Overview of fields visible in the User View of the Resource Planner

Refer to the following tables for understanding the information displayed in the User view of the Resource Planner. The information displays in Hours or FTE values.

The AVL (Available) column

Displayed ByDescription
UserThe total of Available Hours or FTE for the user according to their schedule.
ProjectThis information is not available for the Project when applying the User view to the Resource Planner.
RoleThe total of Available Hours or FTE for the role according to the schedule of the user and the Percentage of FTE Availability of the role.
Task or IssueThis information is not available for the Task or Issue.

For more information about how user and role availability is calculated based on the schedule of the user and the Percentage of FTE Availability of the role, see Overview of calculating hours and FTE for users and roles in the Resource Planner.

The PLN (Planned) column

Displayed ByDescription
User

The total of Planned Hours or FTE from all the tasks or issues assigned to the user on all the projects.

This includes tasks and issues that are assigned to the user but not associated with any job role and tasks or issues that are not on projects that you have access to Manage.

When the user allocation for hours has been modified using the Workload Balancer, the data in the Resource Planner can be affected if the dates selected contain only a portion of a task or issue. For information about modifying allocations for users, see Manage user allocations in the Workload Balancer .

Project

The total of Planned Hours or FTE from all the tasks and issues assigned to a specific user on the project.

Note: This does not include the Planned Hours or FTE from tasks or issues that are not assigned to any users.

Role

The total of Planned Hours or FTE from all the tasks and issues assigned to the user in this role on the project.

Note: This does not include the Planned Hours or FTE from tasks or issues that are assigned to this role but not to this user in this role.

Task or IssueThe Planned Hours or FTE associated with the task or the issue on the project.

Consider the following when viewing Planned Hours:

  • Planned Hours are equally distributed to each day within the Duration of tasks and issues , for each resource assigned to them. The task or issue Duration is based on their Planned Start and Completion Dates and includes every calendar day within that period of time.
    Workfront takes into account the schedule of the user or of the project when distributing Planned Hours to users or projects. In this case, Planned Hours are equally distributed to each day within the Duration of tasks or issues excluding weekends, time-off days, and schedule exceptions.

    If you display the Resource Planner by Week, for example, and you have tasks that span multiple weeks on projects, the number of Planned Hours per week depends on how many days within that week are part of the task Duration. This works similarly when displaying the Resource Planner by Month or Quarter and when tasks span multiple months or quarters.
    Weekend days, schedule exceptions, and time-off days are excluded from this distribution.

  • The following categories of tasks are included in calculating the Planned Hours for each resource:

    • tasks assigned to users in Resource Pools, job roles, or teams on the project.

      TIP
      If tasks are assigned to teams, their allocation will appear under No Role and No User sections. You can see the Planned Hours associated with teams, but you cannot budget the hours, because no roles nor users are associated with the tasks.
  • Planned Hours in the Resource Planner do not include Planned Hours associated with the following:

    • parent tasks
    • unassigned tasks
    • issues, when the Include hours from Issues setting is disabled.
  • Planned Hours do not display in the Resource Planner if the task or issue Duration is zero.

  • Planned Hours associated with deactivated users do not display.

For more information about Planned Hours and FTE in the Resource Planner, see Overview of hours, FTE, and cost information in the Project and Role views of the Resource Planner.

The ACT (Actual) column

Displayed ByDescription
User

The time logged by the user on all the tasks or issues assigned to them.

This includes the following:

  • Tasks and issues that are assigned to the user but not associated with any job role.
  • Tasks and issues that are not on projects for which you have access to Manage.

This includes the time logged on the project only when the user is assigned to tasks or issues on that project.

Project

The time logged by the user on all the tasks and issues assigned to them on the project.

This includes any time that they logged directly on the project.

This does not include the following:

  • Time logged on tasks and issues that are not assigned to any users.

  • Time logged on parent tasks.

Role

The time logged on all the tasks or issues assigned to the user in this role.

This does not include the following:

  • Time logged on tasks and issues assigned to this role but not to this user in this role.
  • Time logged directly on the project or parent tasks.
Task or IssueThe time logged on tasks and issues by the user who is also assigned to them.
IMPORTANT
The time logged displays in the timeframe corresponding to the Entry Date of the hour entry, regardless of the timeframe of the task, issue, or project where the hours are logged.

For more information about Actual Hours, see View Actual Hours.

The DIF (Difference) column

Displayed ByDescription
User

The difference between the Available and Planned Hours or FTE of the user.

The Hour or FTE difference is calculated using the following formula:

User Hour or FTE Difference = User Available Hours or FTE - User Planned Hours or FTE

Note: If the value displays in negative red numbers, the user is overallocated.

ProjectThis information is not available for the Project.
Role

The difference between the Available and Planned Hours or FTE of the job role.

The Hour or FTE difference is calculated using the following formula:

Role Hour or FTE Difference = Role Available Hours or FTE - Role Planned Hours or FTE

Note: If the value is displayed in negative red numbers, the role is overallocated.

Task or IssueThis information is not available for the Task, Issue, or Project.

The % (Planned Hours Allocation Percentage) column

Displayed ByDescription
User

The allocation of the Planned Hours or FTE as a percentage of the Available Hours. The percentage of the Planned Hours Allocation is calculated using the following formula:

User Planned Hours Allocation Percentage = (User Planned Hours/ User Available Hours) * 100

The same calculation is used for FTE values.

ProjectThis information is not available for the Project when applying the View by User view to the Resource Planner.
Role

The allocation of the Planned Hours or FTE as a percentage of the Available Hours.

The percentage of the Planned Hours Allocation is calculated using the following formula:

Role Planned Hours Allocation Percentage = (Role Planned Hours/ Role Available Hours) * 100

The same calculation is used for FTE values.

Task or IssueThis information is not available for the Task, Issue, or Project.

If the value of the Planned Hours or FTE is zero, the Percentage Allocation is 0%. If the value of the Available Hours or FTE is zero, the Percentage Allocation cannot be calculated.

For more information about Planned Hours and FTE and how they are displayed in the Resource Planner, see Budget resources in the Resource Planner using the Project and Role views.

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