P6 Data Dictionary Release 8.3

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1 P6 Data Dictionary Release 8.3 March 2013

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3 Contents Legal Notices... 2 Preface Where to Get Documentation Where to Get Training Where to Get Support Introduction Data Dictionary % Allocation Access Level Access Time Accounting Variance Accounting Variance - Labor Units Accrual Type Active Projects Activity % Complete Activity Code Activity Count Activity Finish Activity ID Activity ID (Predecessors) Activity ID Prefix Activity ID Suffix Activity Name (Predecessors) Activity Start Activity Status Activity Type Actual (Units) Actual Completed Activities Actual Cost (Assignments) Actual Cost (EPS) Actual Cost (Expenses) Actual Cost (Response Plans) Actual Duration (Activities) Actual Duration (Assignments)

4 P6 Data Dictionary Actual Duration (EPS) Actual Expense Cost Actual Finish Actual In-Progress Activities Actual Labor Cost Actual Labor Units Actual Material Cost Actual Name Actual Nonlabor Cost Actual Nonlabor Units Actual Not-Started Activities (Activities) Actual Not-Started Activities (EPS) Actual Overtime Cost Actual Overtime Units Actual Regular Cost Actual Regular Units Actual Start Actual This Period Cost Actual This Period Labor Cost Actual This Period Labor Units Actual This Period Material Cost Actual This Period Nonlabor Cost Actual This Period Nonlabor Units Actual This Period Units Actual Total Cost (Activities) Actual Total Cost (EPS) Actual Units (Activity Expense) Actual Units (Assignments) Added By Added Date Annual Discount Rate Anticipated Finish Anticipated Start Applies To (Issues) Applies To (WBS) Approval Date (Team Member Status Updates) Approved By (Team Member Status Updates)

5 Contents Approvers Assigned By Assigned Date Assigned Privileges Associated Resource At Completion Cost At Completion Duration At Completion Expense Cost At Completion Labor Cost At Completion Labor Units At Completion Material Cost At Completion Nonlabor Cost At Completion Nonlabor Units At Completion Total Cost At Completion Units Authentication Code Author Available Template Available To Bar Type Base Calendar Base Exchange Rate Baseline Data Date Benefit Plan BL Completed Activities BL Duration BL Finish BL In-Progress Activities BL Not-Started Activities BL Project % Complete Type BL Project % Complete Type BL Project Activity % Complete BL Project Activity Status BL Project Actual Duration BL Project Actual Expense Cost (Activities) BL Project Actual Finish BL Project Actual Labor Cost (Activities)

6 P6 Data Dictionary BL Project Actual Labor Units (Activities) BL Project Actual Material Cost (Activities) BL Project Actual Nonlabor Cost (Activities) BL Project Actual Nonlabor Units (Activities) BL Project Actual Start BL Project Actual Total Cost (Activities) BL Project Completed Activities BL Project Cost % Complete BL Project Duration BL Project Duration % Complete BL Project Early Finish BL Project Early Start BL Project Expense Cost BL Project Finish BL Project Free Float BL Project In-Progress Activities BL Project Labor Cost BL Project Labor Units BL Project Late Finish BL Project Late Start BL Project Material Cost BL Project Nonlabor Cost BL Project Nonlabor Units BL Project Not Started Activities BL Project Remaining Duration BL Project Start BL Project Total Cost BL Project Total Float BL Project Units % Complete BL Start BL1 Activity % Complete BL1 Activity Status BL1 Actual Duration BL1 Actual Finish BL1 Actual Labor Units BL1 Actual Nonlabor Units BL1 Actual Start

7 Contents BL1 Completed Activities BL1 Cost % Complete BL1 Duration BL1 Duration % Complete BL1 Early Finish BL1 Early Start BL1 Expense Cost BL1 Finish BL1 Free Float BL1 In-Progress Activities BL1 Labor Cost BL1 Labor Units BL1 Late Finish BL1 Late Start BL1 Material Cost BL1 Nonlabor Cost BL1 Nonlabor Units BL1 Not Started Activities BL1 Remaining Duration BL1 Start BL1 Total Cost BL1 Total Float BL1 Units % Complete Budget At Completion Budget At Completion - Labor Units Calendar Category (Expense) Category (Risks) Category (WBS) Category or Process (Workflows) Cause CBS field Change Number Checked Out By Claimed By Code (Risks) Code Assignment

8 P6 Data Dictionary Code Description Code Description Code Value Color (Activity Codes) Color (Gantt Chart) Color (Risks) Company Short Name Completed Constraint Date Constraint Type Cost % Complete Cost % of Planned Cost (Post-response Thresholds) Cost (Pre-response Thresholds) Cost Account Cost Account IDs Cost Performance Index Cost Performance Index - Labor Units Cost Variance Cost Variance - Labor Units Cost Variance Index Cost Variance Index - Labor Units Created By (Dashboards) Created By (Scenarios) Currency Currency Symbol Current Budget Current Variance Curve Dashboard Title Data Date Data Mapping field (Unifier) Date (Budget Log) Date (Document Details) Date (Portfolio Scenario Notes) Date (ROI Details) Date (Workflows)

