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Manage Resource Utilization

Resource utilization is the amount of resource effort it takes, or is expected to take, to complete a task. Using the Project: Tasks: Resource Utilization page, you can do the following tasks:

• View and edit each task calculated total effort, based on the following formula:

  Total Effort = Actuals + Remaining ETC

• Autoschedule the project.

By default, the Gantt chart displays total effort by task by week for all of the resources assigned to that task. You can change the chart configuration to display different variations of task and resource information.

Important! Assign staff to tasks before viewing resource utilization.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the project.
2. Open the Tasks menu and click Resource Utilization.
3. Edit the following fields:

   Task

   Defines the task name. Click the task name to open the task properties page.

   ID

   Defines the task unique identifier (up to 16 characters).

   Start

   Defines the date to start working on the task.

   Default: Current date

   Note: Work on a task cannot start before the project start date. If the task has already started or finished, this field is not available.

   Finish

   Defines the date for completing the task.

   Default: Current date

   Note: Work on a task cannot finish after the project finish date. If the task has already started or finished, the field is not available.

4. Save your changes.