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Primavera P6 Analytics
Product Overview & RoadmapProduct Overview & Roadmap
Shawn Lafferty
O l P i D l tOracle Primavera Development
Shawn.Lafferty@Oracle.com

The following information is intended to outline our
general product direction.
It is intended for information purposes only and may notIt is intended for information purposes only, and may not
be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment
to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and shouldto deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should
not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
The development, release, and timing of any features or
functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at
the sole discretion of Oracle
Copyright © 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.2
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Contents
 Primavera P6 Analyticsy
 Think Beyond Dashboards
Today: P6 Analytics Today: P6 Analytics
 Tomorrow: Primavera Analytics

Overview
P i P6 A l tiPrimavera P6 Analytics

Primavera P6 Analytics
Deeper visibility into your projects portfolios and resources
 Pre-packaged business intelligence solution that includes rich
Deeper visibility into your projects, portfolios, and resources
 Pre-packaged business intelligence solution that includes rich
metadata, a data warehouse, and sample catalog
 Provides valuable insights into your Primavera P6 EPPM project
portfolio performance
 Lets you uncovers trends, track performance, perform root cause
analysis, and forecast costsanalysis, and forecast costs
 Lets you drive efficiencies in your project processes by making better
decisions about your projects, portfolios, and resources

P6 Analytics Provides Insight into All Projects…

Across Industries
Sample Industries of P6 Analytics CustomersSample Industries of P6 Analytics Customers
Aerospace & Defense Oil & GasAerospace & Defense Oil & Gas
Consumer Goods Public Sector
Engineering & Construction TelecommunicationsEngineering & Construction Telecommunications
Healthcare Transportation
Hi Tech UtilitiesHi-Tech Utilities
Life Sciences

Who Benefits From P6 Analytics?
Executives and PMO
• Business Decision Makers (from C-Level on down)
• What projects should we work on?
Executives and PMO
What projects should we work on?
• How are my dollars and resources aligned to strategy?
• What is my organization’s project performance?
• PMO
• What projects are in the pipeline?
• What are the early warning indicators?
Wh t th t d ti ?• What are the trends over time?
• How good are we at PPM governance?
• Do we have the skills to execute on our projects?

Who Benefits From P6 Analytics?
Better Informed Managers
• Program/Project Managers
• What is causing my project performance and trends?
Better Informed Managers
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• Is the project keeping to its scope and schedule freeze?
• What emergent work is creeping into the schedule?
• Are there over-allocated resources on my project that could cause
delays?delays?
• Resource Managers
• What is the utilization of my resources?y
• What upcoming demand is needed?
• How are resources performing my location, department and role?
• What projects are causing my resources to be over-allocated?

Project-Centric Organizations Struggle to Use
Data and Intelligence to Increase Performance
Lack of information across the entire
• No single integrated view of activities, resources, and schedules
• Poor or inconsistent project metric definitions
EXAMPLESEXAMPLESKEY CHALLENGESKEY CHALLENGES
Data and Intelligence to Increase Performance
project lifecycle
Poor management of Project
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• Inability to integrate multiple project-related systems
• Lack of insight into Project schedules and resources
• Unable to obtain timely project data across the systems
schedules and resources
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• Limited information to identify schedule variances and other project issues
• Unable to identify trends and exceptions quickly
• Lack of insight to improve planning and executionUnable to respond to Increased
Competition
Time wasted gathering data to
manage and report
• Continued reliance on management-by-spreadsheet
• Disparate project reporting and poor internal distribution
• Relevant data in multiple systems EAM EVM ERP etc
• Lack of insight to aggregated data
Competition
manage and report • Relevant data in multiple systems – EAM, EVM, ERP, etc.
• No single source of the truth

Primavera P6 Analytics Sample Dashboards
Rich Solution for Project-Centric Organizations (slide 1 of 2)
Main Dashboard
• Provides high level insight into schedule progress, costs, and risks. Find information here
b h f E l S j h f ll d
Rich Solution for Project Centric Organizations (slide 1 of 2)
P tf li A l i D hb d
about the progress of Early Stage projects, the percentage of over-allocated resources,
and world maps showing the distribution of costs and risks.
Portfolio Analysis Dashboard
• Contains important portfolio information based on project performance, project costs, risks
and rewards by project, strategic objectives, and multiple ratings of project codes.
Project Earned Value Dashboard
• Gives an overview of the earned value status of your projects, including Schedule
Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI).

