Bulk Edit Resource Requests
Objective
To bulk edit resource requests in Resource Planning.
Background
Resource requests let your team know that you need a resource for a particular project. You can create a resource request when you need a resource but aren't sure who to assign, or if you do not have permissions to create assignments yourself. You can edit resource requests at any time.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions
- You can use statuses to manage user visibility of requests. See Configure Assignment and Request Statuses for Resource Planning.
Steps
You can bulk edit requests from the following places:
Bulk Edit Requests from the Assignments List
- Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
- Click Requests and select Requests List.
- Mark the checkboxes for the requests you want to edit.
- Click Batch Actions.
- Select the request information you want to edit:
- End Date. Enter the date the work assignment ends for the selected request(s).
- End Time. Enter the time of day the work assignment ends for the selected request(s).
- Job Title. Select the job title needed for the assignment associated with the selected request(s). See Configure Job Titles for Resource Planning.
- Percent Allocation. Enter the percent allocation for the requests. See What is a Resource Allocation Type?
Note: Alternatively, you can edit the 'Start Time' or 'End Time'. - Project. Select the project associated with the assignment(s) for the selected request(s).
- Start Day. Enter the date the work assignment starts for the selected request(s).
- Start Time. Enter the time of day the work assignment starts for the selected request(s).
- Status. Select a status to apply to the selected request(s). See Configure Assignment and Request Statuses for Resource Planning.
- Tags. Select the tags to apply to the selected request(s). See Configure Tags for Resource Planning.
- [Custom Fields]. Enter information for any custom fields configured for requests. See Configure Custom Fields for Resource Planning.
- Click Save.
Bulk Edit Requests from the Assignments Gantt
- Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
- Click Assignments and select Gantt (Beta).
- On your keyboard, press and hold CTRL. Click the request bars you want to edit.
Note: Requests will move in the same direction by the same duration. - Follow steps to edit the request dates in one of the following ways:
- Shorten or extend Requests
- Hover over the last day of the request bar on the Gantt chart until you see the arrows.
- Click the arrows and move the request end date using a drag-and-drop operation.
- Move Requests
- Click and hold the request bar for one of the requests. Move the requests to the new date using a drag-and-drop operation.
- Shorten or extend Requests