Resource Planning Fields

Depending on your settings, the following fields might appear on the page as table columns, spreadsheet rows, or in detail windows. Fields that are generic across the application, such as Name, may not be included here.

Date

Actual Finish

The Actual Finish displays the date on which a project is considered complete.

This value can be entered manually or can be imported.

Actual Start

The Actual Start indicates the date work on the project began.

This value can be entered manually or can be imported.

Actuals Effective Date

The month in which an actuals value was last added to the project.

Actuals Finish

The finish date for the project actuals.

Actuals Start

The start date for the project actuals.

Allocation Finish

The end date for the role allocation.

Allocation Start

The start date for the role allocation.

Data Date

The progress point, or "as-of date", for activities in the project. Project status is up-to-date as of the data date. You can set the data date when you schedule the project, or you can set it manually.

The data date is also used for updating the dates of scope assignments and work packages when they are not linked to activities.

Forecast Finish

The planned finish date of a project's remaining Forecast cost.

Forecast Start

The planned start date of a project's remaining Forecast cost.

Project Finish

The date on which all project work is complete.

This value can be entered manually or can be imported.

Project Planned Finish

The finish date for the time phased Planned Budget of the project.

Planned Budget cost spread will adjust when this date is changed.

Project Planned Start

The start date for the time phased Planned Budget of the project.

Planned Budget cost spread will adjust when this date is changed.

The Project Planned Start also represents the earliest date that activities can occur within a project schedule.

Project Start

The date on which work on the project starts.

This value can be entered manually or can be imported.

Proposed Role Allocation Finish

The finish date of the proposed role allocations.

Proposed Role Allocation Start

The start date of the proposed role allocations.

Role Committed Finish

The finish date of the allocation commitment.

Role Committed Start

The start date of the allocation commitment.

Role Demand Finish

The finish date for the demand.

Calculated as Start plus Total Demand.

Role Demand Start

The start date for the demand.

Schedule Must Finish By Date

The latest date on which the scheduled activities must be complete for a project.

Scheduled Finish Date

The calculated latest early finish date, which is based on the schedule most recently generated for the project.

Durations

Allocation Duration

The total duration of the role allocation.

Actual Duration

The Actual Duration represents the total working time between the project Actual Start and Actual Finish for a project.

This value can be imported. The Actual Duration field is not editable.

Committed Duration

The total duration of the commitment.

Role Demand Duration

The total expected duration of the demand.

Planned Duration

The duration between Project Planned Start and Project Planned Finish.

This value can be entered manually or can be imported.

Remaining Duration

The duration between the Project Start and Project Finish.

This value can be entered manually or can be imported.

Variance - Finish Date

The duration between the project's finish date and the baseline's finish date.

When the field value is generated through a P6 EPPM connection, then it represents the duration between the finish date in the current project and the baseline finish date.

This value can only be imported.

Variance - Start Date

The duration between the project's start date and the baseline's start date.

When the field value is generated through a P6 EPPM connection, then it represents the duration between the start date in the current project and the baseline start date.

This value can only be imported.

General

FTE - Allocation

The total allocated FTE for a single role.

Calculated as Total Allocation divided by Allocation Duration.

FTE - Committed

The total committed FTE for a single role.

Calculated as Total Committed divided by Role Committed Duration.

FTE - Role Demand

The total demand FTE. Calculated as total demand units divided by total demand duration.

Percentages

Evaluation Score

The quantitative score of a project based on the qualitative ranking of projects against different evaluation categories. This value is used by portfolio managers to prioritize projects.

Percent Complete

The estimated percentage of work that has been completed on the project. This value is entered by the user.

Units

Past Committed

The total units previously committed to a role.

Allocation Units

The total units allocated to a single role.

Committed Units

The total units committed to a single role.

Role Demand

The sum of the demand units entered for a single role.

Total Variance

The difference between the Total Allocation and the Total Demand.

Undistributed Allocation

The total allocated units which are not distributed into any time intervals.

Spreadsheet Rows

Role Allocation Units

The allocation units entered for a single role.

Role Allocation FTE

The allocation FTE entered for a single role.

Role Committed Units

The committed units entered for a single role.

Role Committed FTE

The committed FTE entered for a single role.

Demand

The demand units entered for a single role.

Demand (FTE)

The demand FTE entered for a single role.

Variance (Allocation - Demand)

The difference between the Allocation units and the Demand units for a single role.

Variance (Allocation - Demand) (FTE)

The difference between the Allocation FTE and the Demand FTE for a single role.

Role Availability Detail Window

Max Capacity

The maximum availability of a single role.

Surplus/Deficit

Calculated as Allocation minus Availability for a single role.

Availability

Calculated as Max Capacity minus Committed units for a single role.

Role Committed Units

The committed units entered for a single role.