{"id":7916,"date":"2013-04-30t06:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-30t10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2019-10-09t13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09t17:57:59","slug":"primavera-p6-visualizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/primavera-p6-visualizer\/","title":{"rendered":"what is primavera p6 visualizer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

the new version of primavera p6, r8.3, has been released recently, and one of the new features is a stand-alone software, called the primavera p6\u00a0visualizer. this software provides you with a visual, read-only version of the plans you\u2019ve stored in the p6 database.<\/p>\n

the primavera p6 visualizer is a good choice for those team members who are not supposed to change anything in plans, but need to review them. you won\u2019t need to worry about software capabilities of those team members, because working with primavera p6 visualizer is rather easy, and you can also customize it for them, so that they can easily open and explore the plans even without setting up anything themselves.<\/p>\n

good news is that the settings you create in one computer, which are all contained in \u201clayouts\u201d, are stored in the primavera p6 database, so you can access them in every computer connected to the same database. it\u2019s even possible to only install primavera p6\u00a0visualizer in a specific computer, without primavera p6\u00a0professional.<\/p>\n

\"primaveranow let\u2019s take a quick look at p6\u00a0visualizer.<\/span><\/p>\n

installing the\u00a0primavera\u00a0p6\u00a0visualizer<\/h2>\n

if you don\u2019t have a copy of the latest version of primavera p6, goto edelivery.oracle.com, and download it. the process is simple: you create a free account, read and accept the user agreement, and download a free, full-functional, not-limited version of the software, for your non-commercial use. if you\u2019d like to use it in your real-world projects, you should ask your responsible department to obtain a license and install it.<\/p>\n

once you have the installer, it\u2019s easy and straightforward to install the software. if you\u2019re going to use it on a single computer, you should choose the stand alone option in the installation wizard; by this, the p6\u00a0visualizer along with p6\u00a0professional will be installed on your computer, and you can start using it right away.<\/p>\n

if you are using it in an enterprise environment, you should choose the server option. aterwards, you can choose between the full installation, or a p6\u00a0visualizer only installation.<\/p>\n

opening primavera p6\u00a0visualizer<\/h2>\n

the primavera p6\u00a0visualizer is a stand-alone tool. you can run it like any other software from the windows start menu, a shortcut, etc.<\/p>\n

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you can also click on tools | visualize inside p6\u00a0professional, and it will run the software.<\/p>\n

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\nthe primavera p6\u00a0visualizer should connect to your server, and this needs authentication. when you run it from inside the p6\u00a0professional, the same username and password that you\u2019ve entered when you were opening p6\u00a0professional will be sent to p6\u00a0visualizer, and you won\u2019t need to enter it again; the main window of the software will be opened instantly.<\/p>\n

\"primavera
\nif you run it from outside the p6\u00a0professional though, a dialog box will appear, asking you for your username and password.<\/p>\n

\"primavera
\nthe main window will be available after you log in with your username and password. that is the same username and password you use in p6\u00a0professional.<\/p>\n

the same privileges, user preferences, and admin preferences that are assigned to your account, will govern your p6\u00a0visualizer, the same as p6\u00a0professional.<\/p>\n

opening a project in primavera p6\u00a0visualizer<\/h2>\n

once you\u2019re logged into the server, you can access all the projects that are available to your user account in p6\u00a0professional. in order to open an existing project, we can click on the plus sign at the top of the visualizer window.<\/p>\n

this will provide us with two options: tsld and gantt.<\/p>\n

\"primavera
\ngantt option will create a normal gantt view of our project. tsld stands for timescaled logic diagram, and it\u2019s a similar diagram, that doesn\u2019t show the left-side table of activities (called grid in p6\u00a0visualizer), and it\u2019s capable of showing sequential activities in a single row. you, as a planner, are probable not to like tslds so much, but many managers prefer this kind of presentation.<\/p>\n

by choosing either of the two options, the similar dialog box shown in the figure bellow will be opened.<\/p>\n

\"primavera
\nit\u2019s time to choose the project(s). the list on the left side of the dialog box shows the projects in their hierarchy, eps. open the eps and find the project(s) you want to visualize, and then click on the left-to-right arrow to add it to the list on the right side. you can choose one or more projects. however, there\u2019s only one visualized presentation open in any given time, and if you want to open another project or another set of projects, you should close the previous one.<\/p>\n

when we\u2019re done choosing the project(s), we can click on the next button. this will open the next step of the wizard, as is shown in the following figure.<\/p>\n

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\nthere are lots of settings involved in any visualization; all settings are stored in a layout, and all layouts are saved in the p6 database. there are three kinds of layouts:<\/p>\n