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Managing Resources by duration and not % allocation

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Hadi
Hadi
edited 12/09/19 in Archived 2016 Posts

Is there a way to manage resources by time rather than having to use % allocation please? Any way aound this?

 

Its actually not that easy to manage using a %.

 

Sad that smartsheet didn't think it would be an important feature. 

 

I'm no software expert, but seems like not too difficult a fix if they already implemented it for the project timeline management.

 

Thanks 

 

 

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  • Kennedy Stomps
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    Hi Hadi-- We currently only offer the ability to manage resources by % Allocation, but I've added your vote to support managing resources by time to our enhancement request list. Our developers will consider this for a future update. We appreciate your input!

  • Hadi
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    Hi Kennedy. I think it already works. I inserted the work week and work hours per day. Then i activated the Gantt chart features with predesesor and duration. Then i activated the resource management function from settings and put the % allocation option to none. I think its calculating the dates with the duration and allocation at %100 and calculating how much of the day is being used.

     

    Please let me know if I got it right.

    Thank you for the response. 

  • Kennedy Stomps
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    Hi Hadi-- Sorry, I should have clarified-- yes, if you don't use a % Allocation column in your sheets, Smartsheet will assume 100% allocation percentage for all tasks. Glad that this worked for you!

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