Import considerations

Global activity codes

The Spec section code is available to all projects in P6 Professional. For Contract Management data, this activity code may be referred to as SPCS.

Project activity codes

The Responsibility, Contracts, Bid Package, and Submittal activity codes are imported as project activity codes. (For Contract Management 14.0, these activity codes were referred to as RESP, CNTR, BIDP, and ISSB, respectively.)

The Responsibility code is imported from the Contacts subsection of the Project Information section. The Abbreviation and Company Name columns are used as the code value and description, respectively.

The Contracts code is imported from the Contracts and Purchase Orders subsections of the Contract Information section. The No. and Description columns are used as the code value and description, respectively.

When you import the Submittal Activity code, the activity is assigned the code value Yes to indicate that the item is a submittal.

How activity codes are imported

If the code or value does not exist, the imported code or value is added to the dictionary. If the code exists but the value does not, the value is added to the dictionary. If the code and value exist, but the value assigned to the activity does not match the imported value, the value on the activity is overwritten. If the activity does not exist, it is created.

Cost accounts

Cost codes in Contract Management are imported to the Cost Accounts dictionary. The Cost Accounts dictionary is available to all projects in P6 Professional. All items in the Cost Worksheet are imported as cost accounts and placed under a root node having the same name as the imported Contract Management project. The Cost Code and Title columns are imported as the Cost Account ID and Cost Account Name, respectively.

Cost information

Cost information from Contract Management is imported as Expenses for activities.