Primavera P6 Analytics Sample Dashboards
Rich Solution for Project-Centric Organizations (slide 2 of 2)
Project Health Dashboard
• Offers useful tools for determining the health of your projects. In this dashboard, view the
ll h lth f j t l k t h d l d t t d d d t i
Rich Solution for Project Centric Organizations (slide 2 of 2)
Resource Analysis Dashboard
overall health of your project, look at schedule progress and cost trends, and determine
which activities are not on track.
• Shows the status and usage of your resources, measures team progress and productivity,
and tells you which resources are underutilized.
Industry Samples Dashboard
• Shows daily burn down, performance, work planning, and schedule compliance for industry
related activities.

Example Decision Workflow
Is schedule performance on target?
Improve Project Performance
Business
Objectives/
Issues
Which projects are significantly behind?
Drillto
G i
What is the Schedule Variance
Which activity has the greatest variance?
Detail
Gain
Insights
What is the resource’s utilization?
Take
Action
Automatically Link to P6 to Course Correct

Flexible
Thi k B d D hb dThink Beyond Dashboards

P6 Analytics for Mobile Devices
 Analytics available on mobile
with no additional
development
Data dense visualizations Data-dense visualizations
enabled by in-memory
analytics
 Enhanced right-clickEnhanced right click
interactions
 Better interactivity with new
native gestures
 Offline access to content with
fine-grained security to grant
or revoke privileges

Distribute Analytics in Email

Embed Analytics in MS Excel and PowerPoint

Automatically Create PDF Reports

Proactive Detection & Alerts
AutomatedAutomated
Notifications

P6 Analytics: Deeper than Dashboards
Pre-Built Analytic Warehouse1.
• Business Analytics Warehouse
2.
• Pre-mapped integration from Primavera P6
Certified Application Integration
• 13 star schemas
• Designed for analysis and reporting
• Role-based Security
Sample DashboardsBest Practice Metrics3. 4.
• Over 350 metrics • Over 25 Dashboards and Pages
• Additional pre-defined calculations
• Based on best practices
• Over 250 Analyses
• New industry-focused samples

Analytics at Your Fingertips
Oracle Answers unlocks limitless combinationsOracle Answers unlocks limitless combinations
 Oracle Answers together with pre-built Subject Oracle Answers together with pre-built Subject
Areas = Unlimited analysis possibilities
 Almost limitless combinations of analysis entities
in support of business objectives
 Many metrics and dimensional attributes not
surfaced by prebuilt dashboards and reports butsurfaced by prebuilt dashboards and reports but
in Subject Areas

Analytics at Your Fingertips
One Subject Area, Unlimited PossibilitiesOne Subject Area, Unlimited Possibilities
 Primavera – Activity: Same Subject Area, Different Analyses
Report showing trending of performance by Project
Report showing trending of performance by Activity

Derived Calculations with Oracle Answers
One Subject Area, Unlimited PossibilitiesOne Subject Area, Unlimited Possibilities
Derived calculations can be created in Oracle
A ith i l i b ild
99 standard ANSI SQL
f ti b l d
Answers with simple expression builder functions can be leveraged

Typical Effort & Customization balance
Additional dashboards and reports,
guided and conditional navigations,
agents, alerts, etc.Easy
Dashboards & Reports
Additional derived metrics, custom drill
paths, exposing extensions in physical,
logical and presentation layer, etc.
ModerateOBIEE Metadata
Extension of DW Schema for
extension columns, additional
tables, aggregates, indices, etc.
IntermediateDW Schema
Extension of ETL for extension
columns, additional tables,
etc.
Degree of
InvolvedETL
Level of EffortCustomization