9 Contents Date Added Date Checked Out Date Created Date Identified Date Initiated Days Late Days Pending Decimal Digits Decimal Symbol Default Format Default Template Default Title Default Units/Time Delegate Delivery Type Description Distributed Current Budget Document Document Number Due Due Date (Document Review) Due Date (Workflows) Duration % Complete Duration % of Planned Duration Percent Duration Type Earliest Early Start Date Early Finish Early Start Earned Value Cost Earned Value Labor Units Effect Effective Date Employee ID EPS ID Estimate At Completion - Labor Units

10 P6 Data Dictionary Estimate At Completion Cost Estimate To Complete Estimate To Complete Labor Units Expected Finish Expense Category Expense Cost % Complete Expense Item Expenses Expired Date Exposure Exposure Finish Exposure Start External Early Start External Late Finish Financial Period Finish (Response Plans) Finish Date (Activities) Finish Date (Planning) Finish Date (Projects) Finish Date (Timesheet Periods) Finish Date (Workflows) Float Path Float Path Order Forecast at Completion: Cost (Earned Value Performance) Forecast at Completion: Cost (Schedule Performance) Forecast at Completion: Labor Units (Earned Value Performance) Forecast at Completion: Labor Units (Schedule Performance) Forecast at Completion: Schedule (Earned Value Performance) Forecast at Completion: Schedule (Schedule Performance) Forecast Finish Date Forecast Start Date Free Float Fund Share Funding Source Global Security Profile ID Identified By (Issues)

11 Contents Identified By (Risks) Identified Date Impact Thresholds Import to field Increment Independent ETC Labor Units Independent ETC Total Cost Initiated Date Initiator Integrated Project Integrated Resource Integrated WBS IP Address Issue Code Issue Status Code Labor Cost % Complete Labor Units % Complete Lag Last Active Time Last Apply Actuals Date Last Date Status Changed Last Leveled Last Modified By Last Modified Date Last Published On Last Reviewer Last Run Last Scheduled Late Finish Late Start Latest Early Finish Date Latitude Location Login Name Longitude Material Cost % Complete Matrix Size

12 P6 Data Dictionary Max Resource Units/Time Max Role Units/Time Max Units/Time (Resources) Max Units/Time (Roles) Maximum Code Value Weight Maximum Length Maximum Percent to Over Allocate Resources Milestones with Invalid Relationships Minimum Preserved Float Module Access Must Finish By Net Present Value New Data Date Nonlabor Cost % Complete Nonlabor Units % Complete Office Phone Online Help Original Assignee Original Budget Other Phone Out of Sequence Activities Overallocated Resource Overhead Reg/OT Overtime Factor Owner Parent Parent Resource Payback Period Pend Remaining Units Pending % Complete Pending Reviewers Pending Tasks Pending User Percent Complete Percent Complete Type Performance % Complete Personal Name

13 Contents Physical % Complete Planned (Units) Planned Cost Planned Duration (Activities) Planned Duration (Assignments) Planned Duration (EPS) Planned Expense Cost Planned Finish (Activities) Planned Finish (Assignments) Planned Finish (Risks) Planned Finish Date Planned Labor Cost (Activities) Planned Labor Cost (EPS) Planned Labor Units (Activities) Planned Labor Units (EPS) Planned Lag Planned Material Cost Planned Non Labor Cost Planned Non Labor Units Planned Nonlabor Cost Planned Nonlabor Units Planned Non-Labor Units Planned Start (Activities) Planned Start (Assignments) Planned Start (Risks) Planned Start Date (EPS) Planned Total Cost Planned Units (Assignments) Planned Units (Expenses) Planned Units/Time Planned Value Cost Planned Value Cost (Activities) Planned Value Cost (EPS) Planned Value Labor Units (Activities) Planned Value Labor Units (EPS) Predecessor Preserve Minimum Activity Float

14 P6 Data Dictionary Price/Unit (Activities) Price/Unit (Assignments) Price/Unit (EPS) Price/Unit (Expenses) Price/Unit (Resources) Price/Unit (Roles) Primary Constraint Date Primary Resource Primavera Unifier URL Priority (Issues) Priority (Workflows) Private Location Privilege Probability (Post-mitigated Thresholds) Probability (Pre-response Thresholds) Probability Threshold Proficiency Project Access Project Forecast Start Project ID Project Leveling Priority Project Name field (Unifier) Project Owner Project Planned Start Project Risk Exposure Project Risk Score Project Score Project Security Profile Project Template ID Project Website URL Proposed Budget Publication Priority Range (Risk Thresholds) Rate Source Reason Reference Number Relationship Type

