Downtime

[nickc]

Posted something similar the other day, but I’ll reword it:

Is there a way to separate resources (personnel vs. machine) so I can
separately track the machine (downtime) from the personnel ? When the
machine is down, I need to keep track of the hours without deducting from the
duration. Ideally it would be nice if I could add downtime and see time on
task increase, almost like entering negative hours on task. This is on a
recurring weekly task, so when a week is missed due to downtime, that task is
lost, only to start over the next week.

 

[JulieS]

Hello Nickc,

I'm not sure I understand fully your need, but let me see if I can
help. You have task(s) with both human and machine resources
assigned. Does the human resource continue to work (expend effort
and cost money) on the task during the time the machine is "down"?
If you assign both the machine resource (as a work resource) and the
human resource to the task (I'd make it non-effort driven) you can
track each resource separately in the Task Usage view. If the
machine goes offline, just enter zeros in the Work field for the
machine and the human resource can continue to book hours against
the task.

Is that closer to what you were searching for?

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
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[nickc]

Julie

Thanks for the feedback. The personnel and machine work in unison, recurring
task. Machine down, no operation. Part of my responsibility is tracking
performance of the contractor. I would like to know when the task has not
been performed what % was due to machine downtime. Instead of a resource, I
think I will schedule the equipment as a separate task for "Down Time",
duration 0 days. Then when it is down I input the actual time it was offline.

Nick

 

[JulieS]

Sounds like a good idea, Nick. Not ideal but the need to actually
track the downtime does make a task the best choice.

Julie

 

[nickc]

Thanks Julie

Sounds like a good idea, Nick. Not ideal but the need to actually
track the downtime does make a task the best choice.

Julie

 

[JulieS]

You're welcome Nick. Good luck and do drop by again should you have
any other Project questions.

Julie