What's New in P6 Professional Release 8.

December 2011

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Copyright ........................................................................................................................................... 2 P6 Professional Enhancements ....................................................................................................... 7 Enhanced Microsoft Project Integration .......................................................................................... 7 New Line Numbering Feature ........................................................................................................... 7 Installation and Configuration Enhancements ................................................................................ 7 Timescaled Logic Diagram Enhancements ...................................................................................... 8 New Filtering ...................................................................................................................................... 8 New Sight Lines ................................................................................................................................. 8 Enhanced Activity Code Color Coding .............................................................................................. 8 Enhanced Templates ........................................................................................................................ 8 Enhanced Grouping........................................................................................................................... 8 Performance Enhancements ............................................................................................................ 8

P6 Professional Enhancements
Enhanced Microsoft Project Integration
Enhanced Microsoft Project Import When importing a Microsoft Project XML file, you can now update an existing project. This enables you to manage projects in Microsoft Project and bring the changes into P6 Professional to ensure the status of the project is reflected accurately in P6 Professional. You can control what types of global and project data to overwrite when importing. New Import/Export Support for Microsoft Project 2010 You can now export P6 Professional projects as Microsoft Project XML 2010 files as well as import Microsoft Project 2010 files.

New Line Numbering Feature

You can use the new add line numbers option for each row in the Activities view, when displaying an Activity Table, Gantt Chart, or Activity Usage Spreadsheet. Line numbers appear to the left of each row in a separate column. Numbering is sequential, starting with the number 1 (one). Rows are automatically renumbered during data manipulation, such as when rows are added, deleted or when group data is expanded or collapsed. The line numbering also displays in printouts of views in the Activities window where you applied line numbers.

Installation and Configuration Enhancements

You can now use a single P6 Professional installer to create your P6 Professional environment in one process. You can then connect P6 Professional to a P6 EPPM database or a P6 Professional database.

What's New in P6 Professional

Timescaled Logic Diagram Enhancements

New Filtering
You can now save filters with Timescaled Logic Diagram templates. You can apply additional filters within the Timescaled Logic Diagram application to enable you to more easily manipulate data.

New Sight Lines

You can now display vertical sight lines for each timescale line. Sight lines are background lines that aid visual orientation. You can customize the interval frequency based on the selected date interval. For example, if you select the date interval Month, an interval frequency of 3 means that a sight line displays once every 3 months at the beginning of the month. You can choose line thickness, color, and styles for each sight line.

Enhanced Activity Code Color Coding

You can now assign colors for activity code values in P6 Professional to be used in Timescaled Logic Diagrams. You can then modify these colors while working with diagrams; these modifications do not affect the color codings in P6 Professional.

Enhanced Templates
You can now save Timescaled Logic Diagram templates to the P6 EPPM database, so you can easily share them among users. You can share them as user or global templates. You can also export and import the templates to further enhance sharing. This enables you to send a template to another user, and that user can then import it into their system and use it. This saves time and helps promote consistency across an organization.

Enhanced Grouping
You can now group activities by User Defined Field (UDF), in addition to project, WBS Path, and activity code grouping.

Performance Enhancements
The Timescaled Logic Diagram now loads data faster after you launch it from P6 Professional.