15 Contents Remaining (Units) Remaining Cost (Assignments) Remaining Cost (Expenses) Remaining Cost (Response Plans) Remaining Duration (Activities) Remaining Duration (Assignments) Remaining Duration (EPS) Remaining Early Finish (Activities) Remaining Early Finish (Assignments) Remaining Early Start (Activities) Remaining Early Start (Assignments) Remaining Expense Cost (Activities) Remaining Expense Cost (EPS) Remaining Float Remaining Labor Cost (Activities) Remaining Labor Cost (EPS) Remaining Labor Units (Activities) Remaining Labor Units (EPS) Remaining Lag Remaining Late Finish (Activities) Remaining Late Finish (Assignments) Remaining Late Start (Activities) Remaining Late Start (Assignments) Remaining Material Cost (Activities) Remaining Material Cost (EPS) Remaining Nonlabor Cost (Activities) Remaining Nonlabor Cost (EPS) Remaining Nonlabor Units (Activities) Remaining Nonlabor Units (EPS) Remaining Total Cost Remaining Units (Activities) Remaining Units (Assignments) Remaining Units/Time Report Location Report Recipients Requested Units Requested Units/Time

16 P6 Data Dictionary Resolution Date Resource Access Resource Codes Resource Curve Resource ID Resource ID Name Resource Teams Resource Type Resources (Resource Teams) Resources (Resources) Resources (Roles) Resources IDs Response Total Cost Responsible Responsible Resource Resume Date Return on Investment Review Finish Date Review Status Reviewed Date Reviewer (Team Member Status Updates) Reviewers (Documents) Reviewers (Workflows) Revision Date Risk Scoring Matrix Role ID Role ID Name Role on Project Role Teams Roles (Activities) Roles (Role Teams) Schedule % Complete (Activities) Schedule % Complete (EPS) Schedule (Risk Pre-response Thresholds) Schedule (Risk Response Plans) Schedule ID Schedule Performance Index - Labor Units

17 Contents Schedule Performance Index (Earned Value) Schedule Performance Index (Index Performance) Schedule Sheet field Schedule Variance Schedule Variance - Labor Units Schedule Variance Index - Labor Units Schedule Variance Index (Activities) Schedule Variance Index (EPS) Scheduled Finish Score (Pre-response Thresholds) Score (Resource Search Results) Score (Response Plans) Score (Text) (Post-mitigated Response Plans) Score (Text) (Pre-response Thresholds) Scoring Matrix Secondary Constraint Secondary Constraint Date Service Severity Shift Start Hour Show Activities Spending Plan Staffed Remaining Cost Staffed Remaining Units Staffed Units Stage Start (Response Plans) Start Date (Activities) Start Date (Financial Periods) Start Date (Projects) Start Date (Timesheet Periods) Start Date (Workflows) Status Status (Team Member Status Updates) Status Reviewer Step % Complete Step Weight

18 P6 Data Dictionary Step Weight Percent Steps Steps Completed Steps In Progress Steps Not Started Strategic Priority Submitted (Import/Export) Submitted (Services) Submitted By (Team Member Status Updates) Submitted Date (Team Member Status Updates) Submitted Date (Timesheet Approval) Successor Suspend Date Target Template Name (Import/Export) Template Name (Step Templates) Timesheet Approval Manager Timesheet Notes History Timesheet Period End Date Timesheet Period Start Date Timesheet User Login Title To Complete Performance Index (Earned Value) To Complete Performance Index (Index Performance) To Date: Cost To Date: Labor Units To Date: Schedule (Earned Value) To Date: Schedule (Schedule Performance) Tolerance Threshold Topic Total (Timesheet Approval) Total Activities Total Benefit Plan Total Duration Total Float Total Float (Hours) Total Funding

19 Contents Total Hours (Standard Work Week) Total Hours (Timesheet Approval) Total Hours field (Timesheet Approval) Total Links Total Present Value (Discounted): Benefit Plan Total Present Value (Discounted): Spending Plan Total Requested Units Total Spending Plan Total Units Type (Baseline Types) Type (EPS) Type (Portfolio Views) Type (Project Risks) Type (Risk Scorning Matrices) UDF Type (Project UDFs) Unallocated Budget (EPS) Unallocated Budget (WBS) Unit Abbreviation Unit of Measure (Expenses) Unit of Measure (Resources) Units % Complete (Activities) Units % Complete (Assignments) Units % Complete (EPS) Unread Comments Unstaffed Remaining Cost Unstaffed Remaining Units Unstaffed Units Usage User (Document Details) User (Schedule Reports) User (Workflow) User Count User Defined Field (Activity Form) User Defined Field (Enterprise Data) User Defined Field Value User Defined Fields User Defined Title

