Document provides a detailed comparison between the different versions of primavera

1. Enhancements in Major Versions of Primavera
Version 6.0 -
P6.7 Service
Pack 2
Version 7.0 - P6
Version 7 SP3
(P6
Pro) Version 8.1
Version 8.2 Version 8.3
P6 Version 6.0 P6 Version 7 P6 Professional (P6
Pro) Version 8.1
P6 Pro Version 8.2 P6 EPPM Release R8.3
Total float is once
again blanked-out
for
Completed
activities.
User designated
hour/day
conversion factors
moved to
individual
calendars
Enhanced activity
filtering & grouping
MS Project import
enhancements
Team Member Enhancements.
iPhone app enables users to
communicate with their project
manager and other team
members about a task.
MS SQL Express
2005 is the stand-
alone
Database
Default Date/Time
issue partially fixed
Personalize Toolbars Ms Project 2010
XML support
Team Member – Discussion
Feature:- All comments are saved
with the task and are available for
Future reference. Discussion icon
available to begin and monitor a
discussion for a task.
Import & Export via
XML format (a bit
buggy)
Improved
summary duration
calculations
WBS/Activity tabs New Line
Numbering
Team Member – Discussion
Feature iPhone :- In the iPhone
app, discussions are also saved
with the task

2. Finish dates change
when durations are
Changed
Late Dates were
added to the S-
Curve report
Will not interface
with EPPM database
Time scaled Logic
Diagram
enhancements
• Enhanced filtering,
sightlines, activity
code color
coding, templates,
grouping, and
performance
Team Member – Work Distribution
Filter :- enables
a team member who is not the
activity owner or
resource to see a list of tasks that
he/she is responsible
for updating in the Team Member
interfaces (Team
Member Web, Team Member for
iPhone app, E-mail
Statusing Service).
Time scale in Gantt
Chart is made
adjustable
New Activity ID
renumbering
options
P6 EPPM 8.1 Both Pro & EPPM
use the same client
software
Team Member – Add/Delete Steps
:- enables users to add, delete, and
rename activity steps directly from
the task list. Use the Steps
panel to view assigned steps and
report progress. Select a task
In the list and type a % completes
value. If the step is finished,
Select the Complete Step check
mark.
P6 Service Pack 1
(P6.1)
Excel security
options separate
from XER
Phone App for Team
Members
P6 EPPM
Release 8.2
Team Member – Add/Delete Steps
iPhone : iPhone app enables you to
add,
delete, and rename activity steps
directly from the task list.

3. Major bugs in the
previous versions
fixed
committing &
refresh error fixed
scheduling
freezing at 95%
error fixed
XER causing
duplicate resource
assignment fixed
crashing when
modifying
sitelines/
timescale
Excel import of
constraints fixed
Report Editor bugs
fixed
Dates issues on
time sheets fixed
Oracle XE (g10) is
new stand-alone
database
Ability to status
tasks via E-mail
Team Member
Web Application :-
Enables Working
with Tasks
Team Member – Enhanced
Filtering of Tasks :- New Time
frame filter and a text
search field added.
Filter by
Projects/Status/Timeframe
P6 Service Pack 2
(P6.2)
P6 Version 7 SP3 User Interface
enhancements to
simplify navigation
New E-mail
Statusing Service
and P6 Team
Member for iPhone
App Support for
Activity
Owners
Team Member – Enhanced
Filtering of Tasks iPhone:- using
iPhone app, team members can
filter tasks
based on a timeframe of Today,
This Week, or Next Week.

4. Milestone ‘one
minute off’ problem
fixed
Time-scaled logic
diagrams added
Resource
improvements to
better support
staffing, assigning
and
monitoring of
project resources
Team members can
now update
activities that they
are assigned to as
activity owner. Prior
to 8.2, team
members could
update only
activities they were
assigned to as
resources.
Team Member – Updating User
Defined Fields
and Activity Codes :- P6 Team
Member Web, a new Codes and
UDFs detail panel
enables team members to view
and update up to 20 activity
codes and UDFs.
Secure resource,
project, & activity
codes
Expands Memo
Fields beyond 400
characters
Streamlined
reporting
architecture to
reduce cost of
ownership
& support of BI
Publisher 11g
P6 Team Member
Applications
Configuration
Options:- now users
can change Project
Preferences, Change
E-mail settings
Team Member – Updating User
Defined Fields
and Activity Codes iPhone3
Total Float can now
be calculated for a
Program of
schedules as a
group instead of
Singly
Sight Line added Support for Google
Chrome
Team Member
Status Approval :-
project managers
can Review
team members
status updates even
before the updates
are committed to
the schedule.
Team Member – Notebook Topics
enables users to view Notebook
topics assigned to activities in P6
or P6 Professional directly
from the task list

5. P6 Version 6.5
Fixes for
Scrambling WBS’s
after import
•Scrambling WBS’s
after import
Actuals not
being spread
correctly
• Update Baseline
with Activity Codes
&
relationships
missing from new
activities
• Update Baseline
not Updating
Existing
• Oracle XE not
starting for stand-
alone users
Status Update
History Detail
Window:- this
window is made
available in
Activities page.
Shows the history of
changes made to the
activity.
Team Member-Request updates
via mail. The Notify feature
enables project managers to
send an e-mail to the E-mail
Statusing Service address, set up
by
the P6 administrator,
leveling with
priorities issues
fixed.
P6 Enhancements:-
New Exclusive
Mode- provision
given for opening
multiple projects in
exclusive mode.
When you open a
project in exclusive
mode. only you can
Extended enterprise:
XML
Import/Export Enhancements:-
Enables a user to import or export
multiple projects
simultaneously. When exporting
multiple projects, the projects
are combined into a single XML
file.

