Allocation fields
For each field listed below, the following information is given:
- Description - the information displayed by the field when added to the spreadsheet or to a text annotation.
- Parameters - any additional, optional parameters that you can use to modify the information that the field displays or the way in which the information is displayed.
- Editable? - whether the field is editable when displayed in a spreadsheet column. If a field is editable in the spreadsheet, you can change the data displayed in the column to edit the properties of the corresponding bar, task or allocation.
Accounted for elsewhere
Description | Whether an allocation's completed cost should be excluded from any task cost calculations, including roll-up costs on parent tasks, as its cost is not related to the parent task. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes |
Allocation
Description | The allocation, quantity or cost amount of a resource or cost allocation. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes |
Balancing param
Description |
The variable chosen as the balancing parameter for modelling resource allocations.
For more information, refer to Modelling resources. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | No |
Calculated param
Description |
The variable chosen as the calculated parameter for modelling resource allocations.
For more information, refer to Modelling resources. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | No |
Contributes to activity effort budget
Description |
Whether an allocation's effort contributes to the effort budget of the task; only applies to Effort on Allocation resource allocations where a task also has Effort Activity Budget allocations.
For more information, refer to Combining Effort on Allocation and Effort Activity Budget allocations. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes |
Delay
Description | The duration (if any) by which the start of an allocation is delayed after the start of the task. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes |
Ignore
Description | Whether an allocation is excluded from any project calculations. Ignored allocations do not set the start and finish dates or duration of the task to which they are assigned, and are excluded from roll-up values and histograms. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes |
May be shorter than task
Description |
Whether an allocation can be shorter than its task, or whether the allocation must be the same length of the task.
For more information, refer to Working with allocations that are shorter than the task. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes |
Modelling type
Description |
The method of resource modelling used by an allocation.
For more information, refer to Modelling resources. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | No |
Nonlinearity
Description |
The name of any resource curve that has been applied to an allocation; 'Profile' is displayed if an individual allocation profile is applied and 'None' is displayed if no resource curve or profile is applied.
For more information, refer to Working with nonlinear allocations and resource curves. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes |
Rate
Description | The work rate of a permanent resource allocation, the consumption/supply rate of a consumable resource allocation, or the rate of a time-based cost allocation. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes (time or work-based cost allocations only) |
Rate type
Description | Whether the rate of an allocation is calculated as time units per unit (eg 1 hour per item) or units per time unit (eg items per hour). |
Parameters |
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Editable? | No |
Use task calendar
Description |
Whether a resource allocation works to the calendar assigned to its task, rather than to the calendar assigned to its resource.
For more information, refer to When resources and tasks have different calendars. |
Parameters |
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Editable? | Yes |