Resource costs

You can use the Resource costs page to set an hourly cost to be applied whenever a specific resource is involved in the process. You can also define a default value to be applied to all resources.

The resource cost varies over time. On the Resource costs page, you can define the date until which the specified cost must be considered for the resource.

On the Resource cost page, you can perform the following tasks:

Adding a resource cost

  1. Open a project.

  2. Go to Data & Settings > Cost Settings > Resource costs.

  3. Click Add resource cost.

  4. In the Add resource cost dialog, do the following steps:

    a. In the Resource field, select the resource for which you want to add the cost.

    b. In the Hourly cost field, add the hourly cost of the selected resource.

    c. In the Type field, select the type as Automatic, Manual, or Any.

    d. In the End date field, define the date until which the specified cost must be applied to the resource (the resource cost might vary over time).

  5. Click Add and apply your changes.

Editing a resource cost

  1. Open a project.
  2. Go to Data & Settings > Cost Settings > Resource costs.
  3. Click Edit next to the resource cost that you want to edit.
  4. In the Edit resource cost dialog, update the values.

In the Edit resource cost dialog, you can update only the Hourly cost and End Date. You cannot change the resource.

  1. Save and apply your changes.

Defining a default cost value for all resources

  1. Open a project.

  2. Go to Data & Settings > Cost Settings > Resource costs.

  3. Click Edit next to the default resource cost.

  4. In the Edit resource cost dialog, do the following steps:

    a. In the Hourly cost field, add the value.

    b. In the Type field, select the type as Automatic, Manual, or Any.

  5. Save and apply your changes.

Deleting a resource cost

  1. Open a project.
  2. Go to Data & Settings > Cost Settings > Resource costs.
  3. Click Delete next to the resource cost that you want to delete.
  4. Confirm that you want to delete this resource cost.
  5. Save and apply your changes.