Resources with Zero Work assigned on Resouce Usage

[charles14]

We are scheduling tasks for about 200 engineers each one being a resource
because of there skill sets. Every three or four weeks they will have a duty
week where they are available for emergent work for 7 days. During this time
there is certain work that cannot be assigned to them so the managers want
to see who has the duty on resource usage. I have loaded them tasks of 7 days
with resouces assigned at zero work.

On resource usage view this shows up as "0h" on the first day of duty and
then nothing shows for the remaining six days. If I assign any work at all,
even 1 hour spread over the seven days, the resource starts showing up as
overscheduled when they actually are scheduled to their 8 hours per day
available.

Is there any method to get duty to show on resource usage for the full seven
day period and not just the first day?

Charles14

 

[John]

We are scheduling tasks for about 200 engineers each one being a resource
because of there skill sets. Every three or four weeks they will have a duty
week where they are available for emergent work for 7 days. During this time
there is certain work that cannot be assigned to them so the managers want
to see who has the duty on resource usage. I have loaded them tasks of 7 days
with resouces assigned at zero work.

On resource usage view this shows up as "0h" on the first day of duty and
then nothing shows for the remaining six days. If I assign any work at all,
even 1 hour spread over the seven days, the resource starts showing up as
overscheduled when they actually are scheduled to their 8 hours per day
available.

Is there any method to get duty to show on resource usage for the full seven
day period and not just the first day?

Charles14

Charles14,
If the resource is assigned at zero work then their assignment period is
not 7 days, it is zero days although when displayed on the Resource
Usage view with a timescale in days, it will show up as 0h on the first
day. All that means is that a resource has been assigned - but they
won't be doing anything.

If you want their "zero duty" to show up for the full task duration, you
will need to manually enter the zero values for each of the days. But
before you can do that, you must first give them at least 1 hour of work
for that period. Then go to the Resource Usage view and enter zero for
each day.

I'm not sure that what you are doing is a good scheduling approach but
at least you have an answer to your question.

John
Project MVP