20 P6 Data Dictionary User Interface View User Interface View For New Users User Name User Status User's Primary Baseline Value (Customize Scorecard) Value (EPS) Value (Report Settings) Value (Resources) Variance - Duration Variance - Expense Cost Variance - Finish Date Variance - Labor Cost Variance - Labor Units Variance - Material Cost Variance - Nonlabor Cost Variance - Nonlabor Units Variance - Start Date Variance - Total Cost Variance At Completion Variance At Completion - Labor Units Variance BL Project - Duration Variance BL Project - Expense Cost Variance BL Project - Finish Date Variance BL Project - Labor Cost Variance BL Project - Labor Units Variance BL Project - Material Cost Variance BL Project - Nonlabor Cost Variance BL Project - Nonlabor Units Variance BL Project - Start Date Variance BL Project - Total Cost Variance BL1 - Duration Variance BL1 - Expense Cost Variance BL1 - Finish Date Variance BL1 - Labor Cost Variance BL1 - Labor Units Variance BL1 - Material Cost

21 Contents Variance BL1 - Nonlabor Cost Variance BL1 - Nonlabor Units Variance BL1 - Start Date Variance BL1 - Total Cost Vendor Version WBS WBS Category WBS Code WBS ID WBS Path Website Root Directory Weight Weight Percent

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23 Preface In This Section Where to Get Documentation Where to Get Training Where to Get Support Introduction Where to Get Documentation For the most up-to-date versions of all manuals and technical documents related to installing, administering, and using P6 EPPM, go to: Most documentation assumes a standard setup of the product, with full access rights to all features and functions. You can also access the versions of the product manuals and technical documents that were available at the time of the release from the P6 EPPM Documentation Center, located in the \Documentation\Documentation_library\language folder of the P6 EPPM physical media or download. The following table describes the core documents available for P6 EPPM and lists the recommended readers by role. P6 EPPM roles are described in the Planning Your P6 EPPM Implementation guide. Title Description What's New in P6 EPPM Highlights the new and enhanced features included in this release. You can also use the P6 EPPM Cumulative Feature Overview Tool to identify the features that have been added since a specific release level. All users should read this guide. Planning Your P6 EPPM Implementation This book provides information on planning your implementation. It provides an installation process overview, frequently asked questions, client and server requirements, and security information. The P6 EPPM network administrator/database administrator and P6 administrator should read this 23

24 P6 Data Dictionary Title P6 EPPM Installation and Configuration Guide P6 EPPM Installation and Manual Configuration Guide P6 EPPM Post Installation Administrator's Guide Tested Configurations P6 User's Guide Description guide. This documentation set explains how to install and configure the P6 EPPM using the P6 EPPM Installation and Configuration wizards. The P6 EPPM network administrator/database administrator and P6 administrator should read this guide. This documentation set explains how to install and configure the P6 EPPM using the P6 EPPM Installation wizards, and how to manually configure individual components. The P6 EPPM network administrator/database administrator and P6 administrator should read this guide. Once you have installed and configured your P6 EPPM applications, this guide will tell you how to get started using them. You will want to complete most of the tasks in this guide before you let your users work with these applications. These tasks include information about configuring your users and security settings and privileges, setting your P6 Administrator application and P6 Progress Reporter Administrator settings, and finalizing your P6 Integration API and P6 EPPM Web Services settings. The P6 EPPM network administrator/database administrator and P6 administrator should read this guide. Lists the configurations that have been tested and verified to work with P6 EPPM. The network administrator/database administrator and P6 EPPM administrator should read this document. This guide explains how to plan, set up, and manage projects in a multiuser environment. If you are new to P6, start with this guide to learn how to use the software effectively to plan and manage projects. When you need more detail, refer to the P6 Help. The program manager, project manager, resource/cost manager, and team leader should read this guide. P6 Data Dictionary This data dictionary defines fields used in P6. 24

25 Preface Title P6 Team Member User's Guide P6 Team Member Web Help P6 Team Member for iphone Help P6 Professional Help P6 Help Description All P6 users should refer to this guide if you need a field definition. This guide explains how to status activities using P6 Team Member interfaces, which are P6 Team Member Web, P6 Team Member for iphone, and Statusing Service. All users of the P6 Team Member interfaces should read this guide. Describes how to use P6 Team Member Web to provide status on activities. P6 Team Member Web users should read this Help. Describes how to use the P6 Team Member for iphone app to provide status on activities. P6 Team Member for iphone app users should read this Help. Explains how to use P6 Professional for EPPM to plan, set up, and manage projects in a multiuser environment. If you are new to P6 Professional, use this Help to learn how to use the software effectively to plan and manage projects. The P6 Professional administrator, program manager, project manager, resource/cost manager, and team leader should read this Help. Describes how to create, manage, plan, and schedule projects, group projects into portfolios, administer all enterprise data, application settings, user accounts, and security profiles, maintain both the organizational breakdown structure (OBS) and enterprise project structure (EPS), manage resources and roles, track risks, issues, and notebooks, create and reuse templates, evaluate budgets, analyze performance and ROI for project portfolios, participate in workflows and document reviews, approve timesheets, and generate reports. The operations executive, P6 EPPM and P6 administrator, program manager, project manager, resource/cost manager, and team leader should read this Help. 25

