Properties installed with Project Management

There are several Project properties that you can configure.

You need the PPS admin role to access the Project properties.

Navigate to Project Administration > Settings > Preferences - Project to configure the following properties.

Property	Description
Enable firing of Business Rules on save from Planning Console. This property will be applicable only during insert and delete of tasks and relations. com.snc.project.fire_brs_from_planning_console	If set to true, the project planning console triggers business rules. Note: Reload the console if you make changes to this property. Default value: false
Enable move project for WIP projects com.snc.project.move_project.wip	If set to true, this property enables you to move the projects which are in WIP state. Note: When a project is moved, only tasks in open and pending state are moved and the project takes the rolled up dates from all the project tasks. Default value: false
Calculate ROI percentage based on a project's estimated cost and its net value com.snc.project.calculate_roi	If set to true, this property calculates the return on investment using the (net value/estimated cost) x 100 formula. This field is only available from the Advanced view of the Project form. Default value: true
Enable alter of planned date with Actual for Manual Project com.snc.project.change_planned_date_from_actual_for_manual	If set to true, the property recalculates the planned end date of a manual project from actual start date and planned duration. Default value: false
Enable project cost rollup (estimated and actual) – updating the cost of a project task will update the cost of its parent com.snc.project.rollup.cost	If set to true, this property updates the cost of a parent project task if the cost of the child task is updated. Default value: false
Roll up project start date from tasks com.snc.project.rollup_project_start_date	If set to true, the project planned start date rolls up from the planned start date of the earliest task. Disable this property if you want the project planned start date to remain the same despite the start date of the earliest task. Default value: true
Automatically close project milestone tasks when they change to work state com.snc.project.auto_close_milestones	If set to true, this property closes milestones automatically so you do not have to close them manually. Default value: false
Enable altering of planned date(s) for task in WIP/Closed com.snc.project.enable_alter_of_planned_dates	If set to true, this property enables you to change the planned start date for tasks even if they are in the Work in progress state or any of the closed states. Default value: false
Change Resource Plan, Cost Plan and Benefit Plan Start Date with Demand or Project Start Date change. Benefit Plan Start Date will change only if the offset type for the plan is not None com.snc.project.date_change_cascade	If set to true, this property changes the start dates for a resource plan, cost plan, and benefit plan when there is a change in the project or demand start dates. Note: The start date of benefit plans with the offset type None does not change with the project or demand date change. Default value: true
Retain users & resource plan state as confirmed / allocated when project moves com.snc.project.date_change_cascade_persist_resource_plan_state	If set to true, this property retains the confirmed or allocated state of a resource plan, booked resources, and planned daily contour when a property is moved. On moving the project, the resource plan is reallocated or reconfirmed based on the availability of the resources in the future time period to which the project is moved. Note: This property is enabled only when the Change Resource Plan, Cost Plan and Benefit Plan Start Date with Demand or Project Start Date Change property has been set to true. Default value: true
Create project(s) on confirming demands from portfolio workbench com.snc.project.portfolio_workbench.confirm_to_create_project	If set to true, this property converts all selected demands in a portfolio to projects. Default value: false
List of attributes (comma-separated) that will be copied from the originating project task com.snc.project.copy.additional_attributes	By default, the Copy Project and Copy partial project options only copy the short description, planned dates, and duration fields from source project to the target project. If additional columns must be copied, they should be declared in this property. Default value: blank
Default the expense type for a new project. sn_plng_att_core.default.expense_type	When a new project is created in the Project Workspace, expense type of the project is marked as Opex.

The following project properties are available in system property [sys_properties] table. Only pps_admin can edit these properties.

Property	Description
Retain start on constraint on tasks after adding relations com.snc.project.allow_start_on_relations	The property keeps the Start on selection of a task even after you put the task in a relation to another task, for example, FS relation. Default value: true
Max duration (in days) allowed for a project/project task com.snc.project.task.max_task_duration	The property governs the max duration of a project task or the overall project. Note: If your project includes milestones, the duration is calculated taking holidays and weekends into account. Default value: 2600 Warning: Increasing the value of the property to more than 2600 will have an impact on memory usage of the platform. A very high value causes out of memory error, for example, if you try to create a project or a project task with 15000 days duration.
Max date span into future or past from the current date for the project/project task com.snc.project.task.check_date_span_years	The property governs the max date in future when entering the planned dates of a project or a project task. Default value: 10 Warning: Increasing the value of the property to more than 10 will have an impact on memory usage of the platform. A very high value causes out of memory error.
Synchronize the planned and original dates when creating or updating a project or task com.snc.project.sync_original_dates_with_planned_dates	If set to true, this property synchronizes the planned and original dates. Default value: true