Referenced: www.p6academy.com Source: http://coll15.mapyourshow.com Learn about Primavera integration in the Cloud. What are the benefits? What are the limitations? How are existing integrations and extensions affected when migrating from on-premise to the Cloud? This session will cover specific integration capabilities of all of Primavera’s applications, and how those capabilities are leveraged when Primavera is in the Cloud. The session will also cover Cloud impacts on supporting middleware applications that are included in a typical Primavera deployment. Applications: Prime, P6 EPPM, Unifier, Instantis, OPPM, Contract Management

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Primavera Integrations with Special
Emphasis on the Cloud
Session ID#: 200560
Prepared by:
Pete Angstadt
President
Leverage Solutions Consulting, Inc.

2. About Pete Angstadt
• Joined Primavera in 1992
• Designer and Lead Developer of P3 Email Integration
• Lead Developer on P3 to P3e Converter - 1999
• Lead Architect of P6 Java API - 2003
• Lead Architect of P6 Web Services - 2008
• Oversaw entire P6 R8 Release – 2010
• Joined Presales Applied Technology Team – 2011
• Left Oracle – February 2015
• Founded Leverage Solutions Consulting, Inc.
http://www.leveragesc.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteangstadt

3. Agenda
■ Cloud Computing Introduction
■ Primavera Applications and the Cloud
■ Integrations and Extensions and the Cloud
■ Q&A

4. Cloud Computing Introduction

5. What is Cloud Computing?
■ A computing model where services (servers, storage, and
applications) are delivered by a service provider via the
Internet
■ Some benefits:
▪ Easy to Deploy
▪ Easy to Access
▪ Easy to Administer and Support
▪ Easy to Afford and Finance

6. Cloud Computing Models
■ Public Cloud
■ Private Cloud
■ Hybrid Cloud
■ Primavera SaaS offerings are hosted by:
Oracle Cloud for Industries (Not Oracle Public Cloud)
■ Non-SaaS Primavera offerings are hosted by:
Oracle Managed Cloud Services or a third party

7. Cloud ≠ SaaS
(SaaS is only one of the available Cloud
Computing Models)

8. On Premise vs Cloud Service Models
On Premise IaaS PaaS SaaS
Applications Applications Applications Applications
Data Data Data Data
Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware
O/S O/S O/S O/S
Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization
Servers Servers Servers Servers
Storage Storage Storage Storage
Networking Networking Networking Networking

9. Biggest Need:
Security

10. Security Begins with Product Development
■ Oracle Software Security Assurance
http://www.oracle.com/us/support/assurance/overview/index.html
Encompasses every phase of the product development
lifecycle, including:
▪ Design
▪ Build
▪ Testing
▪ Maintenance

11. Biggest Need: Security (cont’d)
Moving to the Cloud
is not the same
as making an on-premise
deployment internet-facing!
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12. Biggest Need: Security (cont’d)
■ Some security measures to take in the Cloud:
▪ Isolate servers from networks and machines
▪ Install only necessary components
▪ Apply latest updates and security patches
▪ Run only services that are needed (e.g., directory services)
▪ Limit OS user accounts and use strict access control
▪ Protect passwords and enforce password policies
▪ Enable security auditing
▪ Ensure only non-privileged user installs and runs app server
▪ Disable or don’t install anything that is not needed
▪ …

13. Primavera SaaS Limitations
• All integration is via Web Services
• Database is not directly accessible
• Applications in Cloud may not call out
of hosted environment
Limitations are for good reasons!

14. SOAP or REST?

15. XML or JSON?

16. Q. So does it really matter:
SOAP or REST?
XML or JSON?
A. Not Really

17. Primavera Applications
and the Cloud

18. Primavera Applications
■ Designed for the Cloud
▪ Prime
▪ Instantis
▪ Unifier
■ Non-SaaS, but still can be Cloud-hosted
▪ Contract Management
▪ OPPM
■ SaaS and Cloud-ready, but some special considerations
▪ P6 EPPM
▪ Primavera Analytics

19. Prime
■ Designed for the Cloud, with SaaS available in the future.
■ Capital Plan Management available now
■ Integration impacts in the Cloud
▪ REST Web Services available
▪ Gateway integration with P6 SaaS
▪ No direct DB access
■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: MINIMAL

20. Instantis EnterpriseTrack
■ Designed for the Cloud
■ Integration impacts in the Cloud
▪ REST Web Services available
▪ No direct DB access, but you weren’t doing that anyway 
■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: MINIMAL

21. Unifier
■ Designed for the Cloud
■ Integration impacts in the Cloud
▪ SOAP Web Services available
▪ Gateway integration with P6 SaaS
▪ No direct DB access
■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: MINIMAL

22. Contract Management
■ Not offered as SaaS, but can be hosted in the Cloud
■ Integration in the Cloud
▪ SOAP Web Services available
▪ XML API available
▪ No direct DB access
▪ Note: P6 integrates at the DB level by default
■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: IT DEPENDS

