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Configuration of formats

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Reply Mon 1 Dec 2008, 10:13Delegate Gordon said...

Gordon has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course

Configuration of formats

Any way of configuring Project2007, to allow other types of resource.

Or having differnt sorts of units apart form time, cost,....is it possible to confirgure tohave 'Kilograms' for instance?

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Reply Fri 5 Dec 2008, 16:57Trainer Andrew said...

RE: Configuration of formats

Hi Gordon

Thanks for your question. The resource types are fixed as are the time and cost variables used for scheduling however if you want to track material resources you can specify a material label (e.g. Kg, m3, per unit of material used) to suit your requirements.

I hope this helps - let us know if you need any further information.

Kind regards,
Andrew

Fri 12 Dec 2008: Automatically marked as resolved.

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