how do i show long duration but few hours per day in project

[microwave man]

i want to do the above so the resource pool does not show the resource as
overallocated

 

[Sarah]

Enter the number of days over which the task should span in the
Duration field, and the number of hours of work the resource will have
to do to finish the task in the Work field.

SarahK

 

[Romulus]

Setting few hours per day for resources can be done in the "resource sheet"
view under column units. You can decrease the % of units available for each
resource. However I don't think setting the hours for resources to be less
than the typical 8 hour day will address your primary problem on your title.
Long duration can be managed from a different angle. If you want to set a
task to take 20 days in duration but only have the resource work 2 hours per
day for the 20 days than you simply need to assign the resource to the task
and adjust the % percentage to 25%.