23. OPPM
■ Not offered as SaaS, but can be hosted in the Cloud
■ Integration in the Cloud
▪ SOAP Web Services available
▪ SOAP RPC availability will depend on the provider
▪ No COM interface
▪ No direct DB access. This also includes:
— No reporting views
— No staging tables
■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: IT DEPENDS

24. P6 EPPM
■ P6 EPPM Web
■ P6 Team Member Web / iPhone / Android, Progress Reporter
■ P6 Email Statusing
■ P6 EPPM Web Services
■ P6 Professional
■ P6 Visualizer
■ P6 SDK
■ P6 Java API
■ Primavera Analytics
■ Primavera Risk Analysis
■ Plus many supporting applications:
OBIEE, BPM, AutoVue, OAM, OIM, OID, etc.

25. P6 EPPM – Cloud Connect
■ Enables desktop applications to work with P6 SaaS:
▪ P6 Professional
▪ Visualizer
■ No SDK support, and no plans to support this
▪ SDK applications should be migrated to Web Services

26. P6 EPPM – Java API
■ Java API is not supported with P6 SaaS
■ Java API applications need to be migrated to Web Services

27. P6 EPPM – Eventing Framework
■ P6 Eventing Framework supported on-premise with:
▪ P6 Web, P6 Web Services and P6 Java API
▪ Not P6 Professional
■ Not supported at all with P6 SaaS at this time
▪ Similar problem with DB-level events via Advanced Queuing
■ Workaround – use a different integration pattern
▪ E.g., “polling”

28. Primavera Analytics
■ Available for P6 and Unifier
■ Integration in the Cloud
▪ Analytics SaaS uses P6 and Unifier data in the Cloud
▪ SOAP Web Services available
▪ No direct DB access
■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: USUALLY MINIMAL

29. P6 EPPM – Risk Analysis
■ Risk Analysis is a desktop application
■ Integration via P6 Web Services supported since P6 8.0
■ Impact migrating P6 from on premise to cloud: MINIMAL

30. P6 EPPM
■ P6 SaaS available now
■ Integration in the Cloud
▪ SOAP Web Services available
▪ No SDK (migrate to Web Services)
▪ No Java API (migrate to Web Services)
▪ No Eventing Framework (use other pattern, or wait for support)
▪ No direct DB access
■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: IT DEPENDS

31. Integrations and Extensions
and the Cloud

32. Point-to-Point
■ Direct integration
■ Integration in the Cloud
▪ Applications in Cloud may not
call out of hosted environment
▪ Communicate via Primavera’s
Web Services
■ OCI will not host third party
integrations. Instead use:
▪ On premise
▪ Hosted via IaaS or PaaS
Primavera
Intermed.
Other
App
Primavera
Other
App
or

33. Primavera Gateway
Primavera Gateway
NonPrimaveraApplications
Primavera
Integration Broker
PublicAPI/CustomAdapter
IntegrationSynchServices
Industry-Specific Flows and Data Maps
Logging
Customizations
Sample
Provider
Prime
Provider
P6 EPPM
Provider
Unifier
Provider
Instantis
Provider
SAP
Provider
EBS
Provider
VCP
Provider
Partner
Providers
Graphical User Interface
■ Gateway available in Cloud for integrating Primavera apps
▪ E.g., P6 EPPM with Unifier
■ Use on-premise or IaaS-hosted Gateway for other integrations
AuditingScheduling
Comparing

34. Hub and Spoke
■ Uses process hub
■ Integration in the Cloud
▪ Applications in Cloud may not
call out of hosted environment
▪ Communicate via Primavera’s
Web Services
■ OCI will not host third party
integration. Have the hub:
▪ On premise
▪ Hosted via IaaS
Primavera
Other
App
Other
App
Other
App
Process
Hub
Other
App
Other
App

35. ESB-Based (SOA or Otherwise)
■ Uses enterprise service bus
■ Integration in the Cloud
▪ Applications in Cloud may not call
out of hosted environment
▪ Communicate via Primavera’s
Web Services
■ OCI will not host third party
integration. Have the ESB:
▪ On premise
▪ Hosted via IaaS
Primavera
Other
App
Other
App

36. Oracle Business Process Management
■ Available with P6 SaaS offering
■ Develop business processes for P6 EPPM
■ If integrating applications outside of the hosted environment,
▪ BPM must then be running elsewhere
▪ P6 would be accessed via Web Services
▪ P6 Workflow portlet would not function in this case with P6 SaaS
■ Impact migrating from on premise to cloud: USUALLY MINIMAL

37. What about Extensions?
■ “Extension” is used to describe a process
whose sole purpose is to extend the
functionality of another application
■ Extension in the Cloud
▪ Communicate via Primavera’s Web Services
■ OCI will not host extensions, except via BPM.
▪ As an alternative, the extension can be
— On premise
— Hosted via IaaS or PaaS
Primavera
Extension

38. Contact Us
http://www.leveragesc.com
Pete Angstadt, President
pete@leveragesc.com
267-991-0099

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