Availability Calculation (v8.xx)

Availability Calculation (v8.xx)

Simple and graphical views are available, displaying resource availability by criteria such as type,


skills, department etc. A simple search tool allows for resource availability searches based on a variety of different criteria. "Availability" documents display workload and capacity for each resource. The calculation that generates these documents considers all of a resource’s assignments, unavailability and public holidays. This calculation is normally computed by a scheduled agent.


To ensure that availability is calculated, it is mandatory that the resource availability option be enabled in the "Availability" section of the Resource document.



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