Project Online resource engagement is smoothed after being reassigned

Tracey, Jenny 1 Reputation point
2021-01-19T15:01:25.72+00:00

Can anyone tell me if this is expected behaviour or if there is any what I can stop it from happening?
We ask PMs to request generic resources and use time-phasing to specify how much resource they require each week/month. We have found that in the web app, when a resource manager reassigns a time-phased engagement to a named resource, the committed work row in the time-phased view auto-populates with the max units for the request, smoothed rather than time-phased. This results in over-booking if the resource lead doesn't spot it and remember to copy the proposed work row and copy it into the committed work row.

For example:
PM requests a resource for 5 days in week 1, 3 days in week 2, 0 days in week 3 and 5 days in week 4
Resource lead sees this engagement in time-phased view and can see the uneven profile
Resource lead reassigns the engagement to another resource. Project online automatically enters 5 days per week for entire engagement.
Resource lead has to copy the uneven profile in the proposed row and paste it into the committed row before accepting the engagement.
Thanks

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