Work and Availability the same :o(

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Brother_52

Hi,

I've just implemented Project Server as a test bed at work, specifically to
alleviate some of the resource 'black holes' that we currently have. I'm
very close to being able to prove its worth to senior management, except of
one 'small' issue, and I wondered if someone could help.

I have four projects in server at the moment, using the same enterprise
resource pool. I have created a view in Portfolio Analyser that shows
individual resource availability up to March 2006. However, I am getting the
situation where a resource can be shown as having 8 hours work allocated on a
particular day, yet the availability for that day also shows 8 hours.
Obviously, this cannot be (well, not until near the end of the programme
anyway!) - could somebody help please?
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

Brother_52 --

You are misunderstanding the difference between Availability and Remaining
Availability in Project Server. Availability is how much time a resource is
available to perform project work, regardless of the current amount of work
assignments during that time period. Remaining Availability is calculated
as Availability - Work, and determines how much remaining availability the
resource has beyond current work assignments.

Therefore, you will need to create a custom calculated field in the
Portfolio Analyzer to show Remaining Availibility. To create this custom
field, click the Create Calculated Total button, name the field Remaining
Availability, and enter the following formula:

[Measures].Availability - [Measures].Work

Hope this helps.
 
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Graeme King-Sanders

Thanks Dale - that one's kept me going for a few nights!!

Report on its way to boss - many thanks

Dale Howard said:
Brother_52 --

You are misunderstanding the difference between Availability and Remaining
Availability in Project Server. Availability is how much time a resource is
available to perform project work, regardless of the current amount of work
assignments during that time period. Remaining Availability is calculated
as Availability - Work, and determines how much remaining availability the
resource has beyond current work assignments.

Therefore, you will need to create a custom calculated field in the
Portfolio Analyzer to show Remaining Availibility. To create this custom
field, click the Create Calculated Total button, name the field Remaining
Availability, and enter the following formula:

[Measures].Availability - [Measures].Work

Hope this helps.




Brother_52 said:
Hi,

I've just implemented Project Server as a test bed at work, specifically
to
alleviate some of the resource 'black holes' that we currently have. I'm
very close to being able to prove its worth to senior management, except
of
one 'small' issue, and I wondered if someone could help.

I have four projects in server at the moment, using the same enterprise
resource pool. I have created a view in Portfolio Analyser that shows
individual resource availability up to March 2006. However, I am getting
the
situation where a resource can be shown as having 8 hours work allocated
on a
particular day, yet the availability for that day also shows 8 hours.
Obviously, this cannot be (well, not until near the end of the programme
anyway!) - could somebody help please?
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