Emerald’s P6 Add-On Tools Have Made The Leap With Primavera P6 15.1
CAPPS, TAPS, P6-Loader, and P6-Reporter (previously EP-datawarehouse) Are P6 15.1 Ready
Last week, Oracle Primavera announced the latest release of Primavera P6, Primavera Unifier, Primavera Analytics and Primavera Gateway v15.1. The Primavera P6 EPPM API is a powerful set of Java API libraries that allow applications to interact with a P6 EPPM database while adhering to most of the business logic that one would encounter in P6 Web or in the P6 Professional Client. As a result, most of the P6 Service Packs and Fix Packs released include a matching version of the P6 API.
Emerald Tools include a unique product line of Primavera P6 add-ons and enhancement utilities that we’ve developed over the years as a result of our client’s needs and our technical expertise. We decided long ago that we would offer our customers a better experience by shipping the API with our tools. Several reasons were involved in this decision, one of them being the fact that the libraries used by the P6 API would also be the libraries used by our tools. This is especially true for common open source libraries such as Spring and Apache Commons. The system we have in place allows us to define a common set of libraries that can be activated for each version of the API we build against.
In version 15.1 of the P6 EPPM API, the Spring libraries used by the P6 API have been upgraded from version 2.5.6 to version 3.2.4.RELEASE. And we are ready! All of our tools will work with Primavera P6 version 15.1. These same tools also have releases for any variant of P6 version 7 and above, and in many cases, we have releases for version 6 of the P6 API as well. If you are currently using one of our tools, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. For a list of our tools, please visit our Emerald Tools product page.
About the Author
Ravi Wallau - Integration Specialist
Ravi started working with computers as a child, programming with BASIC language on his MSX, a platform once popular outside of North America. In 1998, Ravi started an internship where he further developed his programming skills. After one year, this internship became his first job, where he gained experience developing industrial automation systems.
Over time, Ravi has worked in many different industries and programming languages, developing banking, integration and mobile solutions in C/C++, Java, Visual Basic and C # for a variety of platforms.
From 2007 to 2011, Ravi moved from Brazil, his native country, to Canada with the desire to live and learn another culture, as well as gain experience working in diverse environments.
Since 2009, Ravi has been an important part of the team at Emerald Associates. He has participated in key integration projects with major clients, such as CL&P, Suncor and Nexen, acting as the key technical lead in all phases of the projects. Ravi is also a key contributor at Emerald Associates in the development of unique in-house products such as TAPS, P6-Reporter (previously EP-datawarehouse), CAPPS, P6-Auditor and P6-Loader.
Ravi is a dedicated and insightful developer, one who prides himself on the quality of his work. He truly strives to provide optimal functionality so that each piece of a complex integration system fits together to give the end-user what they really need and more.
