The resource name in the resource's column of the Gantt Chart's task table
and also alongside the bar on the timeline side of the screen will show the
assignment percentage any time it is something other than 100%. What you
are seeing is the assignment level on each particular task, NOT the max
units except by coincidence. If his max is set to 50%, that also becomes
the default assignment level and you'll see 50% next to his name. But you
could choose to assign him at 25% to a particular task by overriding the
default when you do the assignment or later editing the task asignment
information. In that case, you'd see 25%, not 50%, next to his name for
that particular task.
While you can come up with some workarounds to get rid of it using things
like the initials field you might want to think a bit about the advisability
of doing so. Seems to me that it's pretty valuable information to know that
this task is taking as long as it is because the resource is only committed
part time. If there's a crunch and the project starts to run late, it's
really useful to see at a glance that you're only using Joe for 25% of his
workday on these tasks and if you could negotiate with his boss to let you
have him for a few more hours a day for the next week or so you might get
the project back on track.
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Post by tommcbrnyHello,
My mistake, I should have said the Task sheet, not the Resource sheet.
In regard to the percentage value showing up next to the resource name, what
shows up is the Max Unit value that I specify for the resource on the
Resource sheet.
For instance, Resource 1 works an 8 hour day per my default calendar, but
only 25% of his time is dedicated to the project for which I'm producing this
project plan. I set his Max Units to 25% on the Resource sheet (or in the
"Resource Availability" section of Resource Information -> General tab.
This way, a task requiring 1 day of work effort (8 hours) will take 4 days
for this resource to complete, as he is only dedicating 25% of his day to
this project.
So, as soon as I set the Max Units to XX %, this percentage begins appearing
next to the resource name in the Resource Name column on the Task Sheet.
My question is really how to get rid of that percentage value next to the
Resource Name in the Resource Name column of the task sheet.
Thank you,
Tom
Post by Jan De MessemaekerHi,
The %available is not always displayed in the Gantt Chart, what you see is
teh % assigned; you may well have a resource 50% available but assigned only
10% to a task.
By all means, if you want to see which resource and not how much, Through
the bar styles replace the right text (Resource Names) by Resource Initials
and make sure the initials field is meaningful.
The %available does NOT appear in brackets on the resource sheet. If you
want to hide it, hide (=delete) that column.
HTH
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Post by tommcbrnyHello,
I'm setting a % for max units available to reflect the % of time my
resources work on a project.
When I do this, the unit % automatically appears in brackets after the
resource name in the Gantt chart (resource name column and chart bar) and
on
Post by tommcbrnythe Resource sheet.
I do not want this percentage to be displayed. Is there a way to change
formatting of the resource names to remove this percentage indicator?
Thanks,
Tom