates.............................................456
Allocating Units or the Percentage of Available Units to Resources or Roles .........457
Synchronizing Resource Planning Dates ....................................................458
Splitting a Resource or Role Assignment ...................................................459
Categorizing Resource or Role Assignments using Status Codes ........................460
Exporting the Resource Planning Spreadsheet ............................................461
Resource Analysis .................................................................................461
About Resource Analysis ......................................................................461
Analyzing Resource Allocations ..............................................................462
Assigning Resources to Unstaffed Activities ...............................................463
Viewing Role Usage............................................................................464
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Viewing Resource Usage ......................................................................465
Exporting Resource or Role Usage Data ....................................................467
Exporting Resource Data .........................................................................468
Exporting Resource Administration Data ...................................................468
Exporting Resource Assignment Data .......................................................469
Exporting the Resource Planning Spreadsheet ............................................469
Exporting Resource or Role Usage Data ....................................................470
Reports ............................................................................................... 473
About Reports......................................................................................473
Working with Reports .........................................................................474
Scheduling Reports..........................................................................475
Running Reports On-Demand..............................................................476
Exporting a List of Reports ................................................................477
Viewing the Report Run History ..........................................................478
About Publication Services and Reporting.....................................................478
Working with Publication Services for Reporting..........................................479
Publishing P6 Data for Reports ...........................................................482
Defining Publication Periods ..............................................................482
Enabling Automatic Publishing of P6 Project Data for Reports .....................483
Enabling Automatic Publishing of P6 Global Data for Reports ......................485
Configuring Publication Service Settings for Projects ................................485
Manually Publishing P6 Project Data for Reports......................................486
Manually Publishing P6 Global Data for Reports .......................................487
Administration....................................................................................... 489
About Administration .............................................................................489
About My Preferences ............................................................................490
Working with My Preferences ................................................................490
Customizing My Preferences Global Preferences..........................................491
Customizing Global Currency Preferences..............................................491
Customizing Global Date Format Preferences .........................................492
Customizing Global General Preferences ...............................................492
Customizing Global Issues Preferences..................................................493
Customizing Global Performance Threshold Preferences ............................493
Customizing Global Project Score Preferences ........................................493
Customizing Global Resources Preferences ............................................494
Customizing Global Row Number Preferences .........................................494
Customizing Global Time Units Format Preferences..................................495
Sending E-Mail Notifications about Resource Assignments ..........................496
Customizing My Preferences View Preferences............................................496
Changing Your Own Password ................................................................497
About My Calendar ................................................................................498
Configuring My Calendar......................................................................498
Setting Work Hours Per Time Period for My Calendar ................................498
Configuring the Standard Work Week for My Calendar...............................499
Modifying Calendar Days on My Calendar ...............................................499
Importing Events to My Calendar.........................................................499
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About Application Settings.......................................................................500
Working with Application Settings ..........................................................501
Configuring Data Limits Settings.............................................................502
Configuring Earned Value Settings ..........................................................502
Defining Earned Value Calculations for WBS Elements ...............................503
Configuring General Settings.................................................................503
Configuring ID Lengths Settings..............................................................504
Configuring Summarization Periods .........................................................505
Configuring General Settings.................................................................505
Configuring Timesheets Settings.............................................................506
Configuring Time Periods Settings...........................................................506
About Enterprise Data ............................................................................507
Working with Enterprise Data................................................................508
About Baseline Types..........................................................................509
Creating Baseline Types....................................................................509
About Funding Sources........................................................................510
Creating Funding Sources..................................................................510
About Notebook Topics .......................................................................510
Creating Notebook Topics .................................................................511
About Calendars ...............................................................................511
Working with Calendars....................................................................511
Creating Global Calendars.................................................................512
Configuring Global Calendars .............................................................513
Setting Work Hours Per Time Period for Global Calendars ..........................513
Configuring the Standard Work Week for Global Calendars .........................513