26 P6 Data Dictionary Title P6 Progress Reporter Administrator Help P6 Progress Reporter Help P6 Progress Reporter User's Guide Primavera P6 Visualizer Help P6 EPPM Web Services Programmer s Guide, and P6 EPPM Web Services Reference Manual P3 to P6 EPPM Migration Guide Description Describes how to enter database connection information for the P6 Progress Reporter server and modify P6 Progress Reporter server and application settings. The P6 EPPM network administrator/database administrator should read this Help. Describes how to use P6 Progress Reporter to enter and update time spent on assignments. Team members using P6 Progress Reporter should read this Help. This guide explains how to report work time and provide status on assigned activities using P6 Progress Reporter. Team members using P6 Progress Reporter should read this guide. Describes how to create, modify, and manage Timescaled Logic Diagrams and Gantt charts. The Visualizer application can connect to a P6 Professional or EPPM database. Visualizer can only be installed via the P6 Professional setup. However, you can run Visualizer without P6 Professional installed. All users should read this Help. The P6 EPPM Web Services Programmer s Guide, available as an HTML help system, describes how to invoke, use, and troubleshoot the available services/operations within supported environments. The P6 EPPM Web Services Reference Manual, also available as an HTML help system, describes all services and operations available in P6 EPPM Web Services in a comprehensive manner. Anyone who wants to develop applications which interact with P6 should read this guide. This guide provides best practices for migrating your P3 data to P6 EPPM, and details how P3 functionality maps to P6 EPPM functionality. All administrators should read this guide. 26

27 Preface Distributing Information to the Team You can copy the online documentation to a network drive for access by project participants. Each team member can then view or print those portions that specifically relate to his or her role in the organization. Throughout this documentation, the Security Guidance icon helps you to quickly identify security-related content to consider during the installation and configuration process. Where to Get Training To access comprehensive training for all Primavera products, go to: Where to Get Support If you have a question about using Oracle products that you or your network administrator cannot resolve with information in the documentation or help, click This page provides the latest information on contacting Oracle Global Customer Support, knowledge articles, and the support renewals process. P6 EPPM integrates with different Oracle applications; when you create a Service Request, be sure to open the request with the proper Support team. To ensure you reach the proper Support team, enter the correct product information when you create the Service Request. Each product has its own support line. Use the Primavera P6 EPPM support line when you are having installation, configuration, or connection issues related to P6 EPPM. Use one of the following support lines when you are having installation or configuration issues that do not relate to P6 EPPM. Oracle WebLogic Server Oracle Database Server BI Publisher BPM Oracle Webcenter Content Core Capabilities (formerly Universal Content Management) Oracle Enterprise Manager Oracle Access Manager Oracle AutoVue 27

28 P6 Data Dictionary Access to Oracle Support Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit or visit if you are hearing impaired. Using Primavera's Support Resource Centers Primavera s Support Resource Center provides links to important support and product information. Primavera's Product Information Centers (PICs) organize documents found on My Oracle Support (MOS), providing quick access to product and version specific information such as important knowledge documents, Release Value Propositions, and Oracle University training. PICs also offer documentation on Lifetime Management, from planning to installs, upgrades, and maintenance. Visit to access links to all of the current PICs. PICs also provide access to: Communities are moderated by Oracle providing a place for collaboration among industry peers to share best practices. News from our development and strategy groups. Education contains a list of available Primavera product trainings through Oracle University. The Oracle Advisor Webcast program brings interactive expertise straight to the desktop using Oracle Web Conferencing technology. This capability brings you and Oracle experts together to access information about support services, products, technologies, best practices, and more. For more information about working with Support, visit Introduction This data dictionary defines fields used in P6. 28

