Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) – Interproject Relationships

Are you looking to create direct activity-to-activity logic connections between activities in different projects in Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC)? In my observations, if you are familiar with Primavera P6 (as an example), you will see that connections between activities in different projects are available in the Activities tab without necessarily opening both projects. However, in OPC you will notice a decided difference.

First, when you open a project in OPC, the activities page will not give you direct access to creating a relationship (logic connection) directly to an activity in another project. In the screenshot below, you can see that the options and the ability to choose another project are notably absent. You can sort the activities (predecessors or successors) by WBS or project, but cannot choose an activity from a different project in this screen.

You also cannot select multiple projects in a workspace (not in a program) and open them at the same time.



You can, however, make direct activity-to-activity connections between activities in different projects if the projects are included in a program in OPC. To create the connection(s), open the OPC program and go to the Activities page.



Create the interproject relationship(s), then reschedule the projects.



In the Activities page in the program, you do not have direct access to leveling under the actions menu, but that is a topic for a separate blog.



Projects can be included in more than one program. You can only add projects to a program that belongs to the same workspace, or to a child workspace. Filtering criteria is available for including projects in the program. Be aware that workspaces cannot be added between two existing workspaces (to add a level in the hierarchy), which means that you cannot add another level to the workspace hierarchy between two already existing levels. You can add placeholder workspaces and set the sharing method to automatic when you create your workspace hierarchy.

Below are two programs each containing the two projects: Adding a WBS and Adding Activities.





Portfolios are a functionality in OPC that allows the user to monitor the health and status of groups of related projects, programs, and sub-portfolios. A program can belong to multiple portfolios and can be added to the portfolios manually or by using filters.

Be creative in OPC to use the software to your best advantage. Being aware of the functionality specifics can help make that process smoother.