Understanding the Unassigned Resources Pool

Resource pools are required for PeopleSoft Resource Management resources, and there must always be an active pool in the system. The system uses the Unassigned Pool (pool ID 0000000001), which is delivered with PeopleSoft Resource Management, as the default pool when creating a Resource Management resource.

You can modify the pool name, description, and pool manager, based on your security role, to make the pool more meaningful to the organization.

These are important guidelines for using the Unassigned Pool:

• The Unassigned Pool must always be at the most outdented level (level 1) of the pool hierarchy.

• You can add child pools to the Unassigned Pool.

• You can not modify the status of the Unassigned Pool because it must remain active to support the default pool functionality.

• You can not add named resources to the Unassigned Pool by using the Pool Resources - Manage Pool Resources page.

• When named resources are removed from any other pool, the system automatically adds them to the Unassigned Pool because each resource must always belong to a pool in PeopleSoft Resource Management.