Defining Resource Curves
Define resource curves to specify how you want resource units or costs spread over the duration of an activity. There are twelve default resource curves defined in the application. You can add a new curve, which is based on the default linear curve, or copy and modify one of the default resource curves or an existing Global curve to create a custom global resource curve.
To define a custom resource curve:
- Click the
Resources menu and select Enterprise Resource Data, or click the Administer menu and select Enterprise Data. - In the Enterprise Data pane, expand Resources and click Resource Curves.
- On the Resource Curves page, you can copy an existing curve to use as a base for defining a new curve or add a new curve. The new curve defaults to a linear curve.
- To copy an existing curve:
- In the Name field, expand the Default group, or the Global group if you have an existing resource curve to use, and select an existing curve to copy the curve value percentages.
- Click
Copy (Ctrl+C). - Click the Global field and click
Paste (Ctrl+V).
- To add a new curve, click
Add (Insert).
- On the Resource Curves page, in the Name field under the Global group, double-click and type a name for the resource curve.
- On the Curves detail window:
- Edit the curve value percentages to create a curve that indicates how your costs/units should distribute over time. Curves are defined by 21 points (at 5% intervals from 0 to 100).
- Click
Prorate to make the total of the distribution values equal to 100% while maintaining the shape you specified.
- On the Resource Curves page, click
Save (Ctrl+S).
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