Resource Allocations showing as -100% on Resource Sheet

[Stacy]

Hi,

On my project I have about 15-20 resources whose max resource allocation
time changes per month. I have set up each individual person with their own
calendar and have set up the resource allocations for each month so it looks
something like this as an example:

Resource 1
01/01/09-01/31/09 50%
02/01/09-02/28/09 100%
03/01/09-03/30/09 100%

etc.through the end of the year

When I look in the resource sheet at the "Max units column" I see -100% for
all the resources.

Any thoughts on why this is happening?

Thanks,
Stacy

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Stacy,

The "Max units" column in the Resource Sheet view displays the curent number
of units you set for the current date of your project

Gérard Ducouret

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Your file must be corrupt. Ican try a reapir if you send it
jandemesATprom-ade.be
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf

 

[Stacy]

Thanks. I just sent it....

Hi,

Your file must be corrupt. Ican try a reapir if you send it
jandemesATprom-ade.be
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Stacy and all,

Just "unbugged" it and sent it back.
To the readers, this was the comment I sent with it:

You stumbled on a rare bug: Project doesn't seem to like this
month-after-month sequence of availability data.
All I did was bluntly join some data (2 consectutive months at 50% can be
entered as 1 row f.i.) and all went back to normal - see the file attached.

But I still think your concept of availability is a bit well, strange.
Availability is not what you estimate the person will work, it is which
percentage of his/her time you can dispose of so maybe you could even have
everubody 2 100% all of the time and not assign them... then you wouldn't
need an availability figure for every month.

Hope this helps,


--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Stacy,
I(mis)understood that you changed the resource availability in the Resource
Information dialog, General tab.
That was not what you were doing?
Gérard