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Resource inquiry

unavailable in ajeraCore unless you have the Consultant Management add-on

A resource is an item that you add to your budget on the Manage tab in the Project Command Center. You use resources to enter and track a specific labor, expense, or consultant cost.

Use this inquiry to see information for each of your resources, such as project or phase ID and description, employee, activity, vendor, and units/hours.

If needed, you can add predefined columns and view supplemental information. For example, you can view resource description, cost amount, fee amount, and start and completion dates.

Using the inquiry

From the Inquiry menu, click Resource > Resource.

Audience

Accounting staff

Groups

This inquiry is grouped by Project ID & Description and Phase Description. You can always group or ungroup columns, as needed.

Standard columns

Column	Links to this inquiry	Description
Project ID & Description	Project	The ID and description of the project associated with the resource
Phase Description	Phase	The description of the phase associated with the resource
Employee	Employee	The name of the employee assigned to the labor resource
Employee Type	Employee Type	The name of the employee type assigned to the labor resource
Activity	Activity	The name of the activity assigned to the expense resource
Vendor	Vendor	The name of the vendor assigned to the expense or consultant resource
Reference/Commitment #		A short description that further identifies the resource
Units/Hours		The number of units or hours assigned to the resource
Notes		Any notes about the resource
Defined links:
Task	Task	A link to the Task inquiry
Reported % Complete	Reported % Complete	A link to the Reported % Complete inquiry

Predefined columns

You can add predefined columns to this inquiry. Many columns are available, organized in these categories:

Project and phase
Resource
Activity, employee, and vendor
Amounts and rates
Dates
Miscellaneous

Column	Links to this inquiry	Description	Date range available
Project and phase:
Project Key	Project	The database identifier of the project associated with the resource
Project ID	Project	The ID of the project associated with the resource
Project Description	Project	The name of the project
Phase Key	Phase	The database identifier of the phase
Phase ID	Phase	The ID of the phase associated with the resource
Phase ID & Description	Phase	The ID and name of the phase associated with the resource
Phase Order		The position of the phase associated with the resource in the Project Command Center Example: You may sort the inquiry by phase order so it mirrors the order of the work breakdown structure in the Project Command Center.
Resource:
Resource Key		The database identifier of the resource
Order		The position of the resource on the Manage tab in the Project Command Center Example: You may sort the inquiry by resource order so it mirrors the order of the resources on the Manage tab.
Resource/Task Description		The name of the resource
Is Resource		Indicates whether this is a resource
Parent Resource Key		The database identifier of the parent resource Example: You may use the key to create a link to an inquiry that shows all the tasks associated with the resource.
Activity, employee, and vendor:
Activity Type		The activity type of the resource: Labor, Expense, or Consultant
Activity Key	Activity	The database identifier of the activity associated with the resource
Employee Type Key	Employee Type	The database identifier of the employee type associated with the resource
Employee Key	Employee	The database identifier of the employee associated with the resource
Vendor Type Key	Vendor Type	The database identifier of the vendor type associated with the resource
Vendor Type	Vendor Type	The vendor type associated with the resource
Vendor Key	Vendor	The database identifier of the vendor associated with the resource
Amounts and rates:
Cost Rate		The rate that reflects the actual cost of the resource without overhead or profit
Cost Amount		The amount paid to employees for work performed, or the out-of-pocket costs to the company for expenses and consultants, for the resource
Fee Rate		For billable billing types, the billing rate for the resource
Fee Amount		For billable billing types, the contract amount for the resource
Scheduled Hours		unavailable in ajeraCore The number of hours in the future scheduled for the resource in the Schedule Manager	x
Scheduled Dollars		unavailable in ajeraCore The amount scheduled to date for the resource in the Schedule Manager Ajera calculates the amount by multiplying the scheduled hours by the billing rate.	x
Markup Rate
Beginning Balance Cost Amount		The amount entered in the Committed Cost Invoiced column on the Manage tab of the Project Command Center for the expense or consultant resource
Beginning Balance Fee Amount		The amount entered in the Committed Contract Invoiced column on the Manage tab of the Project Command Center for the expense or consultant resource
Dates:
Reported % Complete Date	Reported % Complete	The date when you report the percent of work that is complete for the resource
Estimated Start Date		The date when work is scheduled to begin for the resource	x
Estimated Completion Date		The date when work is scheduled to be complete for the resource	x
Actual Start Date		The actual date when work begins for the resource
Actual Completion Date		The actual date when work is complete for the resource	x
Miscellaneous:
Percent Distribution		The percent of the total hours/units, cost amount, or contract amount represented by the resource
Reported % Complete	Reported % Complete	The percent of a project or phase that is complete for the resource as reported on a specific date in the project lifecycle

Resource inquiry

Using the inquiry

Audience

Groups

Standard columns

Defined links:

Predefined columns

Project and phase:

Resource:

Activity, employee, and vendor:

Amounts and rates:

Dates:

Miscellaneous: