View the Totals Dashboard

Objective

To view the Totals dashboard to see total people, days, hours, and cost of people assigned and requested for each project or job title in the Workforce Planning tool.

Background

The Totals dashboard helps you see current and future workforce commitments to help you understand staffing and cost. See the total number of active people in your workforce, as well as how many people are assigned or requested for each project or job title. You can see totals by people, man days, hours, or cost.

Things to Consider

Required User Permissions:
- 'Read Only' level permissions or higher on the Workforce Planning tool and 'Admin' level permissions within the Workforce Planning tool. See Create Permissions Templates for Workforce Planning.
  OR
- 'Read Only' permissions or higher on the Workforce Planning tool with the 'Access to Totals Page' granular permission within the Workforce Planning tool. See Create Permissions Templates for Workforce Planning.
Additional Information
- A 'delta' is only available when viewing 'Total Cell Units' by 'People'.

Steps

Configure the Totals Dashboard
Reading the Totals Dashboard
- Term Definitions
- Understanding the Delta

Configure the Totals Dashboard

Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
Click Dashboard and select Totals.
Select the Date and the number of Weeks you want to view.
Note: Selecting 1-8 weeks will show data by day, 16 weeks will show data by week, 6 months or more will show data by month.
Click Configure.
Select to view totals by:
- Job Title. Job Titles listed are displayed in the same order as the hierarchy of Job Titles within your Settings. See Configure Job Titles for Workforce Planning.
- Project.
  - Optional: Mark the checkbox to Show Job Numbers
  - Optional: Mark the checkbox to Show Categories
  - Optional: mark the checkbox to Show Subcategories
  - Select to 'Sort Projects by' Name, Project Number, Earliest Start Date, or Earliest End Date.
Select how to view 'Total Cell Units':
- People. The number of every active assignable person within the Group you are viewing.
  
  Tip
  When viewing Total Cell Units by people, you can see a 'delta'. The delta is the difference between the number of people requested and assigned, and the total number of active assignable resources. This tells you whether you have enough manpower to meet current and forecasted needs, or if you may need more resources to meet demand.
- Man-Days. The Total Hours of all Assignments and Requests, divided by the paid hours per shift.
- Hours. The sum of all workforce assignment and request hours.
- Cost. The total cost based on the hourly wage for every workforce assignment and request.
Click Apply.

Reading the Totals Dashboard

Term Definitions

People

Active Resources: The total number of assignable resources available for the selected Group and People filter.
Assigned: The count of unique assignments for unique people made within the specified time period. If one person has two unique assignments during the specified time period, they will count as one.
Time Off: The count of unique time off requests made within the specified time period. (Available up to 8 weeks view only)
Requested: The count of unique requests made within the specified time period.
Total: The sum of unique requests and assignments within the specified time period. Time off displays in parentheses.
Delta: The difference between Active Resources and the Total within the specified time period.

Man Days

Active Resources: The total number of assignable resources available for the selected Group and People filter.
Assigned: The count of unique assignments multiplied by total hours and divided by paid hours per shift number within the specified time period.
Note: The default number of paid hours is 8, and can be adjusted in your costing settings. See Configure Costing in Workforce Planning.
Time Off: The count of unique time off records made multiplied by total hours and divided by paid hours per shift number within the specified time period.
Note: This is only available up to the 8 weeks view.
Requested: The count of unique requests multiplied by total hours and divided by paid hours per shift number within the specified time period.
Total: The sum of unique requests and assignments within the specified time period. Time off displays in parentheses.

Hours
Note: The calculation for hours may be different If assignment hours are more than the paid hours per shift number, and overtime was not selected on the assignment.

Active Resources: The total number of assignable resources available for the selected Group and People filter.
Assigned: The count of working hours for assignments made within the specified time period.
Time Off: The count of working hours for time off records within the specified time period.
Note: This is only available up to the 8 weeks view.
Requested: The count of working hours for requests within the specified time period.
Total: The sum of hours for requests and assignments within a specified time period. Time off displays in parentheses.

Understanding the Delta

When viewing Total Cell Units by people, you can see a delta. The delta is the difference between the number of people requested and assigned, and the total number of active assignable resources. This tells you whether you have enough manpower to meet current and forecasted needs, or if you may need more resources to meet demand.

In this simple Totals Dashboard example, there are the following number assignments, requests, and of people that can be assigned: Active Assignable Resources: Two people marked as 'Assignable'. Assignments: One of the two people is assigned for the entire month, represented in orange. Requests: There are three separate requests in a month, represented with blue, purple, and yellow.
When you select to view data from 1-8 weeks, you will see the daily delta. For days when there is one person requested and one person assigned, the delta is 0. One of the people is assigned, and the other person could fulfill the request, leaving 0 people available that day. For days when there there is one person assigned and no requests, there is a delta of 1, meaning there is 1 person available that day.
When you select to view data for 13 weeks, you will see the weekly delta. For all weeks, there was one person assigned, and one person requested that the other person could fulfill. This makes the delta 0 for the week.
When you select to view data for 6 months or more, you will see the monthly delta. In this case, there is one person assigned, and three separate requests for people. Because there are four people requested or assigned for the month and there are only two assignable people, the delta is -2 for the month. As you can see with the daily and weekly deltas, having a negative delta in the month view does not necessarily mean that there are not enough resources. It depends on the dates of the requests and assignments, and the skill set of your workforce.