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Bobg
Hello,
I am setting up some projects to share resources from a resource pool. My
original plan was to have the max units set at 90% in the Resource Pool
(allowing resources to spend 90% of their time on projects in general), and
then to set the max units lower in the sharer files, if necessary. This was
done so that scheduling for an individual project could be controlled by how
much time was allocated to each project, but the resource pool would not show
over allocations unless someone was above the 90% threshold. I set the
conflict option to Sharer takes precedence.
I have two observations:
1. For my first project, I set the max units to 50% within the project. This
appeared to work but when I reopened the project, only resources that had
been assigned to tasks retained the 50%, the remaining resources defaulted
back to the 90% max units from the resource pool.
2. When I introduced an additional project, and wanted to set max units at
25%, it became more confusing... the first project changed to the 25% defined
in the second project.
So my question is - is there a way to do what I am describing at the max
units level, or is there a better way to do this?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions!
Bob
I am setting up some projects to share resources from a resource pool. My
original plan was to have the max units set at 90% in the Resource Pool
(allowing resources to spend 90% of their time on projects in general), and
then to set the max units lower in the sharer files, if necessary. This was
done so that scheduling for an individual project could be controlled by how
much time was allocated to each project, but the resource pool would not show
over allocations unless someone was above the 90% threshold. I set the
conflict option to Sharer takes precedence.
I have two observations:
1. For my first project, I set the max units to 50% within the project. This
appeared to work but when I reopened the project, only resources that had
been assigned to tasks retained the 50%, the remaining resources defaulted
back to the 90% max units from the resource pool.
2. When I introduced an additional project, and wanted to set max units at
25%, it became more confusing... the first project changed to the 25% defined
in the second project.
So my question is - is there a way to do what I am describing at the max
units level, or is there a better way to do this?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions!
Bob