Thanks for the response NJ.
I think the link you posted was a little more in depth than what I'm looking for, or maybe I'm thinking to simplistic about the resource availability and calendar.
I just can't wrap my head around the answer and I also seem to be finding different answers. For example, here's where I'm seeing different posts on the topic. I saw Martti post this on the discussion:
Resource availability is in prj_resrouces.pravailcurve
which is based on prcalendar.prvalue for each resource linked to a calendar and the resource specific changes if any made to the resource calendar or availability field.
To make changes to resource availability go to
1) Base calendars in Admin tool if they apply to more than one resource, create different calendars for different daily/weekly availability
2) Calendar on resource properties if that is one resource only
Make the changes by setting the shifts.
Leave the availability field in resource properties untouched (the default is 8) it will be changed to reflect the changes in calendars.
Unless you want to get into a mess don't change both the length of the working day through shifts and the availability. If you do you may have a hard time to get where you started from or to a value you want.
Martti K.
But then I read the CA PPM document example that says this:
Example: Monthly Resource Availability
This example demonstrates monthly resource availability calculations.
- 1. Create a base calendar for December with 5-hour shifts per day.
December has 22 days. The total hours are (5 × 22) = 110. - 2. Assign this base calendar to a resource.
Daily resource availability is 5. - 3. Change the Availability field value from 5 to 8.
The calendar still displays 5-hour shifts.
Portlets show December availability as (8 × 22) = 176 hours. - 4. Change the resource calendar to reflect 4-hour shifts for December for this resource. The availability of the resource is greater than 4 because you previously indicated a value of 8.
- 5. The Availability field shows 8, the base calendar shows 5, and the resource calendar shows 4. The calculated availability in hours for the resource for December is as follows:
(4/5) × 8 × 22 = 140.8