Project Task Assignment Fields

Here is a description of the fields on a project task assignment Associates a resource or a role with a project task for a defined time period. Use Gantt or Project Task Gantt to assign resources or roles to project tasks..

Key:
& – At least one of these fields is required in order to save the record.
R – Read-only.
AP – Automatically Populates, do not edit manually.

Field	Key	Description
Assignment	AP	Lookup to the assignment on the associated resource request A means of asking for resources for a project or an opportunity..
Estimated Time To Completion (PTA)		Specifies in hours the estimated hours required to complete the project task assignment.
External Resource	& AP	Name of a resource external to PSA who is to be assigned to the project task A unit of work or collection of work associated with a project.. Note: Note If it contains a value, this field automatically clears when you come to assign a resource to a task-driven resource request Describes a resource request that has been generated based on information on project tasks and their associated project task assignments. If you use a task-based approach to manage your projects, you can generate task-driven resource requests on the Generate Resource Requests From Project Task Assignments page (accessed from Project Task Gantt, Gantt or the Project detail record).. The auto-update-pta-with-assigned-resource setting must be set to true. For more information, see Generating Resource Requests from Project Tasks.
Project	R	Lookup to the project on the parent project task.
Project Task	R	Project task to which the assignment relates.
Project Task Assignment Number	R	Record ID of the project task assignment.
Project Task Start/End Date	R	Start or end date for the project task.
Resource	& AP	Name of the internal resource who is to be assigned to the project task. Note: Note This field automatically populates with a value when you come to assign a resource to a task-driven resource request. The auto-update-pta-with-assigned-resource setting must be set to true. For more information, see Generating Resource Requests from Project Tasks.
Resource Request	AP	Lookup to the associated resource request. This field only has a value if you have generated resource requests based on the project task assignment—see Generating Resource Requests from Project Tasks.
Resource Role	&	The role of the internal or external resource who is to be assigned to the project task.