The project scheduling integration includes the following updates:

• You can now upload and download Oracle Primavera P6 XER and XML files in project work plan to synchronize the project scheduling information between PPM and Oracle Primavera P6.

  Note: This is a Beta feature.

  For details, see Use work plan files for scheduling integration.

• PPM administrators can now use the DISPLAYED_SCHEDULING_INTEGRATION_MODES parameter to restrict the control modes that can be selected for the project scheduling integration.

  For details, see Decide control mode.

Task user data can now include up to 100 fields, and each field can now contain a maximum of 4,000 characters.

For details, see Configure task user data.

Financial summary link always available in Cost tab

The financial summary link is always displayed in the Cost tab, regardless of whether the financial summary includes cost lines.

For details, see Open the financial summary of a project.

Set default percentage complete value for milestones

A new parameter, SET_SUCCESSOR_MILESTONE_PERCENTAGE, was introduced. It enables you to set the default percentage complete value for milestones whose predecessors are completed. PPM automatically updates the milestone status based on the specified value.

For details, see Set a task as milestone.

New sync direction for PPM request type and ALM Octane entity type mapping

A new sync direction, PPM request -> Existing agile entity, was added for PPM-ALM Octane integration. It enables you to map a PPM request to an existing ALM Octane entity.

For details, see Link a PPM request to an existing ALM Octane entity.

Support Jira 9.0 for PPM request and Jira issue integration

PPM now adds the support for Jira 9.0 for the integration between PPM requests and Jira issues.

For details, see Integrate PPM requests with Jira issues.

Save email notifications as files

You can now save email notifications as files in the folder specified in the EMAIL_DEBUG_DUMP_FOLDER server parameter. This enables you to test email notifications that PPM sends to users without configuring an STMP server.

For details, see Server parameters.

You can now use custom validations for more OOTB fields, including:

• The Include Proposals, Include Projects, and Include Assets fields in the Add New Proposals/Projects/Assets page.
• The Region and Role fields in the Search Cost Rules and Add Cost Rules pages.
• The Business Objectives field in all pages and the OOTB portlets.

For details, see Use custom validations for OOTB fields.

Dynamic graphing now works on most of the modern browsers.

For details, see Dynamic graphing.

Display financial summary empty values as zero in exported Excel files

A new server parameter, EXPORT_NULL_FINANCIAL_DATA_AS_ZERO_TO_EXCEL, was introduced. It enables you to control whether to replace empty financial summary cells with zero in exported Excel files.

For details, see Display empty values as zero in Excel.

When editing a cost rule, you can now add notes to capture more information.

For details, see Add notes.

Exported staffing profiles include resource email addresses

When a staffing profile is exported to Excel, resource email addresses are displayed as tooltips in the Resource column. This helps you distinguish resources that have the same name.

For details, see Export staffing profile.

When you create a staffing profile for a proposal, the proposal's region is used as the staffing profile's default region.

For details, see Create staffing profiles.