One More Thing…
Even more value under the surfaceEven more value under the surface
Not all measures in
presentation layer used
in reports & dashboards
Metrics used in
Reports &
Dashboards
Subset of logical measures are
exposed in presentation layer
pDashboards
Metrics in Subject
Areas
Aggregations, time series calculations and derived calculated
measures extend physical measures
y
Metrics in Logical
Layer
Measures from physical
columns in data warehouse
measures extend physical measures
Metrics in Physical
Warehouse
y
columns in data warehouseWarehouse

Today
C t R lCurrent Releases

P6 Analytics 3.1 – Released January 2013
New Features
 Daily Trending:
− Activity and Assignment History
New Features
− Daily Performance Trending
− Expose emergent work
− Applicable across industriesApplicable across industries
 Maintenance Use Case Support:
– Shutdown/Outage /Turnaround
R ti /O Li– Routine/On-Line
– INPO AP-928 Standards
 Slowly Changing Dimensions

Why P6 Analytics for Maintenance?
Control Compliance and Risk Mitigation
• Large assets need to operate efficiently and safely
Control, Compliance, and Risk Mitigation
Large assets need to operate efficiently and safely
• Unexpected surprises can have a major impact to an asset
owner, including financial, legal, safety, and environmental
P6 A l ti id t i ibilit d t l i t• P6 Analytics provides greater visibility and control into
planning and execution and helps to:
 Minimize downtime
 Quickly address risks to the schedule
 Increase the odds of a safely operating asset
 In some industries help meet regulatory guidelines
 In some industries, help meet regulatory guidelines

New
P6 A l ti 3 2P6 Analytics 3.2

P6 Analytics 3.2 – Released October 2013
Continues to expand BI capabilities with Primavera P6 EPPMContinues to expand BI capabilities with Primavera P6 EPPM
 Expanded asset-intensive
use case supportuse case support
 New capabilities and more
data for deeper P6 analysisdata for deeper P6 analysis
 Introduction of new mapping
featuresfeatures
 Updated support for Oracle
BI versions

Enhancements for Asset-Intensive Use Cases
Adds to 3 1 release to support on-line and off-line maintenance
 New out-of-the box support for INPO
Adds to 3.1 release to support on line and off line maintenance
 New out-of-the box support for INPO
AP-928 Schedule Adherence based
on Graded Approach (Levels A, B,
and C)and C)
 Enhanced ETL process to support
P6 data date settings at any time of
day
 Updated sample catalog to reflect
new features
new features

Schedule Adherence – Graded Approach
Based on INPO AP-928 for routine/on-line maintenanceBased on INPO AP 928 for routine/on line maintenance
Supports different activity grades (or levels):Supports different activity grades (or levels):
• Grade A: completed within one-hour of scheduled finish
• Grade B: completed on the day that it’s scheduled
G d C l d i hi h k h i ’ h d l d
• Grade C: completed within the week that it’s scheduled

Resource and Role Hierarchies
New dimensional hierarchies for greater visibility into P6 dataNew dimensional hierarchies for greater visibility into P6 data
 Expand/collapse role and Expand/collapse role and
resource hierarchies for
on-the-fly summary and
detail calculationsdetail calculations.
 Pre-built samples available
on the Resource Analysis
dashboard > Staffing page.

Project Owner and Risk Exposure Dates
New dimensions to expand data analysisNew dimensions to expand data analysis
 Project Owner included in all pre-built filters
 Risk Exposure dates included in sample risk
anal ses
analyses

Access to Oracle Maps via eLocation Services
Customers can now use detailed maps covering much of the world
 P6 Analytics customers have
rights to Oracle Maps
Customers can now use detailed maps covering much of the world
rights to Oracle Maps
(http://maps.oracle.com)
 Oracle Maps include street-
l l t t i h flevel content covering much of
the world
 Refer to ‘Terms of Use’ and
legal notices at above URL