29 Data Dictionary Symbols & Numeric % Allocation A The percentage of available resource units. Access Level The list of who can access the document. Project: If you have access to the project, you will have access to this document. Workgroup: If you are included in the workgroup you will have access to this document. Private: Only the user who created the document will have access. Access Time The date and time you last accessed the document. Accounting Variance The difference between the planned value of work scheduled and the actual cost of work performed. A negative value indicates that actual costs have exceeded the scheduled costs. Calculated as Planned Value minus Actual Cost. Accounting Variance - Labor Units The difference between the planned value of work scheduled and the actual work performed. A negative value indicates that actual costs have exceeded the scheduled costs. Calculated as Planned Value Labor Units minus Actual Units. Accrual Type The accrual type for the project expense. Start of Activity: Indicates the entire expense costs are accrued at the start date of the activity. End of Activity: Indicates entire expense costs are accrued at the finish date of the activity. Uniform Over Activity: Indicates the expense costs are accrued uniformly over the duration of the activity. Active Projects The number of active projects to which the resource is currently assigned. 29

30 P6 Data Dictionary Activity % Complete The percent of the activity that has been completed. The calculation is based on the formula for the selected Percent Complete Type. The Percent Complete Type can be Units, Duration, or Physical. If the selected activity's percent complete type is Duration, the percent complete is calculated as (Planned Duration minus Remaining Duration) divided by Planned Duration. If the activity's percent complete type is Units, the percent complete is calculated as (Actual Labor Units plus Actual Nonlabor Units) divided by (Actual Labor Units plus Actual Nonlabor Units plus Remaining Labor Units plus Remaining Nonlabor Units). If the activity's percent complete type is Physical, either the user records the percent complete manually or the field is set to calculate using steps. To calculate using steps, the Calculate Activity % Complete from activity steps option must be set in Project Preferences. Activity Code A code used to categorize activities. An activity code can be designated as one of three types: Global, EPS, or Project. Global activity codes can be used in all projects within the enterprise. EPS activity codes can be used only in projects that belong to a specified EPS, including its subordinate EPS nodes, if any. Project activity codes can be used only in one project. The EPS or project that an activity code is associated with is specified when the code is created. Activity Count The number of activities in the group. Activity Finish The finish date of the activity to which the assignment belongs. This is the planned finish if the activity has not started, the remaining finish if the activity is in progress, or the actual finish if the activity has completed. Activity ID The unique identifier of the activity. In order to identify and track activities, P6 assigns each activity a unique Activity ID that is the result of joining the Activity ID Prefix with the Activity ID Suffix and then adding an Increment value. For example, a prefix of PROJ-A# combined with a suffix of 2500 and an Increment of 5 will yield the following activity IDs: PROJ-A#2500, PROJ-A#2505, etc. Activity ID (Predecessors) The unique identifying code for the predecessor or successor activity. 30

31 Data Dictionary Activity ID Prefix The series of initial letters, numeric digits, or special characters you want P6 to use to auto-number all the activities in a given project. By default, this field can contain 1 to 20 characters. In order to identify and track activities, P6 assigns each activity a unique Activity ID that is the result of joining the Activity ID Prefix with the Activity ID Suffix and then adding an Increment value. For example, a prefix of PROJ-A# combined with a suffix of 2500 and an Increment of 5 will yield the following activity IDs: PROJ-A#2500, PROJ-A#2505, etc. Activity ID Suffix The numeric digits you want P6 to use to auto-number all the activities in a given project. The value must be a number between 1 and 999,999. In order to identify and track activities, P6 assigns each activity a unique Activity ID that is the result of joining the Activity ID Prefix with the Activity ID Suffix and then adding an Increment value. For example, a prefix of PROJ-A# combined with a suffix of 2500 and an Increment of 5 will yield the following activity IDs: PROJ-A#2500, PROJ-A#2505, etc. Activity Name (Predecessors) The name of the selected activity's predecessor or successor. Activity Start The start date of the activity to which the assignment belongs. This is the planned start date if the activity has not started, the remaining start date if the activity is in progress, or the actual start date if the activity has started. Activity Status The current condition of the activity. Valid values are Not Started, In Progress, and Completed. Activity Type Determines how duration and schedule dates are calculated for an activity. Task Dependent: Activities are scheduled using the activity's calendar rather than the calendars of the assigned resources. Choose task dependent when you want to control the duration of the activity yourself (that is, no resources are assigned), or when one or more resources assigned to the same activity can work according to the same calendar. For example, you might have an activity to cure concrete; you know how long the task takes and the addition of resources won t complete the task any earlier. You would designate this activity as task dependent. 31

