Primavera Integration API and retrieving fields

Hello,
I am trying out Integration API with Primavera P6, Release 7. So far it looks straight forward and I am able to retrieve most of the field values from project object and activity object but I am having hard time figuring out how to retrieve the following two that I can see in Primavera UI. I do not see any straight forward method on either project or activity to get these.
I would appreciate, any help from experts here. Please see attached screen shot for reference.
1. Global Responsibility
2. Original Duration

Original Duration is Planned Duration.
Note: The total working time from the activity planned start date to the planned finish date. The planned working time is computed using the activity's calendar. This field is named OriginalDuration in Primavera's Engineering & Construction and Maintenance & Turnaround solutions.
Global Responsibility looks like an Activity Code.
V/r,
Gene

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If you simply want to store and retrieve documents without any document management functionality ArchiveLink or simply the SAP CMS API will do.
If you need hierarchical structures for your documents and an integration with various business objects SAP Records Management would be a good choice.
You will find quite a lot of documentation in http://help.sap.com about these services.
Now, a last remark for web applications. Most of the GUI's of the upper applications are made for SAPGUI. So, here it is necessary to extend the SAP functionality by developing own applications. Since all services are using the CMS HTTP API for storing and retrieving the content you can always generate a URL for displaying the documents. Use SCMS_DOC_URL_CREATE for creating such a URL for example.
I hope, that helps a bit.
Torsten

Deploy and Retrieve Content in PS 3.5

Hi ,
I'm trying to use Interwoven team site/ BEA turbo as the 3rd party Content
Engine to deploy content into the Personalisation Server 3.5 JDBC store.
The intention is to use the JSP cm: and pz: tag to query and retrieve
content, particulary for PDF and MS word .doc document.
What is the requirement for a thrid party Content Engine to deploy the
document reference into the personalisation JDBC store so that it is useable
by the cm: and pz: JSP tags? (eg. meta-data and any specific format or SPI
API to use??)
Can the PS tags support the viewing of word and PDF document? Is there any
good reference or sample? I found quite a bit on HTML and image file in the
e-docs., but no mentioning of other document types. Is this just a matter of
setting the MIME type?
Is there a reference intergration implementation avaiable eg. Content
Express that works for PS 3.5??
Can Bulk loader do the job? I mean to load PDF and MS Word document. Is
there a reference load script avaiable somewhere?
I'm a BEA customer and can get access to websupport. Is that a better
channel to post these questions? If not, where?
Thanks
Alex

Hi Jyothirmai,
If you have used standard business content objects in your current BW Installation, and want to take advantage of new business content, you have an option of merging the objects during BC installation.
In terms of additional fields in datasources, if you can map these in your datamodel then (without a reinitialization) you should be able to populate the data in your datatargets, however you won't be getting historical data for these fields, however if you do re-initialize then you will get the historical data as well.
You can refer the Business Content Documentation for new datasources/infosources and other objects (e.g, 2LIS_11_VAKON, 2LIS_13_VDKON datasources for extracting conditions in SD). The feasibility for implementing this depends on your R/3 PI release/whether or not you can upgrade your R/3 PI.
Hope it helps,
Sree

Integration API method to get display name

Is there a method in Integration API to get display name of columns.
I want a method like getDisplayName(string fieldName) returns the name displayed on Primavera UI.

Hi Onkar,
not sure if you already testet it like that, but as far as I know the full username of an AD user is displayed just the way it is, for an enterprise user.
Have you checked, if the full name is filled with AD information?
If not, you might check your settings in the CMC -> "Authentication" -> "Windows AD" -> "Import Full Name and Email Address"
I can not check it with our test system, cause our user names are identical to our full names.
But it might give you a hint!
Regards
Jan
Edited by: Jan Fröhlich on Jul 23, 2009 1:00 PM

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