Labor Resource Forecast Options Tab

Use the Options tab to limit the employees and resources included on the report.

Field	Description
Format	Select the type of data that the report displays for each employee: Hours Cost Amount Billing Amount Percentage: Select this option to display the ratio of employee actual hours to expected hours for each period, expressed as a percentage. For example, if an employee's expected number of hours for a period is 40 and they work 50 hours, the report displays 125 (125%) for that period. Alerts: To identify deviations from the expected working hours for employees, select this option and then enter a percentage in Standard Utility Percentage. The report displays Over for a period for any employees whose hours exceed the expected hours by more than the percentage specified in Standard Utility Percentage. The report displays Under for a period for any employees whose hours are less than the expected hours by more than the percentage specified in Standard Utility Percentage. You specify expected hours in the Hours/Day field on the Employment Details tab of the Employees hub. If you select Alerts, you also enter a percentage in Standard Utility Percentage. If you select Percentage or Alerts, Vantagepoint takes into consideration the holidays and non-working days specified in Resource Planning Settings when it calculates expected hours. Your access to labor cost rates and amounts may be restricted by role security.
Start Date	Select the start date for the data on the report: Today's Date: The report displays data starting with the current date. Specific Date: The report displays data starting with the date that you specify.
Decimal Setting	Select the number of decimal digits to display for amounts: No Decimal: The report displays numbers without decimal digits. 1 Digit: The report displays numbers with one digit to the right of the decimal point. 2 Digits: The report displays numbers with two digits to the right of the decimal point.
Scale	Select one of the following period scales for the hours or amounts on the report: Daily Weekly Bi-weekly: A bi-weekly period is a two-week period. Semi-Monthly: One semi-monthly period runs from the first to the fifteenth of the month. The second semi-monthly period runs from the sixteenth to the end of the month. Monthly Quarterly Yearly Periods: These are the fiscal periods. The number of periods is determined by the report's selected Start Date and Duration. A message displays in the footer of the report if there are gaps or overlapping dates for the existing fiscal periods included on the report or if there are not enough established fiscal periods to support the number of periods on the report. If there are gaps or overlaps, the system automatically uses monthly columns instead of periods. Vantagepoint automatically adjusts the column heading for those affected dates depending on the value set for the Periods Per Year field in Utilities > Periods > Period Setup: If Periods Per Year is 12 or is not 13, any missing fiscal periods display in months. If Periods Per Year is 13, any missing fiscal periods display as 4-week (28 day) periods. If the first or last fiscal period dates do not coincide with their corresponding month start/end dates, partial months display in those calendar columns.
Column Width	Enter the width for the period data columns in inches or millimeters, based on which one you selected in the Unit of Measure field on the Layout tab. If your unit of measure is inches, use decimals for fractions of an inch (for example, 0.75 or 1.20).
Duration	Select the number of reporting periods to display. The related Scale option determines the type of period. For example, if the scale is monthly and you enter 6 here, the report displays data for six monthly periods.

Report Details

Field	Description
Include All Employees	Select this checkbox to include all active employees on the report. If you do, the report includes employees not budgeted in plans and employees whose budgeted hours do not fall within the periods reported on.
Include Budgeted Employees	Select this checkbox to include only those employees who have planned hours and then use the lookup to select them.
Select Employees	If you select the Employees checkbox to include employees on the report and you only want to include selected employees, select them in this field. If you do not select employees, the report includes all employees, unless they are excluded by other report options.
Select Generic Resources	If you select the Generic Resources checkbox to include generic resources on the report, and you only want to include selected generic resources, select them in this field. If you do not select generic resources, the report includes all generic resources, unless they are excluded by other report options.
Include Tasks with No Resources Assigned	Select this checkbox to include tasks that have no named resources or generic resource categories assigned.
Apply Probability to All Amounts	Select this checkbox if you want Vantagepoint to include the probability of winning the contract for in pursuit projects when it calculates amounts. For example, if the probability is 50%, the amounts that the report displays for the project are 50% of the original amounts. Note that the probability for all won projects is 100%.
For Grouping, Use Organization From	Indicate if you want the report to use the employees' organizations or the projects' organizations. When you group the report by organization or by an organization level, Vantagepoint groups by the employee organizations or project organizations, based on your selection in this field.
Limit to Resources with this Skill	To restrict the employees included on the report to those with a particular skill, select the skill in this field. The report only displays employees for whom the selected skill is listed on the Experience tab of the Employees hub.