{"id":39584,"date":"2017-08-13t04:09:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-13t08:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?p=39584"},"modified":"2024-07-16t15:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16t19:48:46","slug":"primavera-p6-177-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/primavera-p6-177-whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"primavera p6 release 17.7 is out but it’s a light update"},"content":{"rendered":"

quietly in july, oracle released this year’s 2nd iteration of it’s primavera p6 eppm & primavera p6 professional project management application, release 17.7.<\/p>\n

why am i saying this is the 2nd iteration? in 2015, oracle committed to delivering 2 releases per year x.1 and x.2. at that time they shifted their version from version 8.x to version 15.x, seemingly jumping 7 versions in numbers. the reason was to match the release version to the year – so version 15.x was released in 2015, 16.x in 2016, etc. now, they have shifted their versioning scheme again<\/strong> so that the sub-version matches the month. thus 17.3 was released in march (3rd month) and 17.7 was released in july of 2017.<\/p>\n

another item to note around releases of primavera p6 is that releases are now being rolled-out to primavera cloud first, with general release coming to on-premise customers later. this is what we saw back in march of this year, when primavera p6 17.3 was released<\/a>, but only to cloud customers. primavera cloud customers are receiving updates much more often than on-premise users, a strategy to encourage companies to migrate to the primavera cloud.<\/p>\n

before i tell you about what’s new, did you know that the oracle primavera business unit was renamed oracle construction & engineering<\/strong>? that change in fact was announced in 2016<\/a>, but it’s only this year that the branding seems to be noticeable on their website. it definitely reflects the stance that the business unit is committed to the industries they support and that they are willing to change with the times, at their own pace mind you.<\/p>\n

and now, what you’ve been waiting for.<\/p>\n

what’s new in primavera p6 eppm release 17.7<\/h2>\n

java still moving out<\/strong><\/p>\n

oracle continues to migrate primavera p6 eppm from it’s java-based platform to html5. java has proved to hinder the product going forward and it’s been at least 2 years since the team announced p6 eppm was moving to html5. it seems progress continues on a page-by-page basis, with some redesign of the pages (or screens if you prefer) as they go along.<\/p>\n

specifically, the following pages are the latest to move to html5:<\/p>\n