Additional Enhancements
New Catalog and Platform Updates
 Enhanced sample catalog includes new analyses new features
New Catalog and Platform Updates
 Enhanced sample catalog includes new analyses, new features
of OBI, as well as minor bug fixes.
 Platforms and version updates:
– New parallel release of Primavera Reporting Database R3.2
– P6 Analytics R3.2 Supported on Primavera P6 8.2 SP1+ and 8.3+
Supports Oracle BI 11 1 1 7+ on Oracle WebLogic (OBI 11 1 1 6+– Supports Oracle BI 11.1.1.7+ on Oracle WebLogic (OBI 11.1.1.6+
still supported, too)

New Certification
OBIEE 11 1 1 7OBIEE 11.1.1.7

OBIEE 11.1.1.7
Visualization EnhancementsVisualization Enhancements
100% Stacked Bar
Compare distributions within categories and also
display the differences between categories
Freeze Headers
Anchor the header for large tables or pivot views
Performance Tiles
Immediately reveals summary metrics to the end
user that will likely also be presented in larger, more
detailed Dashboard views.
View Suggestions
An algorithm will determine which visualization type
Trellis Chart Grid
Data dense view type displays large amounts of
Waterfall
Determine how an initial value is affected by a
An algorithm will determine which visualization type
would be best suited for the display of current data
Data-dense view type displays large amounts of
data for comparative analysis.
Determine how an initial value is affected by a
series of intermediate positive or negative values

OBIEE 11.1.1.7
User Interaction ImprovementsUser Interaction Improvements
BreadcrumbsNavigation / Actions
f T t l Contextual awareness and
Breadcrumbs for easy navigation
from Totals
Pass context to any Action Framework
process
Save As
Analysis on
Dashboard
New Save-as option when
editing Analysis from
dashboard replace the
updated analysis within the
dashboard
Trellis Actions
Context per bar in Simple Treliis
Action for entire cell in Advanced Trellis

OBIEE 11.1.1.7
Oracle BI Mobile ImprovementsOracle BI Mobile Improvements
BI Mobile App Designer
Offline support and fully interactive views on BI
Mobile client
Maximize Views
Double-tap to maximize/restore view; utilizes full
consumable real-estate on the deviceconsumable real estate on the device
BI Mobile Security Toolkit
Available via OTN download. Supports the
internal delivery of a packaged/certified BI
M bil li ti S i li d li i
Advanced Visualizations
Performance Tile, Waterfall, Trellis views enabled
Mobile application. Specialized licensing
restricts customizations to security
modifications
for mobile interactions; Swipe gesture to navigate
data in tables

OBIEE 11.1.1.7
Office Integration ImprovementsOffice Integration Improvements
BI Presentation Catalog in
Smart View
Export Dashboards &
Dashboard Content
BI View Creation in
Smart ViewSmart View
• Smart View 11.1.2.2 replaces the existing
Oracle BI Add-in as the primary Office
application
• Full support for BI dashboard page and
report prompts
Dashboard Content
• Export Report in Native Excel &
PowerPoint formats (2003, 2007+)
• Export Dashboard or Dashboard page;
Dashboard pages appear as separate
Excel worksheets
Smart View
• Answers View creation from Excel
• Save in Excel or as an Answers View
• Publish and save in the OBIEE Web Catalog
• OBI Data is accessible to other Smart View
p p p
• Enhanced security including single sign-on
OBI Data is accessible to other Smart View
providers (e.g. Planning, HFM, DM)

Future P6 Analytics

P6 Analytics 3.3
Target: CY2014
Planned Features
g
 P6 Analytics Cloud Service
offering:
 Subscription-based
S t d ith i Supported with upcoming
Primavera P6 EPPM Cloud
Service offering
 Same features as on-premise
R IT hi Removes IT ownership
 Number of default OBI .rpd code
and UDFs increased

P6 Analytics 3.4
Target: CY2014+
Planned Features
g
 More Primavera P6 Data:
 Role enhancements
 Steps
I Issues
 Notebook Topics
 Expense Items
 Risk and Issue UDFs
 Continue to expand catalog
samples

Primavera P6 Analytics Information
Useful links on the web
 P6 Analytics overview:
Useful links on the web……
P6 Analytics overview:
– http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/primavera/p6-
analytics/overview/index.html
 Additional resources:Additional resources:
– http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/primavera/p6-
analytics/resources/index.html
 Product documentation: Product documentation:
– http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/default-1555811.html
 P6 Analytics blog:
– https://blogs.oracle.com/P6Analytics/

