End a Resource Assignment
Background
Resource assignments allow you to manage your resources by assigning them to projects. You can end a resource assignment by updating the end date the current date.
Things to Consider
Steps
You can end resource assignments from the following places in Resource Planning:
End an Assignment from the Assignments Boards
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Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
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Click Assignments and select Boards.
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Locate the assignment you want to edit.
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Drag and drop the assignment from the project to the 'resource bench'. See What is the 'resource bench' in Resource Planning?
Note: The assignment end date updates to the present date.
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Locate the assignment you want to end and hover over the assignment. Next, click the Gantt
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Click Edit Total Assignment.
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Enter the new End Date.
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Choose an option to save the assignment:
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Click Save.
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Select the caret
icon and select Save and Alert to save the assignment and send an assignment alert to the assignee.-
Optional: Update the 'Subject'.
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Optional: Update the 'Alert Content'.
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Select when to send the alert:
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Send Now. Select this to send the alert immediately, then click Send.
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Schedule. Move the toggle to the ON position to schedule the alert to be sent in the future.
Note: You can edit or send the scheduled alert at a later time.-
Select the Date and Time to send the alert.
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Click Save.
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Save Draft. Select this to save the alert as a draft. Then click Save.
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End an Assignment from the Assignments Gantt
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Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
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Click Assignments and select Gantt.
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Select the Project Assignment Bar beside the person whose assignment you wish to change.
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Click the colored bar of the days you want to edit.
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Select Edit Total Assignment to edit the entire assignment.
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Enter the new End Date.
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Choose an option to save the assignment:
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Click Save.
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Select the caret
icon and select Save and Alert to save the assignment and send an assignment alert to the assignee.-
Optional: Update the 'Subject'.
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Optional: Update the 'Alert Content'.
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Select when to send the alert:
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Send Now. Select this to send the alert immediately, then click Send.
Note: This will send the alert immediately based on the default or project assignment alert settings. -
Schedule. Move the toggle to the ON position to schedule the alert to be sent in the future.
Note: You can edit or send the scheduled alert at a later time.-
Select the Date and Time to send the alert.
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Click Save.
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Save Draft. Select this to save the alert as a draft. Then click Save.
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End an Assignment from the Assignment Gantt (Beta)
In Beta
This feature is in beta and available for customers using the Resource Planning tool.
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Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
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Click Assignments and select Gantt (Beta).
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Locate the assignment you want to end.
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Hover over the end date of the assignment bar until you see the arrows.
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Click the arrows and and move the length of the bar to the new end date using a drag-and-drop operation.
Tip
Click the undo
icon to undo an action. Click the redo
icon redo a previously undone action.
End an Assignment from the Assignments List
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Navigate to the Company level Resource Planning tool.
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Click Assignments and select Assignments List.
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Select the assignments.
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Hover over the assignment row and click the edit
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Mark the checkboxes for the assignments, then click the edit
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Update the assignment information.
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Click Update.
Send Assignment Alert Updates
After you create or update an assignment, send an alert to the assignee.

