RBS vs Groups

[Rachel]

I'm getting confused between the RBS and Groups. For our project we've
decided to use the RBS field for reporting purposes and the Groups field for
security purposes. I have a few questions about this:

1) is this ok to do?
2) we are entering all project expenses into the project (i.e. rent,
computers, software maintenanace, office supplies, etc). Should I create a
RBS for these resources (i.e. operating expenses)? The ultimate goal is to
be able to run a report on all operating expenses at any given time.
3) For the resources listed in question 2, do I have to assign them to a
group? In the examples I've seen, these types of resources are assinged to
the Supplies group or Accounting group. Although, I'm not sure why you would
do this.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Rachel

 

[Rod Gill]

RBS is for use with Project Server. By creating a resource hierarchy, the
RBS code provides some automatic security for Project Server.

Resource Group is for reporting purposes in Project itself. It is one of
three resource fields (Name, Initials and Group) that can be seen in Task
views such as the Gantt View. So when you need to report by groups of
resources in the Gantt Chart, make sure the Group field is populated
appropriately.
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Rod Gill
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