General Settings (Project)

Setting

Description

New Project Options

Select whether you want to:

• Create an empty project
• Create a template-based project.

Project Template

Template-based projects only. Available only when you select Create a template-based project.

Click Browse to locate the project template on which to base the new project.    

Date-Shifting Method

Template-based projects only. Indicates the method of shifting project dates based on the base date of the project. The methods are:

• Copy dates directly from the project template
• Specify project start day: skip weekends and holidays
• Specify project start week: preserve day of the week
• Specify project start month: preserve working day of the month

The date-shifting methods cannot be changed in this editor. You must change the settings in the General Settings Editor of the Project Template.  

Template Base Day

Template-based projects with date-shifting methods only. Indicates the base date of the template. This information comes from the template on which you are basing your project. Oracle WebCenter Collaboration uses this when copying dates from the template to your new project.   

The template base day can be changed in the General Settings Editor of the project template.

Project Start Day/Week/Month

Template-based projects with date-shifting methods only. Specify when your project should begin. Click to select the date, or use the drop-down list to select the month.  

Click date-shift calculator to determine how dates will be shifted when you create a project based on a project template.

Invitees

Click Invitees to invite users to the project.   

Attachments

Click Attachments to attach files to the projects.

Settings

Description

Name

Type no more than 100 characters to name the project.

Language

Choose the default language for the project from the list. Oracle WebCenter Collaboration uses the language information when indexing the project for searching.

Description

Optional. Type no more than 1,000 characters to describe the project. The description is indexed for searching.

Image

Optional. Click Select Image to select an image to place on the Project Overview page. Click Edit Image to select a different image. Click to remove the image.

Status

Select if you want to manually set the status of the project or have Oracle WebCenter Collaboration automatically compute the project status based on the status of the project's task lists.

To manually set the status of the project:

• From the drop-down list, select the portion of the project that is completed.

• As work on a project progresses, the Project Leader should change the status of the project.

To automatically compute the status of the project based on the status of the project's task lists, select Compute from Task Lists.

Select the risk indicator for the project. It can be:

No Risk
Moderate Risk
High Risk

Project Size

To enforce a maximum size for the project, select the Enforce a maximum project size check box and type a number in megabytes. Uploading a document fails if the project size exceeds the maximum limit.

If you have the Manage Collaboration Projects activity right, you can set a project size that exceeds the system-wide maximum set by your administrator. You will receive a warning notifying you that the number exceeds the project-wide maximum but the change will be saved. If you do not have the Manage Collaboration Projects activity right, you cannot set a project size that exceeds the maximum project size set by your administrator.

If you want the Project Leaders to be notified when the project size exceeds a certain level, select Notify Project Leaders when project size exceeds  _% of the maximum size.