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Staffing Outlook Portlet

The Staffing Outlook portlet lets you identify project tasks where resources are not assigned. The portlet displays in a bar chart format the unstaffed hours or estimate-to-complete (ETC). Unstaffed hours are the hours assigned to a role for tasks that are not completed. The Y-axis of the chart displays project names. The X-axis displays the number of unassigned hours for each project.

You can replace a role with resources that can complete the work. Click a bar on the chart to go to the Staffing Drill Down page and search for resources. This page includes the Staffing Outlook Details portlet. This portlet provides a graphical view of all the unstaffed tasks and includes the following fields:

Project

Displays the name of the associated project. Click the project name link to open the project properties page and edit the project.

Task

Displays the name of the associated task. Click the task link to open the task properties page and edit the task.

Unstaffed Role

Displays the role name that is unstaffed. Click the role link to open the team staff page and assign resources to the role.

Assignment Start Date

Displays the date of starting the associated task.

Assignment Finish Date

Displays the date of completing the associated task.

ETC

Displays the total hours of unstaffed ETC.