Allocation and ETC are two different things. Most users get the two mixed up or at least think they work together.
Allocation is the percentage of a resource's "availability".
ETC is the amount of effort a resource is assigned to work on task(s) and also the time frame of the task. For example the Resource Manager has told you Mike is available 50% in August. If Mike is available 160 hours for the month of August your allocation of 50% would be 80 hours.You could assign Mike to work on tasks up to 80 hours for the month of August.
The other important word is "available" Mike may be assigned to other work/projects which changes the hours available.
Why does your system change the end date?
Check your team's end date. If the Team's last day of allocation is July 5 then you can't have a task past July 5 because you have no one allocated to work on your project after July 5.
Original Message:
Sent: 07-08-2019 12:58 PM
From: Akshay Sainath Iyer
Subject: ETC's
Since you are just starting with resource management, you may want to check a webcast we did a few months ago.
CA PPM Resource Management - July 26, 2018YouTube | remove preview |
| CA PPM Resource Management - July 26, 2018 | Resource Management Keeping track of all your resources isn't easy. Knowing what they are currently working on, or how much time they actually spend on a specific project is close to impossible. Instead of drowning in an avalanche of Microsoft Excel sheets, map your organization in CA PPM based on skills, geography, team availability. | View this on YouTube > |
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Clarity PPM Documentation Team
Original Message:
Sent: 07-08-2019 11:55 AM
From: Linda Grant
Subject: ETC's
We recently started using Resource Management in the new UI and continue to learn the ins and outs.
Our latest issue is changing Allocations on a project. We have two projects where the project manager needs to add allocations to the team, however when he adds the allocations there are no ETC's generated based on the Allocations. When do ETC's appear?
Because there are not ETC's he cannot change the end date of the task to be the new task date. Why could this be happening?
When he changes the end date of the task, the system automatically puts it back to the July 5.
Any help is appreciated!