Allocate Task Resources in Hours
By default, Celoxis assigns resources to tasks using allocation percentages. Hours Allocation lets you enter the planned hours for each resource instead.
For example, you can assign Joe 24h and Peter 12h to the same task. Celoxis retains its normal scheduling capabilities, including dependencies, constraints, work calendars, and automatic date calculation.
Who Should Use It?
Use Hours Allocation if your team:
- Plans work in hours rather than percentages.
- Needs to assign different hours to different resources on the same task.
- Wants to retain normal project scheduling behavior.
Hours Allocation or Easy Scheduling?
- With Hours Allocation, you specify the planned hours for every resource. Different resources can have different hours.
- With Easy Scheduling, you specify the task's total planned effort and select the resources. Celoxis distributes the effort equally among them.
The two options cannot be used together.
Enable Hours Allocation
An administrator can enable Allocate task resources in hours in the company settings. The setting applies to all projects in the company.
How It Works
- Task planned effort automatically equals the total hours assigned to its resources.
- Changing resource hours does not change the task's duration.
- Tasks use Fixed Duration, so Task Schedule Type is not available in this mode.