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Defining Resource Shifts

You can globally define shifts that span specific work hours over a certain period of time and apply one or more shifts directly to the resources to whom they apply. The module considers the shift hours when calculating units and prices during leveling. The resource calendar is used to determine when the resource can work, and the limits for that period are determined from the shift definition on that resource.

Define resource shifts Choose Enterprise, Resource Shifts. Click

Add, then type the new shift’s name. To edit the new shift, click Modify.

The total shift hours must add up to 24 hours, and each shift must have a duration of at least one hour.

The start hour must begin and end on the hour, for example, 8:00 rather than 8:30.

Choose Enterprise, Resources to assign the resource shifts to resources in the Resources Window, Units & Prices tab.

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Defining and Assigning Resource Codes and Values

Resource codes provide another way to categorize project resources. For example, establish a code called Classification, and create values for it, for example, Management and Engineering. Assign these values to the appropriate resources so you can quickly group, filter, or sort by all managers or all resources on the engineering team.

Set up resource codes Choose Enterprise, Resource Codes. Click Modify to add resource code definitions—broad categories for which you will be adding values. Type the resource code name and enter the maximum number of characters for each value you will be assigning to the code. Click Close when you are finished adding codes and value lengths.

Add resource code values In the Resource Codes dialog box, select the code for which you want to establish values, then click Add. Type the resource code value name; the maximum number of characters is preset at the resource code level. Type a description for the value. To create a hierarchy of code values, click the right arrow key to indent the selected value one level.

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You can further categorize code values by arranging them in a hierarchy.

Assign resource code values You can assign code values to resources using the Codes tab in Resource Details or by creating resource code columns in the Resources window and then assigning values in the columns. To use the Codes tab, click the Display Options bar and choose Details (the box next to the Details command should be marked). Click the Codes tab, then click Assign. To use columns, click the Display Options bar, then choose Columns, Customize, and add one or more resource code columns. Refer to the following example:

Customize columns to include the resource codes for which you want to assign values; click in the column cell for each resource to select the resource code value assignment...

or

click Assign to select the resource code value for the selected resource

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Group and summarize using resource codes One way to use resource codes is for grouping and sorting in Resource Usage Spreadsheets. Right-click in a Resource Usage Spreadsheet layout and choose Group and Sort By, Customize. Grouping by resource codes enables you to quickly see the activities that are assigned to a particular area of responsibility or are being performed by a specific group throughout your organization. Click a group band to see a summary or rollup of a particular group.

This section lists the activity assignments for selected resources or roles.

This section is grouped by resource code.

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