Resource Search Service Settings

Resource Search Service settings determine the relative importance of role, region, practice, and group for matching when filtering resources.

This is all used to determine a recommended rank when displaying resources in the PSA Resourcing component when Intelligent Staffing is enabled.

For more information about Intelligent Staffing, including enabling it, and some examples illustrating how these settings influence weighting of fields and ranking resources, see the following:

There is a Resource Search Service weighting field for role, region, practice, and group.

Field Description Default
Group Weighting Determines the importance of a resource matching the Group filter value. Other possible values from most important to least important are Ideal, Desirable, and Suggested. Essential
Practice Weighting Determines the importance of a resource matching the Practice filter value. Other possible values from most important to least important are Ideal, Desirable, and Suggested.
Region Weighting Determines the importance of a resource matching the Region filter value. Other possible values from most important to least important are Ideal, Desirable, and Suggested.
Role Weighting Determines the importance of a resource matching the Role filter value. Other possible values from most important to least important are Ideal, Desirable, and Suggested.

Each field has the same four available options. These four options represent the amount of weight to apply to a match, and are from highest to lowest.

Option

 Description Default
Essential A resource must match on the attribute to be returned in the results. Essential is the highest possible weighting. Yes
Ideal A resource does not need to match on the attribute to be returned in the results. No
Desirable A resource does not need to match on the attribute to be returned in the results. No
Suggested A resource does not need to match on the attribute to be returned in the results. Suggested is the lowest possible weighting. No