Availability MOD009AE5

Access path

• PM Administration Master Data Resources Availability
• Resource Data Sheet Display availability button Availability

Information

• In the Availability module, different planning factors of the resources, like e.g. availability, utilization, absence, are displayed per period and can be edited or looked at depending on the factor.
• All period records from the planning horizon of the resource are displayed, i.e. those which lie between the start and end period.

Edit values of the planning factors per period

• The values of the Unit/period (availability) parameter, Available capacity, Basic load (factor value 3), Factor value 4, and Factor value 5 are copied uniformly from the resource master data (Resource Data Sheet) for all periods. They can be changed per period record directly in the respective fields (except the available capacity).
  • The Available capacity cannot be changed directly as it is calculated. For this purpose, the entries or changes to values in the influence factor fields (Vacation, Absence, Period factor 3, Period factor 4, Period factor 5) and in the Factor amount/period field.
• The value of the Work checkbox is copied from the stored resource calendar upon creation. In the Availability module, the checkbox cannot be activated or deactivated directly. In order to define a day as a non-working day, you have to empty the Unit/period and Factor amount/period parameters and save these changes. If this is done, the Available capacity without child resources and Available capacity fields are emptied automatically if they contain values.
• The values for absence and vacation are copied from the Absence module but can also be changed or newly created in the Availability module by making a selection in the Absence type listbox.
• The utilization values like Utilization (without child resources) or % utilization (without child resources) are copied from the resource planning and cannot be changed here.