As a database-driven software, Primavera® P6 doesn’t exactly come with a “Save” button. Your Primavera P6 Client (both Professional Windows Client and Web Access Client) “communicates” with a database that stores all of the data you enter. This may have presented you with a problem – how do I “save” data on the database to […]

Posted in Database, Primavera

There are more and more project management tools becoming available as online services or as software packages. They offer the same service as each other – to plan and manage your project with ease. You may be wondering why you would choose Primavera P6 over other project management tools for scheduling your projects. It is because […]

Posted in Database, Project Management

Some of you have probably started running into this problem back in May where XER project files are getting larger in size (beyond 10MB) and it is a lot slower to import/export these files back with P6. If you have projects that have a lot of repetition, equalling up to tens of thousands of activities, […]

Posted in Database, Export/Import, Installation/Admin, Primavera

Are you an automations engineer and like do-it-yourself projects? Perhaps you’re an advanced planner and scheduler with a technical background, who would like to develop a faster and easier way to load data into your projects. Having a similar background is extremely handy because it will save your company significantly in costs in buying finished […]

Posted in Database, P6, Primavera

Here are some useful P6 SDK import excel tools for those who are considering to install this feature with their P6 client. These tools will help speed up the project creation process by helping you mass import/export data for your WBS, EPS, project details, and activities. The native import/export features in P6 typically do not […]

Posted in Database, Export/Import, Free Resources, P6, Primavera

P6.0 does support MS SQL Server 2000.  But since P6.1 or later, Primavera does not run on MS SQL 2000 any longer.  You will have to upgrade to MS SQL 2005.

Posted in Database, Primavera

Primavera does officially support MS SQL 2008, but Primavara does not support MS SQL 2012. We have run many tests against MS SQL Server 2008 running on Windows Server 2008 and found that P6.0, P6.1 and P6.2 have no problems connecting to MS SQL Server 2008 if P6 Client is running on Windows XP/Vista/Windows Server 2003 (32bit or 64bit). […]

Posted in Database, Primavera

Your Problem: “Below is the screenshot of the error I get when trying to create the database. It seems like the GUI is unable to connect to the Oracle database. What mechanism is it using? I tried the install on my own desktop and I get past this point no problem. When I try to install […]

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If you install MS Office 2007 in the server in which Primavera Contract Manager is installed, you will come across some problems. First, Microsoft Word will step responding. Second, you will receive an error on your screen. Finally, if you try to modify a template, you will see the following message: Word was unable to […]

Posted in Contract Manager, Database