# Labour & Plant {% hint style="info" %} **Who can use this feature?** All project users can add Labour and Plant to their Tasks. *** Project Admins can create new Labour and Plant resources. {% endhint %} Labour and Plant can be added to Tasks to track and forecast your daily resource demand. ## Create Labour Resource *** Creating Labour resource lets you build a reusable library of Labour to assign to Tasks.
#### To create Labour: * Click your Project Title in the top left, then select `Project Assets` * Select `Labour` from the menu * Click * Create your custom Labour resource by entering the `Name`, `Labour Type` and a `Colour` * The Labour resource is added to the library of Labour the team can assign to their Tasks
Labour Types | Labour Types | | ------------------- | | Individual Resource | | Crew |
## Create Plant Resource *** Creating Plant resource lets you build a reusable library of Plant to assign to Tasks.
#### To create Plant: * Click your Project Title in the top left, then select `Project Assets` * Select `Plant` from the menu * Click * Create your custom Plant resource by entering the `Name`, `Plant Type` and `Colour` * The Plant resource is added to the library of Plant the team can assign to their Tasks
Plant Type | Plant Types | | ------------------------------ | | Access Equipment | | Backhoe | | Compacting Equipment | | Concrete Placement | | Concrete pumps | | Cranes | | Dozers | | Dumper | | Earthmoving Equipment | | Excavators | | Forklifts | | Graders | | Lifting Equipment | | Marine Equipment | | Other | | Painting and Coating Equipment | | Piling Equipment | | Piling Rigs | | Rollers | | Small or Hand Tools | | Tipper Lorrys (20 Tonne) | | Trucks and Lorries | | Wheeled Loaders |
## Assign Labour Resources to Tasks *** You can assign as many Labour resources to each Task as you need. Once added to the task, they’re assumed to be needed for the entire working duration - keeping things simple and helping teams plan ahead.
#### To add Labour to a Task: * On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle `Labour` * Click the Labour cell for your Task & select the relevant Labour option from the dropdown menu * Use the `+` / `-` buttons to increase or decrease the Labour quantity needed for the duration of the Task See also: Bulk Edits ## Assign Plant Resources to Tasks *** You can assign as many Plant resources to each Task as you need. Once added, they’re assumed to be needed for the entire working duration - keeping things simple and helping teams plan ahead.
#### To add Plant to a Task: * On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle `Plant` * Click the Plant cell for your Task & select the relevant Plant option from the dropdown menu * Use the `+` / `-` buttons to increase or decrease the Plant quantity needed for the duration of the Task See also: Bulk Edits
Plant & Labour Property Rules * Labour & Plant are multi-select properties * You can assign multiple types of labour or plant to each Task * Each assigned item can have its own quantity * Quantities are applied per day * A quantity of 5 means 5 units are required for each day of the Task's duration * Quantities cannot vary across the days of a Task * Archived Labour & Plant resources will no longer be available to add to Tasks but will still exist on tasks it was assigned to before the resource was archived
## View Forecasted Resources on the Gantt *** Use the Resource Overlay in the Gantt to forecast Labour & Plant demand day by day. You'll see how much of each Labour or Plant is needed across the project, with a clear breakdown of which Tasks are driving that usage and who's using it.
#### To turn on the Labour Resource Overlay * Click and select `Resources` * Use the icons on the left to view `Labour` * Hover over the numbers to view your **Total** and **Project Utilisation** * Click to filter to either `Crew` or `Individual Resource` * Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between `Tasks in View` and `Project Utilisation` * Hover over to see the daily breakdown #### To turn on the Plant Resource Overlay * Click and select `Resources` * Use the icons on the left to view `Plant` * Hover over the numbers to view your **Total** and **Project Utilisation** * Click to filter to a specific Plant Type * Click the Resources Configuration icon to switch between `Tasks in View` and `Project Utilisation` * Hover over to see the daily breakdown See also: Export Resource Demand
What's Shown on Hover On hover, the daily breakdown includes: * **Utilisation** * Quantity of Material used by Tasks in your current View (respects filters) * **# no of Tasks** * Number of Tasks in your current View using that Material on the selected day (respects filters) * **Project** **Utilisation** * Total quantity used across the entire project (ignores filters) * **# no of Project Tasks** * Number of Project-wide Tasks using that material on the selected day (ignores filters) * **Task Owner Breakdown** * Lists each Task Owner contributing to Project usage * Includes Task Count and percentage of total utilisation for that day and Material * **Cell shading** * **Darker = higher quantity** * Lighter - lower quantity * Scale is relative to the values shown in the current overlay * **Quantity values** are only shown in Day View * In Week, Month or Year mode, cell shading remains but numeric values are hidden
Resource Overlay Configuration Options | Option | Function | | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Total** | The demand for tasks in your current view | | **Project Utilisation** | The demand for your entire project | | **Hide Un-utilised resources** | Removes resources that aren’t assigned to any Tasks from the resource list |
## Filter by Labour *** Filter by Labour to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Labour item across your plan.
#### Filter by Labour: * Click and * Select `Labour` in the first dropdown * Select from `Is`, `Is Not`, `Is Empty`, `Is Not Empty` in the second dropdown * Select your desired Labour item in the third dropdown ## Filter by Plant *** Filter by Plant to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Plant item across your plan.
#### To filter by Plant: * Click and * Select `Plant` in the first dropdown * Select from `Is`, `Is Not`, `Is Empty`, `Is Not Empty` in the second dropdown * Select your desired Plant item in the third dropdown See also: create & share Views
Filter Breakdown | Filter | Operator | Value | | ------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | Labour |

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| | Plant |

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## Report on Labour and Plant Demand ***
#### Power BI Connect your Project as a datasource for Power BI to report on Labour & Plant Demand. #### Aphex Insight Utilise Aphex Insight to track Labour & Plant Resource Demand. See trends and drill down into specific Tasks to identify where each Labour and Plant Resource is allocated. See also: Connect to Power BI