to select, a Key Resource ID. Choose characters for your Key Resource that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen.Use this screen to define key resources for rough-cut capacity planning. You can define the capacity of these resources by date so that the system can determine if there are enough resources available for future requirements.
Set up this screen when initializing Costpoint Routings and maintain it whenever modifications are made to key resources.
You can access this screen if you have the Routings or Master Production Scheduling modules.
Use the fields in this block to create a new Key Resource or to retrieve a previously saved one. A Key Resource represents a set of details. After you have saved a Key Resource and its details, you can retrieve them using Query.
When you select a previously saved Key Resource or Name, the associated details automatically display as selection defaults. You can change any of the associated defaults as necessary.
Enter, or click to select, a Key Resource ID. Choose characters for your Key Resource that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen.
When you save your record, all the details made in the screen are stored with the Key Resource. Later, you can retrieve the key resource using Query.
You can maintain key resources more efficiently because you can select the Key Resource with its previously defined parameters. After the default selections display in the screen, you can override the defaults.
Enter, or click to select, a key resource name.
Select this check box to indicate that the key resource is active.
Enter, or click 
to select, the resource type for this key resource. The description displays in the field to the right. Establish resource types in the Resource Types screen.
Select the Capacity Unit of Measure from the drop-down list. Use this group box to specify whether hours or another unit of measure is the usage quantity for this key resource. The values are:
Hours — Select this option if hours are the key resource unit of measure. This is the default.
Other — Select this option to manually assign the key resource unit of measure. Enter, or click to select, the unit of measure in the field provided.
Enter notes describing the key resource.
Use this table window to specify the beginning date and weekly capacity for this key resource. Click the New Record button to add a line.
Enter, or click 
to select, the beginning date of the weekly capacity quantity.
Enter the weekly capacity quantity as of the starting effective date.