How to setting up user preference in Primavera P6?

Setting user preference is a change/modify certain options as per our needs and ease for understanding. In user preference, we are going to modify the options of the following

• Formatting time units

• Formatting dates

• Currency symbol

FORMATTING TIME UNITS

In time unit’s settings, we have to set the time values what we want to display in tracking layouts, activity, resource prices and work efforts.

STEPS : EDIT ----> USER PREFERENCE ----> TIME UNITS

The time units have three sections these are 1. Units Format 2. Duration Format 3. Units/Time Format.

1. Unit Format - Displays the Resource/ Role Prices and Work- Efforts.

2. Duration Format- Display activity duration values.

3. Units/Time Format- Shows resource units per time as a percentage or as units per duration.

Sub Unit checkbox is used to show the next smallest interval of the time. Example, If you select Day in Unit, the sub-unit will be Hours and finally enter the decimal you want to display in the time unit.

FORMATTING DATES

STEP : EDIT ----> USER PREFERENCE ----> DATES

Select the date format you want to display/use and choose the time value how you want to display whether 12 hours format or 24 hours format or do not show time. Click the “Show Minutes” checkbox if you want to display minutes. Click the check-boxes in Option Area to indicate how to selected date format will appear. In separator field, select what character you want to separate the days, months and year.

SELECT CURRENCY

STEPS : EDIT ----> USER PREFERENCE ----> CURRENCY

Select a currency to view a cost data. Click/ Mark the check-boxes to view the currency symbol and decimal digits.