32 P6 Data Dictionary Resource Dependent: Activities are scheduled using the calendars of the assigned resources. This type is used when several resources are assigned to the activity, but they might work separately. Choose resource dependent when you want to schedule each resource according to his/her own time schedule, or resource calendar, not the activity calendar. The assigned resource availability determines the start and finish dates of the activity. Typically, you use this type when multiple resources assigned to the same activity can work independently, or when availability can affect the activity s duration. For example, an activity that requires an Inspector might be delayed if that resource is assigned to multiple projects or is on vacation. Level of Effort: Activities have a duration that is determined by its dependent activities and are typically administration type. Choose level of effort to indicate that the activity s duration depends on its predecessor and/or successor activities. A level of effort activity is usually one that is ongoing, such as clerical work, Change Management, or project management tasks. For example, site cleanup could be considered a level of effort activity; it occurs repeatedly and is dependent on the completion of a phase. Start or Finish Milestone: Milestone activities are zero-duration without resources, marking a significant project event. Choose start milestone or finish milestone to indicate that the activity marks the beginning or end of a major stage in the project. Milestones have zero duration. A primary resource or an activity owner, and expenses can be assigned to a milestone. In an office building addition project, examples of milestones might include Project Definition Complete, Structure Complete, or End Bidding Process. WBS Summary: Activities that are used to roll up date, duration, and percent complete values for a group of activities that share a common WBS code level. Choose WBS Summary to indicate that the activity is a summary-level WBS activity. A WBS Summary activity represents a group of activities that share a common WBS level. The summary-level WBS activity enables roll-ups of dates for the activity group. The duration of a WBS Summary activity extends from the start of the earliest activity in a group to the finish of the latest activity. WBS codes control which activities are part of a WBS Summary activity; P6 incorporates any activities that share a component of the WBS Summary activity's WBS code into the WBS Summary activity. For example, all activities whose WBS codes begin with A (A.1, A.1.1, A.1.2, etc.) can be part of one WBS Summary activity whose WBS code is A. At a lower level, all activities whose WBS codes start with A.1 (A.1.1, A.1.2, etc.) can be part of a WBS Summary activity whose WBS code is A.1. Actual (Units) The exact number of units that have been expended on the selected activity. Actual Completed Activities The number of activities that have an actual finish date. Actual Cost (Assignments) The actual non-overtime plus overtime cost for the resource assignment on the activity. 32

33 Data Dictionary Calculated as Actual Regular Cost plus Actual Overtime Cost. Actual Cost (EPS) The actual total cost incurred on the project as of the project data date. Calculated as Actual Labor Costs plus Actual Nonlabor Costs plus Actual Material Costs plus Actual Expense Costs. Actual Cost (Expenses) The project expense for the activity. Calculated as Actual Units multiplied by Price/Unit. Actual Cost (Response Plans) The actual cost of the response plan or response action item. Calculated as the sum of the Actual Cost of each response action item. Actual Duration (Activities) The total working time from the activity Actual Start date to the Actual Finish date for completed activities, or the total working time from the Actual Start date to the data date for in-progress activities. The actual working time is computed using the activity's calendar. Actual Duration (Assignments) The total working time from the assignment actual start date to the actual finish date for completed assignments, or the total working time from the actual start date to the data date for in-progress assignments. Actual Duration (EPS) The current total working time for the project, template, or EPS. For completed items, this field displays the total working time from the actual start date to the actual finish date. For items that are in-progress, this field displays the total working time from the actual start date to the data date. Actual Expense Cost The actual cost for all project expenses associated with the activity, WBS, project, or EPS. Actual Finish The date on which the item, such as an activity, assignment, or project, is complete. Actual In-Progress Activities The number of activities that have an actual start date, but no actual finish date. Actual Labor Cost The actual cost for all labor resources assigned to the activity, WBS, project, or the EPS. If no resources are assigned, calculated as the Actual Labor Units multiplied by Project Default Price divided by Time. 33

34 P6 Data Dictionary Actual Labor Units The number of units expended for all labor resources assigned to the activity, WBS, project, or EPS. Actual Material Cost The actual units for all material resources assigned to the activity, WBS, project, or EPS. Actual Name The full name of the user. Actual Nonlabor Cost The actual costs for all nonlabor resources assigned to the activity, WBS, project, or EPS. For activities, if no resources are assigned, calculated as the Activity Actual Nonlabor Units multiplied by Project Default Price divided by Time. Actual Nonlabor Units The number of nonlabor units that have been expended on the activity, WBS, project, or EPS. Actual Not-Started Activities (Activities) The number of activities that have no actual start date. Actual Not-Started Activities (EPS) The number of activities that have no actual start date. Actual Overtime Cost The actual overtime cost for the resource assignment on the activity. Calculated as Actual Overtime Units multiplied by Cost per Time multiplied by Overtime Factor. Actual Overtime Units The actual overtime units worked by the resource on the activity. This value is calculated from timesheets when project actuals are applied or can be entered directly by the project manager. Actual Regular Cost The actual non-overtime cost for the resource assignment on the activity. Calculated as Actual Regular Units multiplied by Cost per Time. Actual Regular Units The actual non-overtime units worked by the resource on the activity. This value is calculated from timesheets when project actuals are applied or can be entered directly by the project manager. Actual Start If work has started, the date work on the activity, WBS, project, or EPS began. 34

