Adding material resources in MS Project Pro

Contents:

1. Adding material resources in MS Project Pro
2. Description of material resources in MS Project Pro
3. Chat

Adding material resources in MS Project Pro

In MS Project Pro you can describe the following types of material resources:

• Type of material resources.
• Material group resources.
• Material resources.

Steps to add material resources in MS Project Pro:

1. Open the resource sheet view.
2. Enter the resource name in the "Resource Name" column.
3. Set the "Material" in the "Type" column.
4. Enter the material label in the "Material Label" column.
5. Set the cost per unit of the material resource in the "Std. Rate" column.
6. Set the "Material costs" in the "Cost type" custom filed.
7. Set the "Material" in the "ResBS" custom filed.

Description of material resources in MS Project Pro

Steps to description of material resources in MS Project Pro:

• Duble-click the material resource.
• Click the "General" tub.
• Enter the resource name in the "Resource Name:" field.
• Set the "Material" in the "Type" field.
• Enter the material label in the "Material Label:" field.
• Enter the material code in the "Code:" field.

• Click the "Code" tub.
• Set the type of material resource. System use the "A" type for default.
• You can add a new rates in the "Cost rate tables" table :
  • Enter the rate start date in the "Effective Date" column.
  • Enter the rate value in the "Standard Rate" column.
  • Enter the per use cost in the "Per Use Cost" column.
• You can set accrue in the "Cost accual:" field.

• Click the "Notes" tub.
• In the Notes text box, enter your note text. It is possible to format the entered text by clicking on the appropriate buttons "Format Font", "Align left", "Align center", "Align right", "Bulleted list".
• In the "Resource Infromation" window, on the "Notes" tab, click the "Insert Object" button. You can add a description of the material resource or a link to a file with a description.
• In the "Insert object" window, click the "Create from file" button. Enter the full name of the file (including the path) you want to attach to the resource, or click the Browse button and browse for your file.
• To add an object to a project file, select the "Link" check box. Keep only references to this object.
• To display the object as an icon, select the "Display As Icon" checkbox:

• Click the "Custom Fields" tub in the "Resource Information" window.
• Enter values in the custom column.
• Click the "Ok" button.