Resources page allows creating, importing, editing, and managing resources. It is represented by a configurable table.
By default, the General info view is used, showing only the Resource name, Email, Resource Type, and Linked System columns. Azure AD View is also available.
Using the View selector in the upper left part of the screen, you can create a customized view and manually select the columns to display.
The list of your Resources can be filtered using the Filter field in the upper right part of the screen. Using this control item, you can also create filter presets. Active/Inactive filters are available for your convenience to quickly sort the resources by their status.
Five views are available on the Resources page: table, hours, percent, FTE, and chart (to review resource utilization).
You can review the Resources timeline by day, week, month, quarter, or year. You can also select the time period to review the information.
The Time Type can be selected as well: Planned, Capacity, Actual, and Availability.
Also, if you navigate to the needed period of the resource, you can review the detailed information for this resource for the selected period on the tooltips: Period, Resource capacity, Availability, the hours and projects that the resource is committed to, and proposed for, Overallocation.
To edit a Resource or delete it, click on the ellipsis button, and choose Edit or Delete from the drop-down menu.
Also, it is possible to activate/deactivate a resource.
Two statuses are available for resources: Active and Inactive. Only active resources can be assigned for tasks, key dates, risks, issues, etc. Inactive resources do not appear in the list of available resources when assigning them. However, if an active resource is assigned for tasks, as an example, all assignments will be preserved for this resource if it becomes inactive (the time allocated for this resource in the Project Plan section will also be preserved).
The status for resources can be changed per resource (or if the linked user is deactivated). Also, if you select several resources, the status can be changed in bulk as required for all of them.
To Bulk Edit or Bulk delete Resources, select the ones you need and click the Bulk Edit or Delete option as required.
Please note: It is not possible to delete a resource that is linked to any of the external systems PPM Express supports. If you would like to delete a resource that is linked to any of the external systems, it is required to unlink it first and then delete it. However, if the resource is used somewhere else in the system, for example in the Resource Plan project section, it will not be possible to delete it as well. It should be removed from the Resource Plan section first.
It is also possible to apply a default layout to several Resources at one go by selecting the required Resources and clicking the Apply Default Layout button. In this case, a default layout of the Resource dashboard will be applied to the selected Resources.
The Planning and Utilization button opens the Resource Utilization page where you can review the allocation per project (program or portfolio depending on the Resource Planning level selected for the tenant) for the selected resources.
Also, the drop-down menu opens PPM Express Power BI Reports for the selected Resource.
PPM Express provides more than 50 accurate and comprehensive Power BI reports with a graphical representation of PPM Express data.
To start using PPM Express Power BI Reports, please follow the steps described in the 'Power BI reports ' article.