APPENDIXAPPENDIX

Out of the Box
D hb d dDashboard and
Subject Area Details

Main Dashboard
The Main dashboard provides high level insight into schedule progress, costs, and risks. You can find information here
about the progress of Early Stage projects, the percentage of over-allocated resources, and world maps showing the
distribution of costs and risks.
Overview Location Risk
Provides an overview of behind schedule and over budget
early stage projects. The over-allocation of resources and a
scorecard lists vital information about projects. Analyses
Shows the risk exposure for each project by country code,
as well as a breakdown of projects by country, detailing
the Risk Score, Risk Exposure, Risk Type, and Risk
St t f h j tinclude drill-down navigation options to detailed WBS
Earned Value and Activity information.
Status of each project.
P id ti l i f At C l ti T t l C tProvides a geospatial view of At Completion Total Cost
information per project, by country code. Corresponding table
and graph are linked to the provided map and automatically
update based on selected country.

Portfolio Analysis Dashboard
The Portfolio Analysis dashboard contains important portfolio information based on project performance, project costs,
risks and rewards by project strategic objectives and multiple ratings of project codesrisks and rewards by project, strategic objectives, and multiple ratings of project codes.
Overview Performance Prioritization Objectives
Shows projects sorted by either Financial and
Strategic Ratings or Proposed versus Committed
Costs. You can also find the At Completion Total
Cost of a project by its sponsor.
Displays the priority of your projects. You can find
information on the financial rating and risk of each
project, group them by multiple ratings, or see the current
phase of each project, separated by strategic rating.
Shows the investment breakdown and performance of
projects by the Strategic Objective project code.
Displays performance data for each portfolio. Find the
monthly Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost
Performance Index (CPI), as well as units and cost statistics
for every project in your portfolio.

Project Earned Value Dashboard
The Project Earned Value dashboard gives an overview of the earned value status of your projects, including Schedule
Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance Index (CPI).
Overview CPI/SPI Detailed Earned Value
Shows statistics on a project's planned value, earned
value, actual costs, and the estimated cost at completion,
Provides a detailed view of a project's earned value,
total costs, and performance indexes, separated by, , p ,
grouped by month or strategic rating. month and project stage.
Provides CPI and SPI information, helping you to identify
which projects are over budget or behind schedule.

Project Health Dashboard
The Project Health dashboard offers useful tools for determining the health of your projects. In this dashboard, you can
view the overall health of your project, look at schedule progress and cost trends, and determine which activities are not
on track.
Overview Schedule Cost History Location Activity Worksheet
Provides statistics for your project based
on numerous variables, including project
codes and ratings. You can view overall
h lth d t i b t t
Shows the cost trends of your
project, the cost breakdown by
different variables, and the
different t pes of costs o r
Shows the At Completion
Total Cost for any of your
j t b t t thealth and cost variance by cost account
for any of your projects.
different types of costs your
projects incur.
projects by country or state.
Shows you which activities are behind schedule, the
performance of each activity in a project, a comparison
of project schedule and performance, and resources
with the highest At Completion Units.
Shows the At Completion Variance
Percentage of each project in your
portfolio, as well as a detailed
history of each activity in a project.
Shows each activity associated
with a project within your portfolio.

The Resource Analysis dashboard shows the status and usage of your resources, measures team progress and
productivity, and tells you which resources are underutilized.
Overview Staffing Productivity Utilization Location
Gives an overview of resource status, including
a view showing how resources are contributing
to your strategic objectives, the percentage of
resources which are over-allocated, a tabular
view of the labor hours expended by country and
Shows team progress, resource
productivity, and periodic versus
cumulative hours.
Shows street-level location information
for resources.
view of the labor hours expended by country and
a view of resource over and under allocation.
Shows staffing activity, allocated and remaining resources
remaining, hours allotted by role, and total hours by an
entire team.
Shows resource availability, utilization, and capacity.

