Resolution for Project
Server 2002, 2003, and 2007 Users
The Project Server administrator must complete the
following steps:
1. Launch Microsoft
Project Professional and log into Project Server with administrator permissions.
2. Click Tools -
Enterprise Options - Open Enterprise Resource Pool.
3. Select all of
the resources in the pool and then open the Enterprise Resource Pool for
editing.
4. Double-click the name
of a resource and then click the Costs tab in the Resource Information dialog.
Project Server allows you to specify up to 5 cost
rates for each resource in the Enterprise Resource Pool. Cost Rate Table A
contains the default Cost used each time you assign a resource to a task.
5. Select Cost Rate
Table B, C, D, or E.
6. Enter the alternate
Cost rate for the selected resource.
7. Select other Cost
Rate Tables and enter additional alternate Cost rates.
8. Click the OK button.
9. Repeat steps #4-8 for
every resource in the Enterprise Resource Pool.
10. Save and close the Enterprise Resource Pool.
After the Project Server
administrator completes the above steps, project managers can select the Cost
Rate used for resource assignments in a project by completing the following
steps:
1. Launch Microsoft
Project Professional and log into Project Server.
2. Open a project.
3. Apply the Gantt Chart
view and assign resources to all tasks using your method of choice.
NOTE: When you initially assign a resource to a task, the system
applies the Cost rate on Cost Rate Table A.
4. Apply the Task Usage
view.
5. Right-click on the
Work column header and select Insert Column from the shortcut menu
6. Select the Cost Rate
Table field, set the Align Data field to Center, and then click the Best Fit
button
7. For each resource
assignment in the project, select a value in the Cost Rate Table column
Note: When
you select an alternate Cost Rate Table for an assignment, Microsoft Project
Professional costs the assignment according to the values you entered for the
resource on the selected Cost Rate Table.
Resolution for Microsoft
Project Desktop Application Users
To use alternate cost rates for resources, the project
manager must complete the following steps:
1. Open the project in question.
2. Click View - Resource
Sheet.
3. Double-click the name
of a resource and then click the Costs tab in the Resource Information dialog.
Microsoft Project allows users to specify up to 5 cost
rates for each resource in the project. Cost Rate Table A contains the default
Cost used each time you assign a resource to a task.
4. Select Cost Rate
Table B, C, D, or E.
5. Enter the alternate
Cost rate for the selected resource.
6. Select other Cost
Rate Tables and enter additional alternate Cost rates.
7. Click the OK button.
8. Repeat steps #4-8 for
every resource in the project.
After completing the above
steps, the project manager can select the Cost Rate used for resource
assignments in a project by completing the following steps:
1. Apply the Gantt Chart view.
2. Assign resources to all tasks.
3. Apply the Task Usage view.
4. Right-click on the
Work column header and select Insert Column from the shortcut menu.
5. Select the Cost Rate
Table field, set the Align Data field to Center, and then click the Best Fit
button.
6. For each resource
assignment in the project, select a value in the Cost Rate Table column.
Note: When
you select an alternate Cost Rate Table for an assignment, Microsoft Project
Professional costs the assignment according to the values you entered for the
resource on the selected Cost Rate Table.