Leveling Resources

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Yasuke,

The early units are what is calculated based on the forward pass of the schedule analysis and the late are what is calculated from the backward pass. The difference between the two is "Total Float".



So to answer your question, it is NONE of your suggestions.



The manpower required for August is only the "Remaining Early Units" = 49.5



The limit is the total number of each resource available in the Resource Pool.

Available Units is the difference is between what has already been allocated and the limit.



Please BEG your manager to do even a basic course in Resources :)



I don’t know if you are aware that Primavera has an Online Interaction Service and Knowledgebase with answers to everything you have asked. It also has online manuals and everything to support your project. It is free to use as long as you have a current license and maintenance agreement.

The web address is:



Hope this helps!



Kind Regards



Alan

Yasuke,



If you have a resource loaded project plan and you look at its resource usage profile in the activities view you will see the number of remaining hours scheduled.



Right click on the resource usage profile and choose resource usage profile options, then click on the graph tab and tick the calculate average box.



Then tick divide by hours per time period.



This gives you a profile showing the equivilant number of people required, per time period, to dispatch your current schedule.



HTH

Oli

Yasuke,

I would suggest you run a resource loading report, which can be saved directly to a spreadsheet, and divide the number of hours it forecasts each week by the the number of hours worked per resource each week. This would give you the number of men you need.

Alternatively, if you want a resource histogram, go to the resource usage profile, right click on the graphic area, then select Resource Usage Profile Options. Click on the graph tab, and then select "Calculate Average". Input the number of hours worked by each resource for the period in the "Divide Intervals Total By" and enter "Average Manpower" in the Unit of measure box.

This will display graphically what you need.

Regards

Alan

Yasuke,



The answer is hidden in your question. When you refer to overallocation, that actually means those are the additional resources required to complete the tasks. I think you are looking for a field where only this overallocated numbers (units) are displayed. Primavera has no such fields & this has to be interpreted through histograms & report tables.



Regards

Naveen

Yasuke,

I am confused as to why you think you have to calculate the required manpower as Primavera automatically does this based on the progress you have input on the activities. Overallocation of units is solved by levelling.

View the Resource Usage Profile and it will show you actual units you have entered, i.e. before timenow, and future forecastes figures, i.e. after timenow, for every resource.

I suggest you then book the Advanced Resource Analysis course.

Kind Regards

Alan

Yasuke,



With the greatest of respect, and judging by the amount of really basic questions you have asked in all the other threads, may I suggest you do the Primavera basic training course. Is this the first planning job you have ever had?



Kind Regards

Alan

Just schedule the project (F9) and everything will return back to their original dates.