35 Data Dictionary If resources (labor, nonlabor, or material) or roles are assigned to the activity, the actual start date is the earliest among all the resource or role assignments. For a WBS, project, or EPS, the actual start date is the earliest actual start date among all activities within the WBS, project, or EPS. Actual This Period Cost The labor, nonlabor, and material costs incurred during this financial period. If period performance is stored, the calculation is Actual Cost minus the sum of the stored Actual This Period Cost fields for all previous periods. If the period performance is not stored, Actual This Period Cost is the same as Actual Cost. Actual This Period Labor Cost The labor costs incurred during this financial period. If period performance is stored, the calculation is Actual Labor Cost minus the sum of the stored Actual This Period Labor Cost fields for all previous periods. If the period performance is not stored, Actual This Period Labor Cost is the same as Actual Labor Cost. Actual This Period Labor Units The number of labor units used during this financial period. If period performance is stored, the calculation is Actual Labor Units minus the sum of the stored Actual This Period Labor Units fields for all previous periods. If the period performance is not stored, Actual This Period Labor Units is the same as Actual Labor Units. Actual This Period Material Cost The material costs incurred during this financial period. If period performance is stored, the calculation is Actual Material Cost minus the sum of the stored Actual This Period Material Cost fields for all previous periods. If the period performance is not stored, Actual This Period Material Cost is the same as Actual Material Cost. Actual This Period Nonlabor Cost The nonlabor costs incurred during this financial period. If period performance is stored, the calculation is Actual Nonlabor Cost minus the sum of the stored Actual This Period Nonlabor Cost fields for all previous periods. If the period performance is not stored, Actual This Period Nonlabor Cost is the same as Actual Nonlabor Cost. Actual This Period Nonlabor Units The nonlabor units used during this financial period. If period performance is stored, the calculation is Actual Nonlabor Units minus the sum of the stored Actual This Period Nonlabor Units fields for all previous periods. 35

36 P6 Data Dictionary If the period performance is not stored, Actual This Period Nonlabor Units is the same as Actual Nonlabor Units. Actual This Period Units The labor, nonlabor, and material units used during this financial period. If period performance is stored, the calculation is Actual Units minus the sum of the stored Actual This Period Units fields for all previous periods. If the period performance is not stored, Actual This Period Units is the same as Actual Units. Actual Total Cost (Activities) The actual total cost incurred for the activity as of the project data date. Calculated as Actual Labor Cost plus Actual Nonlabor Cost plus Actual Material Cost plus Actual Expense Cost. Actual Total Cost (EPS) The actual total cost incurred on the project as of the project data date. Calculated as Actual Labor Costs plus Actual Nonlabor Costs plus Actual Material Costs plus Actual Expense Costs. Actual Units (Activity Expense) The actual units of the expense item used to complete the activity. Actual Units (Assignments) The sum of the actual non-overtime and the overtime units worked by the resource on the activity. Calculated as Actual Regular Units plus Actual Overtime Units. Added By The name of the user who added information in the system, such as an activity, resource, risk, or project. Added Date The date information, such as an activity, resource, risk, or project data, was added into the system. Annual Discount Rate The interest rate associated with the cost of an investment from your commercial bank or another funding source. Valid values are 0 to 100. This rate is used to calculate Total Spending Plan (Present Value) and Total Benefit Plan (Present Value). For example, an annual growth rate of an investment such as 4.75% can be used as an annual discount rate. This rate is used when a future value is assumed and you are trying to find the required net present value. 36

37 Data Dictionary Anticipated Finish The expected finish date of the project, EPS node, or WBS level used during the planning phase. This date is manually entered and is not affected by scheduling. If there are no children elements, the anticipated finish is the finish date listed for the item in the table. Anticipated Start The expected start date of the project, EPS node, or WBS level used during the planning phase. This date is manually entered and is not affected by scheduling. If there are no children elements, the anticipated start is the start date listed for the item in the table. Applies To (Issues) The activity, WBS element, or project associated with the current issue. Applies To (WBS) The WBS to which the issue applies. Approval Date (Team Member Status Updates) The date the activity status update was approved. Approved By (Team Member Status Updates) The person who approved the activity status update. An approver can be the assigned status reviewer, or a user with Admin or Project superuser privileges. Approvers The names of the workflow reviewers who have approved the task. Assigned By The user who assigned the resource to the assignment. Assigned Date The date the task was assigned to you, your group, or your role. Assigned Privileges The privileges assigned to the profile. Associated Resource The Associated Resource of each user. Associated Resources can be used to pair users with timesheets, personal calendars, and assignments (for or phone updates). At Completion Cost The sum of the actual costs plus remaining costs for the resource assignment on the activity. Calculated as Actual Costs plus Remaining Costs. 37