6. edit it; other users
will have only read
access
Fixed actual units
spreading
incorrectly
Location Data:-
enables you to
create a list of
locations, including
the street
address and the
longitude and
latitude.
you can report on
data by
location in P6
Analytics. You can
also group, sort, and
filter by location in
various views. You
can also import
new locations into
P6 from a Microsoft
Excel (.xls) file
Control Over
Data During XML Import:-
This feature is especially useful to
project managers who import
third-party schedules that contain
unwanted data such as resources,
codes, and UDFs.

7. Fixed Project
Integrity removing
EPS codes
Microsoft Project
Integration:- When
importing a
Microsoft Project
XML file, you can
now update an
existing project. You
can control what
types of global and
project data to
overwrite when
Importing.
UN/CNFACT
XML Data:-
This XML schema is designed to
exchange schedule and
cost data in a software-neutral
format. This is an important
feature for customers who work
with U.S. Department of Defense
and other U.S. government
agencies.
Fixed Claim Digger
displaying wrong
Activity ID
Import/Export
Support for
Microsoft Project
2010
Usability Enhancements (Web):
Setting a Default Start Page:-
It provides a setting to specify the
default start page when a
user logs in.
Fixed XLS import
causing corrupted
relationships
Scaling Options
when Printing:-
Three new scaling
options are available
when printing from
the Activities, EPS,
and Assignments
pages.
Viewing the
Hierarchy for Activity, Project, and
Resource Codes:-
Displays the full hierarchical chain
for assigned project,
activity, and resource codes in the
Codes detail window.

8. Fixed Expected
Finish causing 0
duration activities
Event Functionality:-
Creating or updating
User Defined Field
(UDF) values now
trigger events, by
doing so the P6
Event Notification
system sends the
event message to a
user
configured message
queue. subsequent
actions can be
triggered using
events in the client
application.
Sorting on Multiple Columns:-
Enables a user to sort on multiple
columns on the
Activities, EPS, and Resources
Assignments pages.
Fixed Finish
Milestone
constrained 1
minute late
Enhanced Trending:-
Project history
now supports
dates and
durations.
Historical data
now includes
activity-level and
WBS-level data.
Relationships Detail Window on
Activities Page:-
Offers a new Relationships detail
window on the Activities page.

9. P6 Version 6.7 New Resource
Creation From Users
- Create Resource
from Selected User
action can be used
on the Users page to
create and
assign a resource to
an existing user in
one step.
Improved
Printing From the EPS and
Activities Pages:-
allows a user to print from the EPS
or Activities page and
Include only the Project or Activity
Table with no Gantt chart.
Improved summary
activity duration
calculations
Enhanced Copy User
Support – following
information is now
copied when
copying existing
users
Toolbars for
Activities, EPS,
and Assignments
views
Global user
preferences
Assigned user
interface views
Improved
Printing From the EPS and
Activities Pages:-
allows a user to print from the EPS
or Activities page and
include only the Project or Activity
Table with no Gantt chart.
P6.7 Service pack 2 “Is Under” Filtering
Support:- filtering is
more refined, you
can select a
Additional Baseline Fields:-
additional baseline fields are
available in the Customize
Columns dialog box for display on

10. particular EPS where
your filtering should
work on.
the Activities page after a baseline
is assigned to a project.
XER Import
Configuration
Layout
problems
Fixed.
Dissolve Activities
Support:- When you
delete an activity, a
chain of logical
activities might be
broken. You can use
the new Dissolve
option to delete the
activity but join the
predecessors and
successors and
create the
appropriate
relationships
between them
Find and Replace Option:-
It enables a user to find and
replace text in displayed columns
on the EPS, Activities, and
Resources Assignments pages,
making it
Easier to change items in the
project plan.
disappearing/non-
editable Notebook
topics
New Column
Search:- very handy
during customizing
columns
Discussion Feature:-
It provides a new Discussion
feature that enables team
members
and project managers to
communicate about specific
activities.
Multiple Float Paths
Errors fixed
Cut/Copy/Paste
WBS Support
VISUALIZER:
Visualizer is a new feature that

11. supports graphical reporting by
enabling users to create
customizable Gantt charts and
timescaled
logic diagrams (TSLDs).
When creating a layout in
Visualizer you can define
options, such as
filter, group, and sort criteria, to
customize the Gantt chart or
TSLD.
The layout below shows
activities color-coded by activity
code values with various shapes
for endpoints.
Display baseline bars to
compare schedules and stack
fields in the
activity table to save horizontal
space.
The screen below shows an
example of a TSLD with multiple
bars per
Activity and critical activities
coded in red.
Fixes error when
using two activity
issue forms are also
copied when you
. Online Help:
The Help menu in P6Professional

12. filters copy projects, create
templates, or create
projects from
templates.
8.3 contains two options: Local
Help and Online Help. The Online
Help feature displays P6
Professional help content in basic
HTML format, enabling people
with
disabilities to use the adaptive
features of their browsers.
Additional Fields in
Predecessor/Success
or Tabs:- Driving,
Critical, Total Float,
Free Float, Early
Start, Early Finish,
Late Start, and Late
Finish.
Primavera Unifier:
project portfolio
management application with cost
control and contract management
Capabilities, is now improved to
simplify setup and enhance
usability