Activity Resource Capacities

• Selected: The activity resource capacity rule is applied to the activity at the locations.
• Cleared: The activity resource capacity rule is not applied to the activity at the locations.

Tip: Whn you clear the Active check box, you make the activity resource capacity rule ineffective without deleting the rule.

The resource that represents the crew and equipment.

You can specify multiple resources. It is recommended that you assign only one resource to each activity. For medium-term and long-term scheduling, each resource usually represents a fleet of equipment and crews. For short-term scheduling, each individual machine and its crew are usually represented by a resource.

If you define multiple resources, the Capacity value is applied to each individual resource, not to the combined resources.

The activities to which the resource capacity rule applies.

Usually, the value for Activities is left as the wildcard to specify all activities because it is common for each resource to work on only one activity. However, if the same resource is capable of operating on more than one activity, and has a different capacity because of the different units of work for the different activities, you need to specify a resource capacity rule for each activity that the resource performs.

The maximum daily capacity of each resource for the specified activities.

Note: The units for the capacity are defined by the units of work defined for the activity that the resource is working on. You define units of work for each activity on the Location Properties pane of the Locations tab.

The date on which the activity resource capacity rule is applied.

You can use a calendar date or an event. The date or event plus the Delay determines the actual start date.

You use the Calendar button to select a date from a calendar. You use the Ellipsis button to select an event using the Event Builder.

The delay after the Date/event before the activity resource capacity rule is applied.

The default delay is 0. The delay can be any positive number.

Note: Part days are expressed as decimals, not in HH:MM:SS format.

Usually, delays are used when the Date/event is an event, and the actual date that the event occurs is not known until the schedule is run.