The OPC-Integrator is a new tool developed by Emerald’s team of Primavera specialists. A secure solution, the OPC-Integrator provides data extraction, loading, updating, and integrating in a quick and easy to use tool - one that both project users and administrators will find efficient and easy.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Wednesday, 27 November 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Why don’t Safran Risk results match Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis (OPRA) results on impacted risk models?
A client recently reached out because they couldn’t get Safran’s results to match those from OPRA. What they have been finding is that occasionally the values from OPRA are significantly longer than those from Safran, particularly above P80 confidence levels.
Written by Ian Nicholson, P.Eng. - VP Solutions
on Wednesday, 13 November 2024.
Posted in Safran
Out of the box, Primavera Unifier boasts multiple layers of auditing capabilities, so that you can keep track of the changes made in just about all areas of your Unifier database. From audit logs detailing activity in individual modules, to running audit reports in your project shells, or carrying out system reports in your company workspace, there are many ways to stay informed of proceedings in Unifier.
In this blog, we will discuss running audit reports in a project shell. This combs the entire shell based on your search parameters and is a great way to get a comprehensive view of the activity in the shell. To access audit reports, first, navigate to the project shell that you wish to run the audit report in.
on Friday, 18 October 2024.
Posted in Primavera Unifier
In the Files app in Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC), you can manage the files associated with your projects, portfolios, programs, and ideas.
For more detailed organization and management of project and program documents, you can create custom logs.
Each workspace has its own folder templates, which can be accessed in the workspace’s Files app - Folder Templates, keeping in mind the hierarchy. From here, you can set up folder templates that add folders and files, building the hierarchy you require.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Thursday, 10 October 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Out of the box, Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) allows users to create, manage, and view custom dashboards, providing visual representations of data at the project, portfolio, program, and workspace levels. The elements available for display are, of course, dependent on the level you are creating the dashboard for.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Tuesday, 01 October 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
During project planning sessions, a variety of conditions are identified that must be met before work on a specific task can begin. These are the task constraints - conditions that could delay or prevent the task from starting. These constraints apply to specific tasks in the Tasks app.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Thursday, 26 September 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Are you testing Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) software and wondering if it offers any Global Change functionality? OPC does have Global Change functionality, but please note that it may not fit with the Global Change functionality that you are accustomed to using.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Tuesday, 24 September 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Have you used resource or role leveling in Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC)? If not, you may find my observations interesting.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Tuesday, 17 September 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Learn About Creating Direct Activity-to-Activity Logic Connections Between Activities in Different Projects in OPC
Are you looking to create direct activity-to-activity logic connections between activities in different projects in Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC)? In my observations, if you are familiar with Primavera P6 (as an example), you will see that connections between activities in different projects are available in the Activities tab without necessarily opening both projects. However, in OPC you will notice a decided difference.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Tuesday, 27 August 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Better resource assignment and unique loading options, record action column, and backup of layouts
Written by Ravi Wallau
Better resource assignment and unique loading options, record action column, and backup of layouts
New Features
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Better resource assignment and unique loading options - an auto-assignable UDF in the resource assignments can be used to match UDFs when loading and is assigned automatically when loading and extracting resource assignments.
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Record action column - adds the ability to specify which action is expected from that record. For example, if you want to ensure that a given user can only be updated but not inserted, the action would be UPDATE.
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Layout backup option - you can now include layouts, reports, changes and filters in the daily P6-Loader backup.
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Export shift/shift periods from Primavera P6 and convert shift and shift periods from XER/XML files.
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Allow custom "CLEAR" cell values, and the value <CLEAR> is the default value to clean up P6 field values, UDFs, and codes.
on Tuesday, 30 July 2024.
Posted in News, P6-Loader
Configured fields are created in the context of an object and can be used in views on pages that support that object.
Configured fields in Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) can be created at the Workspace level. The configured field can be created to calculate a formula and populate the configured field with the result.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Wednesday, 24 July 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Learn about the new features in P6-Loader v14.
Emerald just released P6-Loader v14 that features additional enhancements/functionality based on feedback from one of our clients.
The client wanted to add duplicate resources to activities using P6-Loader and also control what type of action to perform on a row in the P6-Loader sheet.
Written by Sue Fermelia - Implementation Specialist
on Wednesday, 17 July 2024.
Posted in P6-Loader
A schedule scenario is a what-if version of the schedule which allows the user to analyze and apply adjustments without affecting the current schedule. Using schedule scenarios allows you to create and manage multiple planning schedules, and modify details as evaluation and anticipation of different situations and project conditions occur, including resource and role requirements, response plans, delays, and other project issues. Most of the data in the scenario can be modified in the scenario as you would within the current schedule. The source of a scenario cannot be modified after the scenario is added.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Thursday, 11 July 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Below is a high-level look at some of the new functionality available in Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) v24.6.
In a Program, the user can now use ‘schedule with multiple float paths’ functionality for any size of program.
Schedule the projects using multiple float paths and calculate the end date.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Sunday, 16 June 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
Keep in mind that when creating an activity view, customized formatting is available to help improve readability and keep focus on specific elements. You can apply a different font color, add a background color, or use filter options to create conditional formatting. Customization of table formatting is available on the Activities and Task List pages. It is saved in the view. Formatting is available for the cell, row, or column.
Written by Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
on Wednesday, 05 June 2024.
Posted in Oracle Primavera Cloud (Prime)
