Scheduling using percentages for a resource in a project

Hi TDX!

We are trying to enter in schedules for a resource on projects using percentages, but when I do so, it converts it to a different percentage. For example, when I enter in 30 into the Edit Schedule field, it converted it to 80% (30 hours out of 37.5) rather than leave it at 30% and resulted in negative availability. What am I missing? We'd like to use percentages rather than hours to manage schedules. 

Thanks,

Alyx

Asked by Alyx Lyons on Wed 5/18/22 8:09 AM Last edited Thu 5/19/22 8:39 AM
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Mark Sayers Wed 5/18/22 10:17 AM

Hello Alex,

Do you happen to be able to take a screen recording/video of this happening so it can better be reviewed? Be sure to fully show what page you are on and where you are clicking/entering content so we can see the issue completely.

Sincerely,
Mark Sayers
Sr Support Consultant, CS

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Hi Mark,
I've attached a document with screen shots of the steps I used to enter in percentage for resource. The number I enter for the percentage is treated as hours, which is then converted to the percentage of hours of available time.
Thanks,
Alyx
- Alyx Lyons Thu 5/19/22 8:41 AM
I noticed in your screen shot, when you enter 30 the % sign is missing. Can you make sure that is included in the field when you try to save 30 % and see if that changes the behavior? - Mark Sayers Thu 5/19/22 9:12 AM
Well that's a big "duh"! Solved the problem. Just didn't occur to us that we have to put the % sign in. We had tried 0.30. Thanks! - Alyx Lyons Tue 5/24/22 10:09 AM
You're very welcome! - Mark Sayers Wed 5/25/22 9:07 AM