Resolution for Project Server Users
The Project Server administrator must complete the following steps:
1. Launch Microsoft Project Professional and log into Project Server with administrator permissions
2. Click Tools - Enterprise Options - Open Enterprise Resource Pool
3. Click the Select/Deselect All button to select all resources in the pool and then click the Open/Add button
4. Double-click the name of a resource and then click the Costs tab in the Resource Information dialog
Project Server allows you to specify up to 5 cost rates for each resource in the Enterprise Resource Pool. Cost Rate Table A contains the default Cost used each time you assign a resource to a task.
5. Select Cost Rate Table B, C, D, or E
6. Enter the secondary Cost for the selected resource
7. Select other Cost Rate Tables and enter additional secondary Costs
8. Click the OK button
9. Repeat steps #4-8 for every resource in the Enterprise Resource Pool
After the Project Server administrator completes the above steps, project managers can select the Cost Rate used for resource assignments in a project by completing the following steps:
1. Launch Microsoft Project Professional and log into Project Server
2. Open a project
3. Apply the Gantt Chart view and assign resources to all tasks using your method of choice
4. Apply the Task Usage view
5. Right-click on the Work column header and select Insert Column from the shortcut menu
6. Select the Cost Rate Table field, set the Align Data field to Center, and then click the Best Fit button
7. For each resource assignment in the project, select a value in the Cost Rate Table column
Note: When you select an alternate Cost Rate Table for an assignment, Microsoft Project Professional costs the assignment according to the values you entered for the resource on the selected Cost Rate Table.
Resolution for Microsoft Project Desktop Application Users
To use alternate cost rates for resources, the project manager must complete the following steps:
1. Open the project in question
2. Click View > Resource Sheet
3. Double-click the name of a resource and then click the Costs tab in the Resource Information dialog
Microsoft Project allows users to specify up to 5 cost rates for each resource in the project. Cost Rate Table A contains the default Cost used each time you assign a resource to a task.
4. Select Cost Rate Table B, C, D, or E
5. Enter the secondary Cost for the selected resource
6. Select other Cost Rate Tables and enter additional secondary Costs
7. Click the OK button
8. Repeat steps #4-8 for every resource in the project
After completing the above steps, the project manager can select the Cost Rate used for resource assignments in a project by completing the following steps:
1. Click View > Gantt Chart view
2. Assign resources to all tasks
3. Click View > Task Usage
4. Right-click on the Work column header and select Insert Column from the shortcut menu
5. Select the Cost Rate Table field, set the Align Data field to Center, and then click the Best Fit button
6. For each resource assignment in the project, select a value in the Cost Rate Table column
Note: When you select an alternate Cost Rate Table for an assignment, Microsoft Project Professional costs the assignment according to the values you entered for the resource on the selected Cost Rate Table.