Modifying Calendar Days on Global Calendars .........................................513
Setting the Default Global Calendar.....................................................514
Creating Project Calendars................................................................514
Configuring Project Calendars ............................................................515
Assigning a Base Calendar to a Project Calendar......................................515
Setting Work Hours Per Period for a Project Calendar ...............................516
Configuring the Standard Work Week for Project Calendars ........................516
Modifying Calendar Days on Project Calendars ........................................517
Changing a Project Calendar to a Global Calendar ...................................517
Creating Resource Calendars..............................................................518
Configuring Resource Calendars ..........................................................518
Assigning a Base Calendar to a Resource Calendar....................................519
Assigning a Resource to a Resource Calendar ..........................................519
Setting Work Hours Per Time Period for a Resource Calendar ......................520
Configuring the Standard Work Week for Resource Calendars ......................520
Modifying Calendar Days ...................................................................521
Changing the Calendar Type ..............................................................521
About Locations................................................................................522
Creating Locations ..........................................................................522
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Importing Locations.........................................................................523
Creating Import Templates for Importing Locations..................................523
About Project Codes ..........................................................................524
Creating Project Codes.....................................................................524
Creating Project Code Values.............................................................524
Configuring Project Codes .................................................................525
Configuring Project Code Values .........................................................526
About User Defined Fields ....................................................................526
Working with User Defined Fields ........................................................526
Creating Project UDFs......................................................................527
Defining Formulas for User Defined Fields..............................................528
Defining Indicators for User Defined Fields ............................................528
Defining Statements for User Defined Fields...........................................529
Creating WBS UDFs..........................................................................530
Creating Activity UDFs .....................................................................531
Creating Expense UDFs.....................................................................531
Creating Step UDFs .........................................................................531
Creating Risk UDFs ..........................................................................532
Creating Issue UDFs.........................................................................532
Creating Document UDFs ..................................................................532
Creating Assignment UDFs .................................................................533
Creating Resource UDFs....................................................................533
About Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) ..................................................533
Working with WBS Categories.............................................................534
Creating WBS Categories...................................................................536
About Activity Codes ..........................................................................536
Working with Activity Codes ..............................................................537
Creating Activity Codes ....................................................................538
Creating Activity Code Values ............................................................539
Configuring Activity Code Values.........................................................540
About Cost Accounts ..........................................................................541
Creating Cost Accounts ....................................................................541
About Expenses ................................................................................542
Creating Expense Categories..............................................................542
About Step Templates.........................................................................543
Creating Step Templates ..................................................................543
Configuring Step Templates...............................................................543
About Risks .....................................................................................544
Working with Risks Enterprise Data......................................................544
Configuring Risk Enterprise Data .........................................................545
About Risk Scoring Matrices ...............................................................545
Working with Risk Scoring Matrices ......................................................546
Creating Risk Scoring Matrices............................................................549
Assigning a Risk Scoring Matrix to a Project............................................550
Assigning a Risk Scoring Matrix to a Project from the Enterprise Data Pane .....550
Assigning a Risk Scoring Matrix to a Project from the EPS Page ....................551
Assigning a Risk Scoring Matrix to a Project from the Portfolios Section .........551
About Risk Thresholds ......................................................................552
Working with Risk Thresholds .............................................................552
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Creating Risk Thresholds...................................................................554
Modifying Risk Thresholds .................................................................555
About Risk Categories ......................................................................556
Creating Risk Categories ...................................................................556
About Issues ....................................................................................556
Creating Issue Codes........................................................................557
Creating Issue Code Values................................................................557
About Document Categories and Statuses..................................................558
Creating Document Categories ...........................................................558
Creating Document Statuses ..............................................................558
About Currencies...............................................................................559
Adding a Currency ..........................................................................559
Defining a Base Currency ..................................................................560
About Financial Periods.......................................................................560
