How to Get Resource Loading Histogram

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How to Get Resource Loading Histogram/S Curve in

Primavera P6The resource histogram allows us to use projected and historical actualized data to trendresource quantities, resource hours and cost in future. It also allows us to determine the

potential risks of excessive supply of resources or lack of resource requirement.

This tutorial demonstrates how resources allocation chart (histogram! curve" is produced in#rimavera #$. %ssume that you have done &%ssigned activities and !equenced activities tosee resource loading histogram! curve 'ar chart in #rimavera #$. %fter assigning andsequencing of activities,

(" %llocate overall resource and their rated cost()" %ssign resources in activity detail section and(*" +iew resource loading histogram! curve.

1) How to allocate overall resources and

cost?a) o to Enterprise- Resource-ote/ 0hen you are at Resource, you will see the 1lter name &Current ProjectResources2 If you have already opened a resource loaded project. !ee 1gure 'elow

A blank project resource dictionary only will be displayed if no resource has been added to current project.See below image.


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b)%dd ew 3esource (ote / If the existing resources are not applica'le for a speci1c projector no resource has 'een assigned to current project.4ou can skip this step if the requiredresources are availa'le in resource dictionary."

0hen you try to add new resource, you will get the message like &In order to addresource, the flter will be changed to displa all resources2 and you will see allresources for all the projects. !ew Resource "i#ardwill 'e prompted, and follow thewizard. 4ou will 'e asked to enter the following,

Resource ID,

Resource Name,

Allocate Resource ype !"abor, Non labor and material#,

Rate !$rice%&nit#, Default &nits%ime and 'a( &nits%ime,

)ontact address if applicable

Resource roles which describes their skills

Resource )alendar

Select *Auto+ compute if you want actual units are updated by $rimaera or select *Do not auto+

compute actual- if you can update manually for actual man hours spent.

imesheets set up and log in

%fter entering of all data, you will notice that the newly added resources are not in thedesired location. Therefore, allocate those resources according to their resource level. 5orexample, #ipe 1tter, 3igger!ignaler, eneral worker, 5ire watches man, 0orkshop la'or,#ainter, etc are allocated under construction department of #etrochemical #rojects. !ee1gure 'elow.


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$) How to assign resources in activit detailsection?

o to %ctivities page - !elect the activity - o to Resourceta' which is next toRelationshipsta' -%dd Resourcewhich is located near the 'ottom of activity detail 'ox- !elect required resource and assign it. 4ou may also assign resource details such 6resource curve, 'udgeted units and actual units.

&) How to view and print resource histogra'

and ( curve?

a) o to %ctivities page - !elect Resource usage profle, and then you will see &CurrentProject*s Resources2 7olumn on the left and histogram and 'ar chart on the right side ofthe layout. The individual loading chart, for instance, welder8s resource pro1le is shown inthe following 1gure.


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c) The following check 'ox is used when you want to show manpower resource pro1le insteadof man hour unit. #$ will calculate total men per period (interval" 'ased on working hrs perperiod (interval" and total man hours per period. 5or example, total men per week would 'e< when total man hours for a week are =


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d) %nd then, select all resources in resource column to view overall man power allocation. Toprint the 'ar chart, o to print preview - page set up - 9ptions - !elect ro1le2 andunselect %ctivity Ta'le, %ll columns, rid lines and antt chart. !et the time scale start from!>?arliest #roject !tart2 to >@atest #roject 5inish2. 5inally you will see the 'ar chart as'elow.


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e)According to aboe bar chart, the weekly interal manpower is shown on the left side and totalmanpower allocation is on the right side.

f) ne of the reason for iewing resource histogram is to identify oerallocated resources against theaailable resources. o iew any oerallocated resources in your project, go to Data tag on /ResourceUsage Profile Options/ window, then select Show Limit and Show Overallocation. Any resource unitaboe the limit line !black line# is oer allocated. Normally, oerallocated resource is shown in red bar. seebelow snapshots.


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How to view "Stacked Histogram

4ou can also see &!tacked ;istogram2 for this manpower allocation. Right Clicon the 'archart area to 1nd &!tacked ;istogram2. 5irstly, click on A(taced Histogra'A tag, and thenyou can go to AResource +sage Profle -ptionsA to get screen shot in step>g. !ee 1gure'elow.


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o to 3esource #ro1le options - %ssign Resource .ilter/0roup !a'e !elect 2otalcu'ulative curve as shown in 5igure 'elow3


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5inally, you will get !tacked ;istogram as shown in 'elow. The stacked histogram representsthe manpower allocation 'y individual tradediscipline for a particular period as well as totalmanpower allocation (total manpower B )


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0hen Stacked histogram is iewed, one thing to take note is /erallocated Resource/ can1t be identifiedon that iew. Switch back to normal histogram by deselecting /Stacked Histogram/ so as to analyse

oerallocated resources.

!re ou working on multiple pro#ects environment

o to A-penA select all projects that you wish to view resource pro1le 'y pressing andholding control key if you are handling multiple projects.

There are the related posts ("Tutorial>;ow to generate ! curvehistogram from #rimavera,#$which descri'es how the progress (histogram curve! curve" are produced using #$export excel data ()" 7reating discipline wise manpower histogram using #rimavera #$export data.
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