Allocation Group Properties dialog - Consumables tab
You use the Consumables tab of the Allocation Group Properties dialog to maintain the default allocation settings of all consumable resources within the selected allocation group.
Any changes you make on this tab are applied to all the consumable resources within the selected allocation group. However, if you assign the consumable resources individually (not as part of an allocation group), their own default allocation settings still apply. Once you assign the selected allocation group to tasks, you can edit the allocation information for each specific allocation.
How to access the Allocation Group Properties dialog
To access the Allocation Group Properties dialog, right-click an allocation group in Library Explorer or the project view and select Properties.
Explanation of the fields on the dialog
| Field | Description |
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| Modelling type |
Select the default modelling type for allocations of the consumable resources within the allocation group.
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| Quantity | Enter the default quantity to allocate. This field is disabled if Quantity is the Calculated parameter or if you are using the Quantity From Task modelling method. |
| Task conversion factor | Enter the default factor by which the task work should be multiplied when using the Quantity From Task or Quantity On Allocation modelling method. For example, if 1 unit of task work requires 5 units of a resource, the factor would be 5. |
| Rate type | Specify whether the Consumption rate is calculated as time units per unit (for example hours per carpet tile) or units per time unit (for example carpet tiles per hour). |
| Consumption rate | Enter the default amount of time (for example 1 hour per circuit board) or the amount of resource (for example 1 circuit board per hour). This field is disabled if Rate is the Calculated parameter. |
| Duration | Specify the default duration over which allocations of the resources are consumed. This field is disabled if Duration is the Calculated parameter. |
| Delay | Specify any delay to apply by default to allocations of the resources. For example, you may not want paint to be consumed until 2 days after the start of tasks. |
| Calculated | Specify whether you want Asta Powerproject to calculate the duration, quantity or rate of allocations by default. The field that relates to the option you select in this field is disabled on the dialog. |
| Balancing | Specify whether you want Asta Powerproject to adjust the quantity or rate by default when you resize allocations by dragging in the bar chart. Select None to fix the allocations and prevent them from changing. |
| Use task calendar |
Select this check box to specify that allocations of the resources should use the calendars of the tasks to which they are assigned, or clear the check box to apply the resources' calendars to the allocations.
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| Consumed |
Select this check box to specify that allocations of the resources are consumed by tasks, or clear the check box to specify that they are supplied to tasks.
Consumable resources are normally consumed by the task to which they are assigned, but they can be supplied. For example, a consumable resource of Bricks would be consumed, or used, by a Bricklaying task. A consumable resource of Cables would be supplied to a Cable Delivery task. |
| Allocate proportionally | Select this check box to specify that allocations of the resources should be calculated to be the same duration as the tasks to which they are assigned, or clear the check box to determine the allocations' duration using resource modelling information. |
| Accounted for elsewhere | Select this check box to exclude the allocations' completed costs from any task cost calculations, including roll-up costs on parent tasks, or clear the check box to include the costs in such calculations. |
How do I...
... maintain the default allocation settings of the consumable resources within the selected allocation group?
Use the fields on the dialog to make your selections.