Resource/Role Assignment Changes Duration

[JimS]

I must be going nuts. I need to assign a role to a task with a duration of 90
days, and have him only devote a total of 90 hours to that task over the
entire 90 days' duration.

When I assign the role, and change the BLU to 90, it changes the OD to 11.
If I go back and change the OD back to 90, P6.1 sets the RD to (90-11) 79. If
I then go and change the RD to 90, it resets the Role's BLU to 720. It's a
big circle I need to escape. I've never had this issue in P3. What am I doing
wrong? Some setting? I looked, but I just can't figure it out.

Basically, I need a role to spend only an hour a day on this task for a
duration of 90 days. How do I do that?

 

[JimS]

In case no one noticed, I'm having this problem with Primavera and not MSP.
Thanks forlooking anyway! I posted to the wrong forum.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

JimS --

I thought I was going nuts! I had no idea what you meant by BLU, OD, and
RD.

 

[vanita]

Hi Jim

I hope you are still looking into this post.

There could be two methods of assigning the role as per your requirement:
1. through resource curves. By going to Enterprise > Resource Curve create a
new resource curve as per your requrement. While assigning the role, select
the appropriate resource curve.
2. Create a calendar with 1 hr. working in a day as per your requirement and
assign this calendar to the resource to which this role is to be assigned.
Roles have to come though resources.

I hope it helps.
Vanita