Planned Utilization by Resource
This report displays the following for each resource:
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Customer:Project
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Planned Time
Total number of hours planned for each project.
Note:Planned time entries are generated when a project task is saved for a project with the Create Planned Time Entries box checked on the Preferences subtab. NetSuite creates planned time entries for resources based on estimated work on each project task.
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Available hours
Total expected working time as determined from the work calendar.
Calculated as [Working days * Hours per working day.]
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Utilization
The percentage of planned utilization for project resources
Calculated using Planned Time and Available Time.
To view the Planned Utilization by Resource report, go to Reports > Time & Billables > Planned Utilization by Resource.
This report is available only if you use Project Management.
The link for Utilization by Employee Summary (deprecated) and Utilization by Employee also remain under this heading, but these new reports are recommended.
When you click Planned Utilization by Resource, a message appears indicating that your report is loading. The status bar indicates the progress as your report loads. You can click Cancel Report to stop the report from loading.
If you use NetSuite OneWorld, you can choose the subsidiary data to be displayed in this report by selecting from the Subsidiary Context dropdown in the results page footer. See Subsidiary Context for Reports. If you want to customize this report to add labor cost, OneWorld accounts must use the Project Resource > Labor Cost definition in order for the correct currency to display in the customized report.
This report does not support reporting by period even when the Report by Period preference is set to All Reports. The Report by Period preference can be configured at Home > Set Preferences, the Analytics subtab.