Each Activity has one or more resource requirements, also referred to as resources. Each resource requirement is associated with a resource class.
The resources tab displays how resources are used in your schedule, and how these resources are used over the duration of your project.
Just like with the Schedule tab, from the top of the Resources tab you can:
Select Scenarios to expand and collapse the available scenarios.
Quickly sort existing scenarios, create new scenarios based on the original schedule data imported when the playground was created, and duplicate, delete or edit details about the selected scenarios.
The Scenarios panel can be pinned to keep it visible when switching between the Schedule and Resources tabs.
Use the search to view specific Resources in your schedule, such as Animation or Compositing.
The Customize option allows you to customize the information displayed about the overview graph, detail graph and resource table.
The overview graph is displayed at the top of the Resources tab. It is a visual representation of your resourcing needs over time, as reflected by your schedule.
You can choose to display the resources overview graph in one of three ways:
Each graph type, stacked, stream, and list, can be displayed in three different ways:
Ideal Usage is the theoretical ideal utilization of a particular resource class.
For example, it might be ideal to have a static number of artists over the course of a project. Flow Generative Scheduling will attempt to achieve the Ideal Usage for a resource class, but this is not always possible to do while respecting the constraints that have been specified for the schedule.
Planned Usage is the actual utilization of a particular resource class.
For example, while the ideal utilization of a resource class might be a static number, reality will usually differ and there will be variations in the planned usage of a resource class over the course of a schedule.
Choose whether you want the overview graph to display planned or ideal usage.
You can choose to show or hide non-working days on the overview graph.
Work schedules and exceptions in Flow Production Tracking are used to determine non-working days in Flow Generative Scheduling.
For example, if Wednesday is set to a non-working day in Flow Production Tracking, then Wednesday will also be a non-working day in Flow Generative Scheduling.
Work schedules and exceptions at the Project level are also reflected in Flow Generative Scheduling.
In the example above, Saturday and Sunday are non-working days and are reflected on the overview graph.
With a resource class selected from the overview graph, the detail graph displays information about the resource requirements of a single resource class.
Unlike the overview graph, the detail graph's only type is a simple area graph, however it can be displayed in one of three ways:
Just like with the overview graph, you can choose to show or hide non-working days on the detail graph by toggling them on and off.
The resource table displays beneath the overview graph when no particular resource class has been selected.
The table can display information about each resource class, including total resources, total tasks, and the planned start and finish for that resource class. Which fields are displayed can be toggled on and off from the column display menu.
Select the dots to the right of the column name to drag the fields up or down to change the order in which the columns are displayed.
The visible fields in the resource table can also be toggled on and off from the Table settings menu in the top right-hand corner of the resource table.
There are several ways to set the displayed calendar range for your scenario.
Use the calendar picker to choose a start and end date across which to see your resource utilization.
If you specify a date that is outside the current date range of the Gantt chart, you may lose sight of your resources. Click Reset to zoom out and frame the Gantt chart so that it displays your entire schedule.
Use the zoom in and out icons to narrow in on or expand on the dates on display.
Zoom into a date range with the draw zoom area tool.
Drag either end of the timeline selection to narrow in on or expand on the dates on display.
The overview graph is displayed at the top of the Resources tab. The overview graph shows how different resources classes are used over the course of a schedule.
Beneath the overview graph, details about resources are displayed in the resource table.
Clicking a resource class in the overview graph or resource table displays it in the resources detail panel.
To the left, the detail graph displays resource utilization over time. Planned usage and ideal usage are both visible.
Beneath the resource class detail graph, the resource class summary displays information about the selected resource class, including:
To the right, the details panel allows you to edit and view more information about Activities that area part of the resource class on display.
From the Edit tab, you can:
From the Task list tab, you can:
