Modifying availability in the Graphical Resources View application
You can modify the availability of resources in the graphical view of the Graphical Resources View application.
About this task
The reason codes that are displayed in the graphical view of the Graphical Resources View application are defined in the Domains application. You can add new reason codes as necessary in the RSNCODE domain.
The colors that are used in the graphical view are defined by system properties. For more information, see Graphical view customization.
Procedure
- In the toolbar of the graphical view, select the reason for modifying availability from the Reason Code menu.
- From the Availability Type menu, select the length of time that
you want to modify availability for. For example, you can modify availability for a full day, a
partial day, or a full week. If you select Partial, enter values in the Start Time and End Date fields in the Modify Availability window.
- To modify the availability of a single resource, double-click the date cell that
corresponds with the resource and the date that you want to modify availability for. To modify the availability of multiple resources, select the check boxes at the beginning of each resource row that you want to apply the modified availability to. In one of the selected rows, double-click the date cell that you want to modify availability on.The modified availability is show in the graphical view, and the changes are saved back to the person or crew record. If a resource has multiple modifications that are scheduled for the same day, an indicator appears in date cell. To see details about the modifications, right-click on the resource in the resource table and select Modify Person Availability. In the Modify Person Availability window, scroll to the Modify Work Dates table.