Creating Financial Periods.................................................................560
Creating a Financial Period Batch........................................................561
About Overhead Codes........................................................................562
Creating Overhead Codes..................................................................562
About Timesheet Periods .....................................................................563
Creating Timesheet Periods ...............................................................563
About Resource and Role Rate Types .......................................................563
Configuring Resource and Role Rate Types.............................................564
About Resource Codes ........................................................................564
Creating Resource Codes ..................................................................564
Creating Resource Code Values...........................................................565
About Resource Curves........................................................................565
Defining Resource Curves..................................................................565
About Units of Measure .......................................................................566
Creating Units of Measure .................................................................566
About User Access.................................................................................567
About Users.....................................................................................567
The Default Admin Superuser.............................................................568
Creating User Accounts for P6 EPPM.....................................................568
Adding Users in Native Authentication Mode...........................................569
Adding Users in LDAP or SSO Authentication Mode....................................570
Configuring User Access....................................................................571
Assigning Associated Resources...........................................................572
Assigning Global Security Profiles ........................................................572
Assigning Module Access ...................................................................573
Assigning OBS Elements to Users .........................................................573
Assigning Resource Access.................................................................574
Assigning User Interface Views ...........................................................575
Changing Passwords.........................................................................575
Changing User Passwords ..................................................................575
Counting Users...............................................................................576
Deactivating User Accounts ...............................................................576
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Deleting User Accounts ....................................................................577
About the OBS..................................................................................577
Creating an OBS .............................................................................577
Assigning Users to an OBS..................................................................578
About Security Profiles........................................................................579
Working with Security Profiles............................................................580
Creating Global Security Profiles.........................................................581
Creating Project Security Profiles........................................................582
About User Interface Views......................................................................583
Working with User Interface Views..........................................................583
Creating User Interface Views ...............................................................584
Configuring User Interface Views............................................................586
About User Sessions...............................................................................587
Resetting User Sessions .......................................................................587
About Publication Services and Reporting.....................................................588
Working with Publication Services for Reporting..........................................589
Publishing P6 Data for Reports ...........................................................592
Defining Publication Periods ..............................................................592
Enabling Automatic Publishing of P6 Project Data for Reports .....................593
Enabling Automatic Publishing of P6 Global Data for Reports ......................595
Configuring Publication Service Settings for Projects ................................595
Manually Publishing P6 Project Data for Reports......................................596
Manually Publishing P6 Global Data for Reports .......................................597
CSH .................................................................................................... 598
Access Tab of the Create Filter Dialog Box of the Assignments Page......................598
Access Tab of the Create or Modify Filter Dialog Box........................................598
Access Tab of the Customize Activity View Dialog Box ......................................599
Access Tab of the Customize Dashboard Page ................................................599
Access Tab of the Customize EPS View Dialog Box ...........................................600
Access Tab of the Customize Resources Assignments View Dialog Box of the Assignments Page
.......................................................................................................600
Access Tab of the Issue Forms Page ............................................................601
Action Required Tab of the Document Reviews Portlet of the Dashboards Page ........602
Action Required Tab of the Workflows Portlet of the Dashboards Page ..................603
Activities Detail Window of the Project Security Profiles Page ............................606
Activities Detail Window of the Risks Page....................................................607
Activities Page.....................................................................................611
Activities Portlet of the Workgroup Workspace Page ........................................613
Activities Work Area of the Timesheet Approval Page.......................................614
Activity Calendar Format of the Activities Page..............................................617
Activity Codes - EPS Page ........................................................................619
Activity Codes - Global Page.....................................................................620
Activity Codes - Project Page ...................................................................621
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Activity Codes Details Page of the Activity Form Page ......................................622
Activity Codes Page ...............................................................................622
Activity Details Dialog Box .......................................................................623
Activity Details Dialog Box of the Resource Staffing Dialog Box............................624
Activity Details of the Resources Dialog Box ..................................................625
Activity Editing Tab of the User Interface View Details Page...............................626