Industry Samples Dashboard
The Industry Samples dashboard shows daily burn down, performance, work planning, and schedule compliance for
industry related activitiesindustry related activities.
Shutdown/Turnaround/Outage Routine/On-line Maintenance
Shows an overview of daily burn downs, schedule
compliance, and other performance metrics typical of
shutdown/turnaround/outage projects.
Shows work planning, schedule adherence per role, and
schedule compliance per week typical of routine/on-line
maintenance projects.

Primavera P6 Analytics Subject Areas (1 of 3)
Primavera - Activity Use this subject area to analyze project, WBS, and activity-level details. This subject area includes earned
value metrics and percent complete metrics, planned and actual units and hours, and project baseline
comparisons.
Primavera - Activity History Use this subject area to analyze daily activity-level history, including changes to both facts and dimensions,y y j y y y y, g g ,
to help you understand changes over time. This subject area requires project-specific configuration in P6.
Primavera - Activity User
Defined Fields
Use this subject area to analyze activity User Defined Field (UDF) data for cost, integer, or number types.
This subject area requires UDF configuration using the ETL process.
Primavera - Burn Down Use this subject area to analyze daily project performance through burn down charts and schedule
adherence metrics. Metrics include planned, actual, remaining, and emergent counts and units. Emergent
data is from activities which were added after burn down began. This subject area requires project specific
UDF configuration in P6.
Primavera - Project History Use this subject area to analyze project and WBS-level history, including changes to both facts and
dimensions, to help you understand changes over time. This subject area requires project-specific
configuration in P6.

Primavera - Project User
Defined Fields
Use this subject area to analyze project UDF data for cost, integer, or number types. This subject area
requires UDF configuration using the ETL process.
Primavera - Resource Use this subject area to analyze resource assignment details for costs and units. This subject area includes
Assignment
j y g j
information on planned, actual, remaining, staffed, unstaffed, and at completion costs and units.
Primavera - Resource
Assignment History
Use this subject area to analyze daily resource assignment-level history, including changes to both facts
and dimensions to help you understand changes over time. This subject area requires project specific
configuration in P6configuration in P6.
Primavera - Resource
Assignment User Defined Fields
Use this subject area to analyze resource assignment UDF data for cost, integer, or number types. This
subject area requires UDF configuration using the ETL process.
Primavera - Resource User
Defined Fields
Use this subject area to analyze resource UDF data for cost, integer, or number types. This subject area
requires user defined field configuration using the ETL process.

Primavera - Resource Utilization Use this subject area to analyze resource utilization details including actual, available, planned, remaining,
at completion, and resource limit units.
Primavera - WBS User Defined Use this subject area to analyze WBS UDF data for cost, integer, or number types. This subject area
Fields
j y , g , yp j
requires UDF configuration using the ETL process.
Primavera - Work Planning Use this subject area to analyze weekly work planning process by comparing project scope and schedule
freeze dates each week. In this way, potential risks such as activity planned start date changes can quickly
be identified This subject area requires project specific UDF configuration in P6be identified. This subject area requires project specific UDF configuration in P6.

P6 Analytics 3 2P6 EPPM 8 2 SP1+ or 8 3+
P6 Analytics & Reporting Database Architecture
P6 Analytics 3.2P6 EPPM 8.2 SP1+ or 8.3+
OBIEE+/SE‐1
Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards
P6 Catalog
Oracle BI Publisher
Near Real‐Time
Oracle BI Answers
P6 Metadata
Operational
Reporting
Transactional
Reporting
Static
O ti l
P6 PMDBP6 PMDB
Extension Tables and Views Operational
Reporting Analytical Reporting
ODSODS
Extension Tables and Views
Fi Hi t StFi Hi t St
Activity StarActivity Star
P6 PMDBP6 PMDB
ETLETL
Periodic Extract,
Transform & Load
Process
Five UDF StarsFive UDF Stars
Two Resource StarsTwo Resource Stars
Five History StarsFive History Stars
P6 PMDBP6 PMDB P6 Data
WarehouseSupport for Multiple P6
Instances to Star Schema
ETL
P6 Reporting Database 3.2

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