PVD CONSIDERATIONS
PRINTING
Printer
Options:
From the File menu, select Print. The Print
dialog box opens.
In the Name menu, the options are as follows:
- Universal PDF Viewer to open a PDF of your P6 Professional screen in your local PDF viewer.
- Universal PDF Printer to print a PDF or hard copy of your P6 Professional screen using the default printer on your local machine.
- Print to PDF to print a copy of your P6 Professional screen to a PDF file in a location you specify.
Note: Oracle
recommends using the Print to PDF
option unless you want to print to a physical printer.
Printing
to Default Printer:
In order to print to the default printer assigned
to the individual computer via PVD, the “Universal PDF Printer” must be enabled. If
required, Oracle
can assist with enabling this via an SR. This configuration change is global
in nature and would apply to all users.
The Universal PDF printer will
automatically map to user's default printer, anything that is printed to
Universal PDF printer will automatically print to the user's default printer.
This feature requires Adobe Acrobat reader
to be installed on the user's machine. Please also note that the default
printer on the user’s local machine will have to be set with correct printing
preferences like page size etc. before launching PVD, for PVD to honor these
settings when using “Universal Print to PDF”
Note: When
“Universal PDF Printer” is set in print set up, the page setup will not let you
choose a paper size or set other settings since these settings are obtained
from your local default printer to which “Universal PDF Printer” maps and sends
the print out.
Print
From “Page Setup” or Print Preview using "Print to PDF"
Note:
“Print to PDF” requires the
user to navigate to their local drive. Navigation speeds through drives will
vary and are dependent on the network conditions at the moment. The amount of time taken for the pdf to be
ready at destination will also depend on the number of pages being printed,
along with network conditions.
1.
From the File menu, select Print
Setup. The Print dialog box opens.
2.
In the Name menu, select one of the “Print to PDF”:
3.
In the Size section, select the
paper size you want to use for the PDF file.
4.
Select Properties (Optional) to configure final PDF output settings.
5.
Click OK.
6.
In the save dialog box:
§ If you see a Network icon, double click Network and
then double click tsclient to list your local drives. Browse to your
desired location and provide a file name for the PDF, then select OK.
§ If you do not see a Network icon, select the desired folder
location from the list and provide a file name.
In the
Report Printed dialog box, select OK.
Note: At each step there might be a delay. The length of the
delay depends on several factors, including the bandwidth of your connection,
network latency, and the number of pages in the report. You must wait for each
of these steps to be completed before continuing to work in Primavera Virtual
Desktop.
Print
Directly (Not through Preview)
1.
From the File menu, select Print.
The Print dialog box opens.
2.
In the Name menu, select one of the
following:
·
Universal
PDF Viewer
·
Universal
PDF Printer
·
Print to PDF
Note: Oracle
recommends using the Print to PDF option unless you want to print to a physical
printer.
Print to PDF option allows:
Select Properties to configure final PDF output
settings.
3.
Click OK.
4.
In the save dialog box:
· If you see a Network icon, double
click Network and then double click tsclient to list your local drives. Browse
to your desired location and provide a file name for the PDF, then select OK.
· If you do not see a Network icon,
select the desired folder location from the list and provide a file name.
5.
In the Report Printed dialog box,
select OK.
Please
Note: At each step there might be a
delay. The length of the delay depends on several factors, including the
bandwidth of your connection, network latency, and the number of pages in the report.
You must wait for each of these steps to be completed before continuing to work
in Primavera Virtual Desktop.
PVD
Print Queue
These steps only apply to Universal PDF
printer and viewer. (Not to Print to PDF printer)
To view the Print Queue for PVD:
1.
Navigate
to Browser for Account
2.
Select
the tab entitled "Oracle Secure Global Desktop"
3.
Scroll
to the bottom of the page, on the Left Navigation pane, there is a "List
All Jobs" button.
Print
to PDF – Overwrite Caution
When printing to pdf in PVD, the
default is to overwrite the existing file. However, users can choose to change
this using printing preferences, following these steps:
4. Click on Properties next to the "Print
to PDF" printer.
5. Select "Destination" and click on
options button next to "File System"
6.
Select
the appropriate overwrite option and click OK to close the dialogs.
Header
and Footer Timestamps
Print preview
time stamps in header and footers in PVD may not show time in local timezone.
If this occurs, an SR should be logged to resolve. This configuration
change is global in nature and would apply to all users.
SCHEDULING
Log
File Location
When scheduling and logging to a file in
PVD, ensure that the log file location is set to a folder on the local drive. The
log file can then be opened from the users machine and is not restricted to the
PVD window.
NETWORK
Network
Connectivity Loss
PVD may crash to due to network
connectivity loss. If this happens, please first ensure that you have a
reliable internet connection with your provider before logging back into PVD.
DATABASE ALIAS
Database
Alias
·
Oracle
does not currently support remembering last selected database alias and
destination file locations inside P6 when using PVD.
·
Default
is not changeable at this time for the Database alias.
DISPLAY
Resizing
the PVD window
The PVD window can be resized to
stretch across multiple screens. Click
the corner of the window, while holding down the Shift key. (Doc ID 2324289.1)
Moving
popup windows
Pop up windows within P6 such as
SchedLog.txt that occur within the PVD window cannot be moved outside of the
PVD session. To view a larger version,
it is best to scale the entire PVD box as defined above.
MISCELLANOUS
Numlock
Issue
In some cases, it has been found that the user
keyboard numlock status may not sync to PVD.
The workaround for this issue is to use the numbers on the keyboard that
are located above the letter keys.
XER
Import
Importing large XERs when using PVD may be
slow, depending on network conditions and the size of the XER file. If this is the case, imports can be done
using Cloud Connect. The P6 team is
targeting improvements in this area for 18.8.1 (Bug 28268233), scheduled to be
released in September 2018.
Tablet
Mode / HTML5
Tablet / HTML5 modes are not currently
supported for PVD.
HELPFUL LINKS
Accessing P6
with PVD:
Cumulative Feature
Overview P6 Professional details new features related to PVD:
YouTube Video on
how to log into PVD
(for P6 18.8):
Access Methods for
Primavera Virtual Desktop (P6 Professional Through Secure Global Desktop (SGD)
Offering) (Doc ID 2200876.1)
The
Following video works best in Google Chrome and IE, please allow for the video
to begin in the WebEx Player may take up to 30 seconds to load.
More detailed
recording showing Login/Out, Print, and Import/Export in PVD
