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Use the General page of the Resource Details tab to specify general resource information such as ID, name, title, parent resource, type, and contact information.

Field Definitions

Resource ID
Short name which uniquely identifies a resource, such as ENG (for Engineering Department).
Resource Name
The full name of the resource, such as Engineering Department.
Title
A job title for the resource, such as Senior Engineer.
Employee ID
Displays a company's internal ID number for the employee or social security number.
Parent Resource
Lists a resource categorized at a higher level than the current resource, in a resource hierarchy. For example, Dave Smith and many other resources are part of the Engineering resources for a project; Engineering is the parent resource.
Resource Type
Labor indicates that the selected resource performs labor, measured in units of time; Nonlabor indicates that the resource is a nonlabor resource, such as equipment, measured in units of time; Material indicates that the resource has a unit of measure other than time. You can select a unit of measure for the material resource.
Active
A marked checkbox indicates that the resource is available for assignment; a cleared checkbox indicates that the resource is unavailable or inactive.
E-Mail
The resource's e-mail address.
Send an e-mail
Click to send an e-mail to the address displayed in the E-Mail field.
Office Phone
A work telephone number for the resource.
Other Phone
A cell phone or home telephone number for the resource.
Save/Cancel
Click to save or cancel your changes.

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