What's an unplanned resource?

A resource that has actual costs, but a task assignment wasn't previously created.

When you update project performance data, actual costs are mapped to resources on the primary planning resource breakdown structure. If no task assignment exists for a planning resource with actual costs, then the application creates a new assignment and marks it as unplanned. Unplanned resources and associated actual costs are displayed when you capture progress. However, you can't enter progress information, including estimate-to-complete quantity or estimated and actual dates for unplanned resources.

Unplanned resources may appear on the project plan for various reasons, including the following:

• Transactions incorrectly charged to a project or task

• Mismatch between the planned resource and the resource actually used on the task

• The Set unplanned assignments as planned assignments check box under the Plan Settings tab in the Manage Project Plan Types page isn't selected.

You can designate an unplanned resource as a planned resource. However, you can't undo this change.