Activity Form Page................................................................................626
Activity Gantt Chart Format of the Activities Page ..........................................628
Activity List for WBS Dialog Box.................................................................630
Activity Network Format of the Activities Page ..............................................631
Activity Tab of the Modify Template Dialog Box of the Import/Export Project Dialog Box632
Activity Table Format of the Activities Page..................................................634
Activity UDFs Page ................................................................................636
Add Activity Expenses Page of the Activity Form Page ......................................636
Add Folder Dialog Box ............................................................................637
Add Issue Page.....................................................................................638
Add Location Dialog Box of the Locations Page...............................................640
Add or Edit Service Dialog Box of the Project Scheduled Services Page ..................642
Add Steps Page of the Activity Form Page.....................................................643
Add User Dialog Box...............................................................................644
Add Users from LDAP Dialog Box of the Users Page ..........................................645
Administration Detail Window of the Global Security Profiles Page.......................647
Administration Page ..............................................................................648
Advanced Tab of the Add Project Dialog Box .................................................648
Advanced Tab of the Add Project Template Dialog Box.....................................650
Advanced Tab of the Scheduling Options Dialog Box.........................................652
Analysis Page.......................................................................................653
Analytics Page of the Project Preferences Dialog Box.......................................654
Application Settings Pane ........................................................................654
Apply Actuals Dialog Box of the Activities Page ..............................................655
Approve Document Review Dialog Box .........................................................656
Assign by Search Dialog Box of the Planning Page............................................657
Assign Project Manager Delegate Dialog Box of the Timesheet Approval Page ..........659
Assign Resource Manager Delegate Dialog Box of the Timesheet Approval Page ........660
Assignment UDFs Page............................................................................660
Assignments Detail Window of the Activities Page ...........................................661
Assignments Page .................................................................................663
Bars Tab of the Customize Activity View or Gantt Chart Options Dialog Box ............664
Bars Tab of the Customize EPS View or Gantt Chart Options Dialog Box .................666
Bars Tab of the Customize Resource Assignments View or Gantt Chart Options Dialog Box of
the Assignments Page.............................................................................667
Baseline Types Page ..............................................................................669
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Baselines Dialog Box ..............................................................................669
BEI - Activities with No Project Baseline Finish Date Section of the Schedule Check Report
Dialog Box ..........................................................................................670
Calculations Page of the Project Preferences Dialog Box ...................................671
Calendar Tab of the Global Calendars Page...................................................673
Calendar Tab of the Project Calendars Page..................................................674
Calendar Tab of the Resource Calendars Page................................................676
Calendar Tab of the View Calendar Dialog Box ...............................................677
Cause Detail Window of the Risks Page ........................................................679
Change Password Dialog Box of the Users Page...............................................680
Chart Tab of the Customize Project Issues Dialog Box.......................................680
Check Schedule Dialog Box ......................................................................683
Check Summary Section of the Schedule Check Report Dialog Box........................685
Codes Detail Window of the Activities Page...................................................686
Codes Detail Window of the EPS Page..........................................................687
Codes Detail Window of the Global Security Profiles Page .................................687
Codes Detail Window of the Project Security Profiles Page ................................690
Codes Detail Window of the Resources Tab of the Administration Page ..................691
Codes Section of the Activity Form Page ......................................................692
Columns Tab of the Customize Cost Worksheet Dialog Box .................................693
Columns Tab of the Customize Project Issues Dialog Box ...................................694
Columns Tab of the Customize Project Statistics Dialog Box ...............................695
Columns Tab of the Customize Risks Portlet Dialog Box.....................................695
Columns Tab of the Customize Scorecards Dialog Box of the Portfolio Views Section of the
Customize Dashboard Page ......................................................................697
Columns Tab of the Customize Spreadsheet Dialog Box of the Planning Page ...........698
Common Screen Elements for Customizing Columns or Values.............................699
Communication Center Portlet of the Dashboards and Workspace Page..................699
Content Tab of the Customize Dashboard Page ..............................................700
Content Tab of the Customize Workgroup Workspace Page ................................701
Content Tab of the User Interface View Details Page .......................................702
Content Tab of the Workspace Details Page ..................................................707
Contract Documents Portlet of the Workspace Page ........................................708
Contract Issues Portlet of the Workspace Page...............................................708
Contract Management Page of the Project Preferences Dialog Box .......................709
Contract Management Section of the Content Tab of the Customize Dashboard Page .709
Contract Management Section of the Content Tab of the Customize Workspace Page .710
Contract Reports Portlet of the Workspace Page.............................................711
Copy Project Options Dialog Box................................................................712
Cost Accounts Page ...............................................................................714
Cost Worksheet Portlet of the Dashboards or Workspace Page ............................715
Count Dialog Box of the Users Page ............................................................715
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Create Filter Dialog Box of the Assignments Page............................................716
Create or Modify Filter Dialog Box of the Activities Page ...................................717
