Contents of the Assign Resources to Project Dialog Box
Use the fields and options to assign resources to work on the project that you selected in the Projects hub or in Project View.
Field | Description |
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Search fields | By default, the dialog box displays all resources, but you can use either or both of the two
Search fields to restrict the list:
When you select a search in the top Search field, employees are listed first, followed by generic resources, if the search results include both types of resources. However, if you use the bottom Search field, the results are sorted alphabetically by name, so employees and generic resources are likely to be intermingled. |
Resource grid
Field | Description |
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Resource |
This grid column displays a list of resources based on your entries in the two Search fields. Select the checkboxes next to the resources that you want to assign to the project. The number of resources selected displays below the grid. |
Scheduled % |
For each employee, this grid column displays the percentage of available hours in the plan date range that are currently scheduled for the selected project or for any other project. The plan date range used in this calculation is the date range for the highest-level work breakdown structure (WBS) element displayed in the planning grid. Scheduled % = (Employee's total scheduled hours in plan date range / (Employee's hours per day x Total work days in plan date range)) x 100 Scheduled hours are planned hours for overhead projects, promotional projects, regular won projects, and any in pursuit projects that meet the criteria for inclusion in the percentage calculation that are specified on the Plan Settings form ( ).This column is blank for generic resources. |
Clear Selections |
If you select some resources and then decide you want to clear all of those selections and start over, click this option. If no resources are selected, this option does not display. |
Plan Structure grid
Field | Description |
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Select and Level |
This grid displays the plan's active and inactive WBS elements in
Level, along with any existing resource assignments.
Expand the hierarchy to display the WBS elements to which you want to assign the selected resources, and click under Select next to each of those elements. These new assignments are only pending assignments at this point. The actual assignments and update of the plan occur when you click the Assign button at the bottom of the dialog box. The number of pending assignments displays next to the Assign button. You can assign resources only to the lowest-level WBS elements in each branch of the structure. A displays next to only these elements. You can also expand lowest-level elements to display any resources that are already assigned to them. |
If you add an assignment and then want to remove that assignment, hover over the resource row in the plan structure grid and click at the end of the row. This option is available only for pending resource assignments. To delete an assignment that was added to the plan previously, use the delete option for the assignment row in any of the planning grids. |
Field | Description |
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Hard Book |
If you consider the new assignments hard booked, select this checkbox. This checkbox is available only if Vantagepoint is configured to use soft and hard booking and you have the required security access to hard book assignments. |
Assign | Click this button to confirm the assignments, close the dialog box, and update the plan information. |