Project 2013 Advanced

Lesson 6 - Working with Resource Pools

Project 2013

In order to share resources in a resource pool, you must open the pool file and the project files that will share the resources (sharer files). When establishing a resource pool, you must choose whether the pool or the sharer files will take precedence. The option you choose overwrites duplicate information from the other file when there are conflicts with resource information. For example, if a pool file and a sharer file both have Manager resources with different working hours and the pool takes precedence, then the information for the Manager resource in the pool file will overwrite the resource information for the Manager resource in the sharer file. By default, the pool takes precedence over the sharer file. If you make changes to the resource pool, the sharer files are automatically updated. If you make changes to the resource information in a sharer file, you need to manually update the resource pool. If a resource is overallocated, you will not receive a warning message when you try to use it in another file. Instead, the resource appears in red, indicating the overallocation.

The Share Resources dialog box

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Procedures

1. Open the file containing the resource pool. 2. Open the file(s) with which you want to share the resources in the pool. 3. Select the Resource tab.

4. Point to the Resource Pool command. 5. Select the Share Resources… command. 6. Select the Use resources option. 7. Select the From list. 8. Select the file containing the desired resources.

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