PPM 6.0 - Responsible resource allocation

[larhes]

Hi,

I have a challenge regarding allocation of responsible resource to a number of tasks in a phase in PPM.

The scenario is as follows: A project is created with 4 phases and a number of tasks, up to 50, per phase. In the resource tab I have created roles and staffed these roles with resources/names. When I go back into the list of tasks, the Responsible Role and Responsible field is filled, but I need to manually add the Responsible Resource with the available name. In this scenario we have as mentioned 4 phases with up to 50 tasks per phase.

Does anyone know how to populate the Responsible Resource field automatically?

Thanks!

Br,

Lars

[ravi_ekambaram · Accepted solution]

Hi Lars,

If only one resource is available in the project role, then by default 'Responsible' field is filled in task 'general' tab and respective authorisation will also be available to that responsible resource.

The selection of 'Responsible resource' is required only if you have more than one resources staffed in the project role.

As far as your point is concerned, you can leave it as it is if you have only one resource assigned to the project role.

Note: You can post all your PPM queries in following SCN space to get replies from the all the experts.

Regards,

Ravi

[larhes · Accepted solution]

Hi Ravi,

thanks for your feedback 🙂

Lars

[Former Member]

Hello Lars,

Additionally to Ravi's comment, you can also write a custom code/ report to do mass allocation of Responsible Role by using the various APIs like following:-

Class: CL_DPR_COMMON_SERVICES

Method: SET_RESPONSIBLE_ROLE

There are other APIs too which could be found in packages: DEVELOPMENT_PROJECTS_API, DEVELOPMENT_PROJECTS_SHARED etc.

Regards,

Ravi