Overview of the Utilization report
The Utilization report allows you to view the progress, cost, or revenue of a project, program, or portfolio in a single report. You can also compare revenue against cost.
You can view the Utilization report in the Resourcing area to display utilization across multiple projects, or you can view it at the level of one project, to display utilization for the individual resources (job roles and users) associated with that project.
For information about accessing and using the Utilization report, see the Track progress, cost, and revenue with the Utilization report section in this article.
Track hours (progress)
You can track progress by viewing how the budgeted and planned hours compare to the actual hours.
When tracking the progress of a project, program, or portfolio, progress against both tasks and issues is included in the Utilization report.
The following information is available in the Utilization report when tracking Hours:
Column Title When Viewing Hours | Function |
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Budgeted Hours |
The total budgeted hours on the included projects. You can view the total budgeted hours for the overall life of the included projects, or you can view total budgeted hours only for the specified date range (you can specify an individual week or month). Budgeted Hours are populated from information available in the Resource Budgeting area of the Business Case or the Resource Planner . Budgeted Hours appear on the Utilization report in any of the following rows:
For more information about budgeted hours, see Locate the Budgeted Hours of a project in Understand Budgeted Labor Cost and Budgeted Hours for projects. |
Planned Hours |
The Planned Hours on the included projects that are associated with the assignments on each task and issue. You can view the total planned hours of all assignments on the project for the overall life of the included projects, or you can view total planned hours only for the specified date range (you can specify an individual week or month). TIP The planned hours from items that have a Duration of 0 are not taken into account. Planned Hours in the Utilization report take into consideration whether the Planned Hours have been re-allocated across the duration of a task or issue. When the user daily allocation for hours has been modified using the Workload Balancer, the data in the Utilization report can be affected if the dates selected in the Utilization report contain only a portion of a task's or issue's Duration. For information about modifying allocations for users, see Manage user allocations in the Workload Balancer. Planned Hours appear on the Utilization report in any of the following rows:
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Actual Hours |
The total hours logged on the tasks, issues, and on the project for the included projects. You can view the total actual hours for the overall life of the included projects, or you can view the total actual hours only for the specified date range (you can specify an individual week or month). Warning: The utilization report includes hours logged to the project, children tasks, issues, and parent tasks that have at least one assignment. It does not include hours logged to parent tasks without assignments. We recommend that you do not use parent tasks as working tasks and assign only children tasks to your resources. Actual Hours appear on the utilization report in any of the following rows:
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Budgeted Variance (for Hours) |
The total budgeted hours minus the total actual hours on the included projects. You can view the total budgeted variance for the overall life of the included projects, or you can view the total budgeted variance only for the specified date range (you can specify an individual week or month). If the value is positive, it is displayed in green. This indicates that the total budgeted hours are greater than the actual hours. If the value is negative, it is displayed in red. This indicates that the total budgeted hours are less than the actual hours.
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Planned Variance (for Hours) |
The total planned hours minus the total actual hours on the included projects. You can view the total planned variance for the overall life of the included projects, or you can view the total planned variance only for the specified date range (you can specify an individual week or month). If the value is positive, it is displayed in green. This indicates that the total planned hours are greater than the actual hours. If the value is negative, it is displayed in red. This indicates that the total planned hours are less than the actual hours. |