Tools Toolbar

Opens the Primavera P6 Visualizer.

See Launching P6 Visualizer from P6 Professional for more information.

Yes

Activities

None

Tools > Visualizer

Opens the Schedule dialog box. In this dialog box, you can schedule the open projects and set scheduling options.

Yes

All

F9

Tools > Schedule

Opens the Level Resources dialog box. In this dialog box, you can level resources and set resource leveling options.

Yes

All

Shift+F9

Tools > Level Resources

Enables or disables the Progress Spotlight feature. When Progress Spotlight is enabled, the module highlights the activities that fall between the last data date and the new data date in the Gantt Chart.

Yes

Activities

None

View > Progress Spotlight

Shows or hides the progress line in a Gantt Chart. The progress line shows the progress of activities and how the project is performing relative to the baseline project.

Yes

Activities

None

Tools > Progress Line

Opens the Update Progress dialog box. In this dialog box, you can estimate progress for spotlighted or selected activities.

Yes

Activities

None

Tools > Update Progress

Opens the Global Change dialog box. In this dialog box, you can make changes to all activities, resource assignments, or project expenses, or a selected group of these items, at one time.

No

All

None

Tools > Global Change

Opens the Apply Actuals dialog box. In this dialog box, you can update the schedule by applying actuals up to the data date you select for each open project.

No

All

None

Tools > Apply Actuals

Enables or disables automatic reorganization. By default, automatic reorganization is enabled. When you turn on Disable Auto-Reorganization, the module does not automatically reorder the currently active window according to your recent changes.

No

All

Shift+F2

Tools > Disable Auto-Reorganization

When connected to a P6 Professional database: Enables you to summarize open projects, or summary-only projects, or all projects.

When connected to a P6 EPPM database: Enables you to summarize open projects, or all projects.

To choose which projects you want to summarize, click next to Summarize, then select an option.

No

All

None

Tools > Summarize

Enables you to summarize all projects.

No

All

None

Tools > Summarize > All Projects

Enables you to summarize open projects.

No

All

None

Tools > Summarize > Open Projects

This icon appears only when P6 Professional is connected to a P6 Professional database.

Opens the Job Services dialog box. In this dialog box, you can create jobs and schedule them to run automatically on any number of projects or EPS nodes at a specified time.

No

All

 None

Tools > Job Services

Opens the Store Period Performance dialog box. In this dialog box, you can store past period actuals for any open project in defined financial periods.

No

All

None

Tools > Store Period Performance

Opens the Monitor Thresholds dialog box. In this dialog box, you can monitor all of the open project's thresholds at once.

No

All

None

Tools > Monitor Thresholds

Opens the Recalculate Assignment Costs dialog box. In this dialog box, you can recalculate resource and role assignment costs for all activities in the open projects.

No

All

None

Tools > Recalculate Assignment Costs

Opens the Issue Navigator dialog box. In this dialog box, you can track the open project's issues, including associated activities, resources, and work breakdown structure (WBS) elements.

No

All

None

Tools > Issue Navigator

This icon appears only when P6 Professional is connected to a P6 Professional database.

Opens the Job Status dialog box. In this dialog box, you can view the status of all jobs submitted in P6 EPPM, such as apply actuals or summarize jobs that were run from P6 Professional and sent to run as an ASAP service.

No

All

None

Tools > Job Status