SDK Installation Step By Step Guide

Part 1: Install the P6 SDK Application

1. Double-click setup.exe in the P6 EPPM physical media or download.
2. At the Setup Maintenance program screen, choose to Modify the current installation and click
Next.
3. On the Select Features to install dialog box, select the Software Development Kit option and
click Next.
4. On the Ready to Install the Program screen, click Install to begin the installation.
5. After reading the explanation of the remaining process, click on the OK button to proceed to
the Database Configuration Wizard.
Part 2: Configure the Database Connection for the P6 SDK to a Standalone Oracle XE Database
1. In the Select Driver Type dialog box, select Oracle and click Next.
2. In the Configure Oracle Connection dialog box, enter the Oracle connection string as XE and
click Next.
3. In the Enter Public Login Information dialog box, enter the following information for a default
standalone Oracle XE database:
Username: pubprm$pm
Password: pubprm$pm
Public group ID: 1
NOTE: If these settings were changed by you or the administrator, enter the new values here.
4. In the Validate Database Connection dialog box, click Next to test the database connection.
5. If the connection was not successful, click Back to revise the database information. If the
connection was successful, click Finish to complete the database connection configuration. A
database alias named PMSDK will be created.
6. On the Primavera Software Development Kit Setup dialog box, change the public group ID,
password, and username fields to match the values entered in step 3 during the database
configuration and click OK to create an ODBC DSN named Primavera P6 SDK.
Public group ID: 1
Password: pubprm$pm
Username: pubprm$pm
NOTE: If these settings were changed by you or the administrator, enter the new values here.
7. If the log file directory does not exist, click Yes, when prompted, to create one.

8. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Now that the P6 SDK is installed on your computer, you can connect to the P6 EPPM database
using the ODBC DSN. The P6 SDK documentation can be found in the installation location (by
default, the path is local drive\Program Files\Oracle\Primavera P6 Professional\PMSDK\Doc).