Create Portfolio Page.............................................................................717
Create Portfolio View/Portfolio View Details Page ..........................................719
Critical Activities Behind Schedule Portlet of the Workspace Page .......................722
Currencies Page ...................................................................................723
Currency Section of Global Tab of the My Preferences Page ...............................725
Current Bar Options Dialog Box .................................................................725
Curve Definition Detail Window of the Resource Curves Page..............................727
Custom Field Mapping Tab of the Modify Template Dialog Box of the Import/Export Project
Dialog Box ..........................................................................................727
Custom Portlet of the Dashboards or Workspace Page ......................................728
Custom Portlet Section of the Content Tab of the Workspace Page.......................729
Custom Portlets Section of the Content Tab of the Customize Dashboard Page.........731
Customize Activity List for WBS Dialog Box ...................................................732
Customize Activity Network Dialog Box or Activity Network Tab of the Activities Page732
Customize Activity View Dialog Box ............................................................734
Customize Capacity Planning Chart Tab .......................................................735
Customize Capacity Planning Columns Tab....................................................736
Customize Capacity Planning Dialog Box.......................................................737
Customize Capacity Planning Grouping Tab...................................................738
Customize Capacity Planning Waterline Tab ..................................................739
Customize Chart Dialog Box of the Resource Analysis Chart Portlet.......................740
Customize Chart Dialog Box of the Resource Analysis Tab of the Analysis Page .........741
Customize Columns Dialog Box of the Assignments Detail Window ........................742
Customize Columns Dialog Box or Columns Tab of the Activities Page....................743
Customize Columns Dialog Box or Columns Tab of the Assignments Page ................744
Customize Columns Dialog Box or Columns Tab of the EPS Page...........................745
Customize Cost Worksheet Dialog Box .........................................................746
Customize Dashboard Page ......................................................................747
Customize Detail Windows Dialog Box of the Activities Page...............................748
Customize Detail Windows Dialog Box of the EPS Page......................................748
Customize Dialog Box of the Portfolio View Portlet..........................................749
Customize Dialog Box of the Team Usage Page...............................................751
Customize EPS View Dialog Box .................................................................753
Customize Filters Dialog Box or Filters Tab of the Activities Page.........................754
Customize Filters Dialog Box or Filters Tab of the Assignments Page .....................755
Customize Filters Dialog Box or Filters Tab of the EPS Page................................756
Customize Gantt Chart Options Dialog Box of the Activities Page .........................757
Customize Gantt Chart Options Dialog Box of the Assignments Page......................757
Customize Gantt Chart Options Dialog Box of the EPS Page ................................758
Customize Groupings Dialog Box or Grouping Tab of the Activities Page .................758
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Customize Groupings Dialog Box or Grouping Tab of the Assignments Page..............760
Customize Groupings Dialog Box or Grouping Tab of the EPS Page ........................762
Customize Project Issues Dialog Box ...........................................................764
Customize Project Score Dialog Box of the Project Score Section of the Global Tab of the My
Preferences Page..................................................................................765
Customize Project Statistics Dialog Box .......................................................766
Customize Resource Assignments View Dialog Box of the Assignments Page.............766
Customize Risks Dialog Box ......................................................................767
Customize Scorecard Columns Tab .............................................................768
Customize Scorecard Dialog Box ................................................................769
Customize Scorecard Dialog Box of the Portfolio Views Section of the Customize Dashboard
Page.................................................................................................769
Customize Scorecard Group Tab ................................................................770
Customize Scorecard Waterline Tab............................................................771
Customize Spreadsheet Dialog Box of the Planning Page....................................773
Customize Spreadsheet or Histogram Dialog Box of the Analysis Page....................773
Customize Toolbar Items Dialog Box ...........................................................775
Customize Toolbar Items Dialog Box of the Assignments Page .............................775
Customize Usage Options or Usage Tab of the Assignments Page..........................776
Dashboards Page ..................................................................................778
Data Limits Page ..................................................................................779
Date Format Section of the Global Tab of the My Preferences Page ......................780
Day View Detail Window of the Calendar View of the Activities Page ....................781
Defaults Page of the Project Preferences Dialog Box........................................782
Definition Tab of the Create Filter Dialog Box of the Assignments Page..................785
Definition Tab of the Create or Modify Filter Dialog Box....................................787
Description Detail Window of the Cost Accounts Page ......................................789
Description Detail Window of the EPS Page ...................................................790
Description Detail Window of the Funding Sources Page....................................790
Description Detail Window of the OBS Page...................................................791
Description Detail Window of the Reports Page ..............................................791
Description Detail Window of the Risk Scoring Matrices Page ..............................792
Description Detail Window of the Risks Page .................................................792
Description Detail Window of the Roles Tab of the Administration Page .................793
Description Tab of the Document Details Page (with content repository)................793
Description Tab of the Documents Details Page or Dialog Box (without content repository)
.......................................................................................................794
Document Categories Page ......................................................................795
Document Details Dialog Box ....................................................................796
Document Details Section of the Documents Page (with content repository)............797
Document Review Details Dialog Box...........................................................798
Document Reviews Portlet of the Dashboards Page..........................................799