Follow this procedure to create a reflection of a source project. The reflection you create will have the same name as the source project with an incremental number appended to it.
Notes:
- The Create Reflection context menu will only be available when selecting a project under an EPS node in which you have the privilege to create projects. Generally this means that the Responsible Manager assigned to the EPS node in which the project resides must be assigned to your user name with a profile that includes the "Add Projects" project privilege when P6 Professional is connected to a P6 Professional database and to your user name with a profile that includes the appropriate project privilege as defined in P6 when connected to a P6 EPPM database.
- When connected to a P6 EPPM database: Project Managers can use the Reflection project and Activity Owner features together to collect and review activity status information reported by users with Contributor module access assigned in P6.
- When connected to a P6 EPPM database: P6 Professional uses a job service to create the reflection. This means that you can carry on working while the reflection is created in the background. To see the progress of the job, choose Tools, Job Status.
Create a reflection
- In the Projects view, right click on the project for which you want to create a reflection.
- In the context menu, click Create Reflection. If the project does not contain any baselines, the system responds by creating a reflection. Otherwise, the system responds by displaying the Copy Baselines dialog box. For any baselines you want to copy, mark checkbox(s) in the Copy column of the Copy Baselines dialog box and click OK. The system responds by creating a reflection.
Make changes in the reflection
Once a reflection has been created, you can make changes to the reflection as needed to explore alternative project scenarios.