Tasks causing overallocated resources

[Rich]

Sorry, if this is a repeat. I was having trouble posting.

Does any know how I can see what tasks are causing overallocated
resouces? I can see what resources are overallocated in the resource
sheet view, but can't seem to find anything that shows me what
particular task is causing the problem so I can delay it. Thanks.

 

[Rich]

Thanks for the replay Jan,

I tried it out, but that wasn't what I was looking for exactly. In
the resource usage page, I can see if a resource is overallocated, but
I can't identify the exact tasks it occurs between ie (Task 5 and Task
9 overlap and have the resource conflict). It just lists all the
tasks that use a resource and if that resource is overallocated
overall. I'm looking for something that can tell me which tasks are
using the resource at exactly the same time. Imagine a project with
hundreds of tasks and many resources for each task. It's a little
hard to try to find it by hand. I could try to use the resource
leveling to eliminate it, but I don't want a schedule that extends
into the next decade.

Thanks.

Rich

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Rich,

I do it with that view, and here's how
In the right part I watch which dates show an overallocation
I then check which assignments happen on that date.

But I do it only rarely because I use Resource Leveling

HTH

 

[Steve House]

Switch to the Resource Usage View. Overallocated resources will be red and
the hours worked each day on the right hand side of the screen will also be
red for the tasks and dates that are overallocated. The hotkey [Alt][F5]
combination will jump from overallocation to overallocation.

 

[Rich]

Thanks for your help everyone.

I tried looking at the Resource Usage View again and tried to see if
the tasks would be red if they were using overallocated resources.
Again it only shows me the days a resource is overallocated and lists
all the tasks under it, even if they don't really conflict. (I'm
using Project 2002) I was hoping project would show me the exact
tasks that overuse a resource and that overlap down to the minute.
Here it lists them all if they just fall on the same day.

Mitch, I tried that Oasys Scheduler add-in and it seems to work pretty
good. It colors the tasks causing the overallocations red in the Gantt
Chart View. Exactly what I wanted! It also has a resource leveling
feature which seems to work better than the one that comes with
Microsoft Project. I tried it on a huge project (1000+ tasks) and it
actually leveled it. Project's leveling would just hang and do
nothing.

Thanks again.