Deltek Acumen 8.8 Online Help

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Using the Help Search
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Deltek Acumen Options (Platforms - Oracle)

Select the Oracle products to which you want to link, and set related options.

Get External Data From

The products that you select here display on the S1 // Projects tab in the Get External Data From menu group.

Field Description
Oracle Primavera P6 (XER) Selecting this option allows you to link to a Primavera P6 project in XER file format. XER files are the standard means of exporting data outside of a P6 database. You do not need Primavera P6 installed on your computer to link to and import XER files into Acumen.
Oracle Primavera EPPM (WEB)

Selecting this option allows you to import a single project or multiple projects from Primavera P6 web services.

  • P6 Web Profiles — Acumen uses profiles to connect to P6 Web Services servers. The system can store multiple profiles that include the address, user name, password, and so on. Click to display the Profile Editor dialog box to add or edit a profile.
  • Web Service Timeout (seconds) — Set the number of seconds before the web service times out. The default is 300.
Oracle Primavera P6 (XML) Selecting this option allows you to link to a Primavera P6 project in XML file format. You do not need Primavera P6 installed on your computer to link to and import XML files into Acumen.
Primavera Risk Analysis Selecting this option allows you to import Primavera Risk Analysis projects into Acumen.

Oracle Primavera Project Management P6

Field Description
Calculate Baseline Values From Specify whether you want to calculate baseline values from Planned Values or Current Values.
Default XER Text Encoding Select the language to use for the XER text encoding.
Import External Activities

Use this field to specify whether or not Acumen imports external activities when you import a P6 project.

When you select this option (default setting), Acumen imports the external activities into the project and they display in gray in the Activities view on the S1 // Projects tab. If you select one, you can see the predecessor/successor information on the Activity Relationships sub-tab. The external activities count towards the total activity count, they display in the activity grid, and they are included in metric calculations.

When you clear this option, Acumen still imports the external activities but only uses them to resolve relationships. The external activities do not count towards the total activity count, you cannot see them in the activity grid, and they are not included in metric calculations. The only place you can see them is on the Activity Details Relationships tab.

Field Mapping

Select one of these options to have Acumen either apply the default field mapping template or a specified template when you import data. If the field mapping template includes code fields or user defined fields, they will be applied regardless of whether or not the Automatically Map User Defined Fields to Projects and Automatically Map Code Fields to Projectsoptions on the Platforms (General) view are selected.

Field Description
Use built in field mapping Select this option if you want to use the standard field mapping template. Clear if you want to specify a template in which case you will need to specify a location and file in the field below.
Default field mapping location Specify the default field mapping location and file. This field is disabled if you select Use build in field mapping.