Oracle P6 VDI Instructions

When accessing Oracle P6 in the VDI for the first time, each student will need to first configure the database connection before they can connect to P6 Professional. The following steps explain how to do this: 

Setting up a New Database Configuration for the first time: 

  1. Open the P6 Professional 21 application.
  2. Click on Edit database configuration? to open database configuration settings.
  3. Click on Add.

  4. The screenshot below shows the default settings. Change them to the settings listed below:

    Driver Type = Microsoft SQL Server/SQL Server Express 

    Database Alias = (This can be whatever you would like to call it, in the example I chose 'P6')

    Connection String = p6.byui.edu/PMDB

  5. Click 'Next' 
  6.  Enter the public username and password to use for connecting to the P6 database.
    - Username = "pubuser"
    - Password = "pubuser"
  7. Click on 'Test' & you should see a popup window saying "Test connection is successful"
  8. Click OK & Save. You will get a popup window saying "Alias is saved successfully"
  9. Your new database alias should display on the left & you can now close the Database Configuration window.


Logging into P6 Professional 21:

As of Fall Semester 2024, all students will need to log into P6 Professional using their BYU-Idaho username and password. Prior to Fall semester 2024, if a student had an account set up by their professor, their account needs to be converted to use SSO.  

If you are not able to connect to P6 Professional, try the following troubleshooting steps to check connection settings:

 

Connection Setting Troubleshooting:

If you have already setup a connection to the P6 database in a prior semester & are having trouble connecting, verify your settings:

  1. Open the P6 Professional 21 application
  2. Click on "Edit database configuration?" to open database configuration settings
  3. Verify Driver Type, Database Alias, & Connection String settings & click 'Next' (Leave 'Use default database keystore' checked)
    - Driver Type = "Microsoft SQL Server/SQL Server Express"
    - Database Alias = "P6"
  4. Connection String = "p6.byui.edu/PMDB"
  5. Enter the public username and password to use for connecting to the P6 database:
    - Username = "pubuser"
    - Password = "pubuser"
  6. Click on 'Test' & you should see get a popup saying "Test connection is successful"

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