The latest release of Primavera P6 Professional (Pro) for project-portfolio management practitioners is now available. It’s Release 24.12 and was released in December, 2024. The Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons course extensively uses both R24.x and R22.x. This course also has backward compatibility support for R8.x and R15.x.
This article informs on how to set-up and run the software. There are just four steps you need to follow to install and test the software. You need not spend hours to set-up, change the settings and run the software. You can complete the below steps and run the software in just 10 minutes! To learn in-depth about this project-portfolio management tool, I'd strongly recommend the Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons.
Following are steps:
- Step – 1: Download and Install the software of R24.x
- Step – 2: Configure Primavera P6 Professional DB
- Step – 3: First Run Primavera P6Professional PM R24.x
- Step – 4: Change the minimal needed settings and run Primavera P6
Step – 1: Download and Install Primavera P6 Pro PM R24.x
You can download the software from Oracle’s e-Delivery platform: http://edelivery.oracle.com/
You need to create an account and download. When you search for Primavera P6 Professional PM, the following screen will come-up. Select the needed ones and download.
After you’ve downloaded the software, you can use the “V1046902-01.zip” archive to extract and it’ll have the needed executable to install. This is shown below. From here onwards, it'll take 10 minutes to complete the installation and start running with Primavera P6!
Double click on the extracted ".exe" file and run the software. Step-by-step instructions are given in the associated document file towards the end of this article.
Step – 2: Configure Primavera P6 Pro PM Database
Post installation, you’ll be asked to configure the database (DB). The DB can be the enterprise level Oracle DB or a light-weight SQL DB. Use the lightweight, quick and efficient SQL DB. It also has the needed functionalities to learn.
Post installation, a successful message for alias creation will be shown.
Do note the UI and message have changed here in Release 24.12. There is no testing of connections as was the case in earlier installations and set-ups!
Step – 3: First Launch of Primavera P6 Pro PM
Your installation and DB configuration are done. Now you can launch the software. When you launch, provide the needed username and password and the P6 software will be launched.
When you run for the first time, as you can see, no projects are loaded. It’s shown on top as “No current project”.
We will start-off projects after the settings related changes are done. This is the next step.
Step – 4: Change the minimal settings needed and run Primavera P6
Post launching for the first time, you need to change a few settings which is explained in the below linked document. It explains the needed steps.
Full-fledged video explanations will be part of the Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons video course.
For example, one setting is with respect to Units Format under Edit > User Preferences > Dates. This is shown below.
After you’re done with your settings, load a sample project and run. If you are using Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons course, then you will understand the needed setting changes, the toolbars, the views from the very beginning with real-world projects.
Conclusion – Detailed Document
You can visualize the step-by-step instructions to download, install, make the settings related changes and run Primavera P6 Professional (Pro) as informed in the below document. You can scroll to see the entire content. To get a PDF copy (public link below), send an email to managementyogi@gmail.com.
The complete document is available for viewing – View Link.
Final Words
Good luck and hope you learn Primavera P6 Professional as a professional! If you’re using the Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons course, then detailed PDFs instructing to set-up both R22.x and R24.x will be shared with you. You’ll also learn Primavera P6 in an in-depth, hands-on manner.
References
[1] New Online Course - Oracle Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons, by ManagementYogi.com
[2] Install, Set-up, Run and Test Primavera P6 Professional Project Management Release 22.x on Windows 10/11, from ManagementYogi
Videos Primavera P6 Pro Course:
[1] Sample Videos for Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons Course (1) - 9 Videos
[2] Sample Videos for Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons Course (2) - 9 Videos
[3] Sample Videos for Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons Course (3) - 9 Videos
All the above videos are directly taken from various lessons of Primavera P6 Pro Live Lessons course. You check all the videos in this single list.
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