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Resource Types
In addition to people resources, you can use other types of resources to complete a project. The following table lists the types of resources that Oracle Projects supports, their descriptions, and where they are defined:
Resource lists are groupings of resources. You attach resource lists to projects to effectively budget project cost and revenue, to track resource usage, and to view cross-project reporting. Oracle Projects summarizes actual costs and commitments for resources, and rolls up the amounts for a project based on the attached resource list.
Attaching Resource Lists to Projects
When you create a baseline for a budget for the project, Oracle Projects automatically assigns the resource list used for the budget to the project, so that you can easily report actuals against budgets using the resources that you used for
forecasting.
You can assign additional resource lists by which you want to view summarized actuals in the Project Status Inquiry form or in your own custom reports. When you define additional resource list assignments, you must enter the following values:
- Resource List: You can select any active resource list
- Use: Oracle Projects tracks if the resource list is used for a given budget type or for status reporting. You can only select Status Reporting when you enter a new resource list assignment.
- Drilldown Default: You use this check box to specify the default resource list to use when you drill down to view the resource status in the Project Status window. If necessary, you can change the resource list that you use for reviewing resource status in the Project Status Inquiry form; the change is effective only for the current session.
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