Machine types Usage

Applications for the view Machine Types Usage:

• Display of the project's demand for machine types.
• Ressource allocation from the perspective of machine types.
• Calculation of the load for every single machine type.
• Calculation of the total efforts for and total costs of every single machine type.
• Visualisation of the allocation of machine types in activities.

You can use the view Machine types Usagefor the following:

• Assign selected activities to a machine type.
• Analyse the load of a machine type by help of filter settings.
• Change the timescale.
• Quick access to the resource pool.

Context menu in the view Machine types

If you open the context menu on the Machine types row, the following commands appear:

• Expand/collapse all machine types – Depending on the preferred view, you can expand/collapse all machine types.
• Show maximum per time unit – The maximum required number of machine resources for each of the machine groups - machine types per day, week, etc.
• Show average per time unit – The average required number of machine type resources per day, week, etc.
• Show effort per time unit – Planned effort in machine hours (or days, respectively) per day, week, etc.
• Group by machine type – Presents the machine types belonging to a machine group in one row with total load.
• Place activities in one row, if possible - Displays the activities entered for a machine type in one row, if possible.
  For better presentation, activities overlapping in time are shown in separate rows.
• Display in reference to subprojects - The loads of machine types is not shown for the overall project, but for each of the subprojects seperately. However, only those subprojects are considered that are on the level immediately below the overall project.
• Sort machine types – All displayed machine types can be sorted along number, name or code.
• Sort activities – All displayed activities can be sorted along number, start date and finish date.
• Unhide total load - Total load for all machine types in the project per day, week, etc.
• Additional resource diagram – You can view an additional resource diagram in the lower area of the window Machine Types.
• Additional break-even chart – You can view an additional break-even chart in the lower area of the window Machine Types.

If you open the context menu in the Activity row, the command Group is not shown, but the following commands are available:

• Share - The selected activity shares the machine type together with other activities.
• Use exclusively - The selected activity uses the machine type exclusively.