From: Dee on
Thanks, that was very helpful. I've been running the Resource Availability
report and was under the assumption that it was including the unassigned
resource hours. I wasn't checking by resource, just consolidating.

Thanks again.

"JulieS" wrote:

> Hello Dee,
>
> I'm sorry but to the best of my knowledge, if you display remaining
> availability in the Resource Usage view, there is no way to turn the
> information off for the Unassigned resource.
>
> However, when I do a quick test on the Resource Work Remaining
> Availability report, the "Unassigned" resource hours are zero and are
> not counted in the totals on the report. The Resource Usage report
> edited to show Remaining Availability does not include the
> "Unassigned" resource either.
>
> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
>
> Julie
> Project MVP
>
> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
> about Microsoft Project
>
> "Dee" <Dee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4290A912-3D90-4F33-86C1-53E61FE95663(a)microsoft.com...
> >I have several projects and small tasks in corporate master project
> >plan that
> > do not have resources assigned (they are for information only). When
> > I go to
> > the Resource Usage tab, the items show up under the Unassigned. And
> > it shows
> > 40 hours of remaining availability for this "unassigned" resource.
> > I've tried
> > to edit "unassigned" to not be available, but MSP 2007 does not
> > allow me to
> > edit the availability. How do I remove this availability so those
> > hours are
> > not counted when I run Resource availability reports? It can add up
> > to
> > hundreds of hours when I run a report for a rolling three-month
> > period.
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
>
>
>
From: JulieS on
You're welcome Dee and thanks for the feedback.

Julie
Project MVP

"Dee" <Dee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27D7D833-E14A-40FA-9532-D43773150A24(a)microsoft.com...
> Thanks, that was very helpful. I've been running the Resource
> Availability
> report and was under the assumption that it was including the
> unassigned
> resource hours. I wasn't checking by resource, just consolidating.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> "JulieS" wrote:
>
>> Hello Dee,
>>
>> I'm sorry but to the best of my knowledge, if you display remaining
>> availability in the Resource Usage view, there is no way to turn
>> the
>> information off for the Unassigned resource.
>>
>> However, when I do a quick test on the Resource Work Remaining
>> Availability report, the "Unassigned" resource hours are zero and
>> are
>> not counted in the totals on the report. The Resource Usage report
>> edited to show Remaining Availability does not include the
>> "Unassigned" resource either.
>>
>> I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
>>
>> Julie
>> Project MVP
>>
>> Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
>> information
>> about Microsoft Project
>>
>> "Dee" <Dee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4290A912-3D90-4F33-86C1-53E61FE95663(a)microsoft.com...
>> >I have several projects and small tasks in corporate master
>> >project
>> >plan that
>> > do not have resources assigned (they are for information only).
>> > When
>> > I go to
>> > the Resource Usage tab, the items show up under the Unassigned.
>> > And
>> > it shows
>> > 40 hours of remaining availability for this "unassigned"
>> > resource.
>> > I've tried
>> > to edit "unassigned" to not be available, but MSP 2007 does not
>> > allow me to
>> > edit the availability. How do I remove this availability so those
>> > hours are
>> > not counted when I run Resource availability reports? It can add
>> > up
>> > to
>> > hundreds of hours when I run a report for a rolling three-month
>> > period.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the help!
>>
>>
>>