Activity Usage Overview

Tracking Resource Usage Video

The project Activities page provides a time-phased view of activity usage in your current schedule in the form of a histogram. The histogram can be configured to show the unit or cost data across the timeline of your project. The data in the activity usage histogram is an aggregated total from all activities.

The activity usage Not Stacked Histogram displays activity and earned value fields. In the settings, configure whether you want your histogram to show unit (Labor or Nonlabor) or cost (Labor, Nonlabor, Material, or Total) data. You can choose to display the actual, planned value, and earned value bars and curves using period values or total values. Fields that are displayed using period values will be spread according to the reporting periods in which the values were stored during store period performance.

The Not Stacked Histogram displays cumulative usage values in an S-curve style chart. The planned usage curve plots the progression of planned units or costs over time for all activities in the project. The actual curve tracks actuals up to the latest day they exist, typically the data date, using either total actuals or period values depending on settings. The remaining early, remaining late, and estimate to complete curves begin where the actual curve ends, indicating the remaining work to be performed. If the actual curve isn't plotted, then the remaining early, remaining late, and estimate to complete curves begin at 0.

When an activity has resource assignments, then the resource assignment's dates are used for the spreads and aggregations. When it doesn't have resource assignments, then the activity dates are used. The activity usage histogram uses the same timescale that's set for your Activities table.

Before viewing your activity usage chart, to get the latest spreads, you should first recalculate costs with the option to recalculate project usage spreads.

Note: The activity usage histogram is not available in programs.