Resource group

Introduction

You can use resource groups to set up a group of employees that can work on a project’s tasks without being allocated to individual tasks for a specific number of hours. If the project is set up for time registration for members of the resource group, the chosen employees will automatically be allocated to all of the project's tasks. If the project is set up for time registration for allocated employees, the individual employees will be allocated directly to each task.

Description

Set a resource group for a project

• Open the desired project and click on the RESOURCE GROUP tab.
• Click Add resources to choose the desired employees.
• Choose the Employee type to search for employees. Use the Search field to search for employees to add to the resource group. The search creates a running list of the employees that match the search criteria as you type, and the list only contains employees that are not already a member of the resource group.
• You can search by first name, surname, initials (user name), department or employee type, and the employee’s workload in the project period is shown.
• Tick the employees to add to the resource group. Edit the employee’s Hourly rate in the project, if needed, and click Add to add the employee to the project’s resource group.
• Click Cancel to close the search section.

Deactivate resource group members

Resource group members who no longer need to be attached to a project can be removed, deactivated, or reactivated.

• Choose View Inactive resources to include these in the listing.
• Tick the employee(s) that are having access to the project changed.
• Choose the desired action in the choice list, click OK to the right and confirm with OK in the pop-up window.

Activate resource group members

Select hourly rate for resource group members

If you have just one contract on your project, you can easily select the hourly rate that should apply to your employees.

If you have more than one contract and the hourly rates don't have the same amounts, but the same names, you see the hourly rates listed as Mixed. If you select one of these, the price is decided based on the hourly rates available on the specific contracts. If they have the same amount, you will see the price in the drop down too.

Most users only have one contract on their projects, so you'll only see this, if you run a more detailed contract setup.