Using the Resource Graph

     

The Resource Graph is a view on its own, but it's best used as the lower pane of a combination view. It shows a bar chart of the allocation of the resources selected in the upper pane, or of the resources assigned to a task that's selected in the upper pane. This makes gauging the extent of a resource's overallocation easier.

Displaying the Resource Graph

graphics/one_icon.jpg Click View, Task Usage.

graphics/two_icon.jpg Click Window, Split to show the lower pane.

graphics/three_icon.jpg The lower pane appears with the Task Form.

graphics/four_icon.jpg Click somewhere in the Task Form.

graphics/five_icon.jpg Click View, Resource Graph to show the Resource Graph.

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graphics/one_icon.jpg The name shown is the name of the first resource assigned to the selected task.

graphics/two_icon.jpg The black line shows the Max Units value of the resource.

graphics/three_icon.jpg Red sections show the amount of the overallocation.

graphics/four_icon.jpg Scroll to the right using the scrollbar below the key to view the graph for the next resource assigned to the selected task.

graphics/five_icon.jpg You can now see Sean's graph.

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Changing the Graphed Field

graphics/one_icon.jpg Right-click anywhere in the Resource Graph to show the context menu.

graphics/two_icon.jpg The graph defaults to Peak Units.

graphics/three_icon.jpg Choose the desired field to graph. For this example, we will pick Overallocation.

graphics/four_icon.jpg Notice that the graph only shows bars for time periods in which the resource has an overallocation.

graphics/five_icon.jpg The bar shows the number of hours over the Max Units value the resource is for the time period.

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Show Me. Microsoft Office Project 2003
Show Me Microsoft Office Project 2003
ISBN: 0789730693
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 204

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