Settings Detail Window of the Resources Tab of the Administration Page

Overview

Use this detail window to choose user settings such as calendar, overtime factor, resource currency, and P6 Progress Reporter settings.

Screen Elements

General section

Calendar field

The name of the calendar selected for the resource.

Calculate Costs from Units option

Determines whether by default any new assignments for this resource will have its costs recalculated whenever any quantity changes occur.

Auto Compute Actuals option

Determines whether the activity actual and remaining units, and start and finish dates for the resource are calculated automatically using the planned dates, planned units, and the activity's schedule percent complete.

If this option is selected, the actual/remaining units and actual dates are automatically updated when project actuals are applied. This assumes that all work by the resource proceeds according to plan.

Note: This option is not available if the Uses Timesheets option is selected.

Overtime Allowed option

Determines whether the resource is allowed to log overtime hours.

Default Units/Time field

The default units/time for resource assignments in projects, which is shown as either a percentage or units/duration depending on your settings in My Preferences.

If you change the default setting, existing resource assignments are not affected. The default setting only applies to new resource assignments.

Currency field

The preferred currency for viewing monetary values.

For example, US Dollars or Japanese Yen.

Overtime Factor field

The overtime factor used to compute the overtime price for the resource. The default overtime factor is 1.5.

Calculated as Standard Price multiplied by Overtime Factor.

Team Member section

User Login field

The login name for the timesheet user login.

Timesheet Approval Manager field

The resource manager assigned to approve timesheets for the resource.

Uses Timesheets option

Determines whether the labor resource uses timesheets to record hours for assigned activities.

This option is not available if the Auto Compute Actuals option is selected.

Getting Here

Click Resources.
On the Resources navigation bar, click Administration.
On the Administration page, click the Resources tab.
On the Resources tab, click the Settings detail window.

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