Assignment Settings

Use these settings in the Assignment Settings custom settings to manage assignments.

Field Description
Adjust Sched Date on Assignment Close Indicates whether the end date of an assignment is automatically set to today's date when a closed status is detected and the schedule end date is past today's date.
Adjust Hours Strategy Respects Holidays Indicates whether the scheduling strategy respects work calendar holidays and sets hours to zero for zero hour holidays. When selected:
  • Hours are spread across other days and a schedule exception is created.
  • No schedule exception is generated when a non-working holiday occurs during a weekend.
  • A schedule exception is created for working holidays that occur during a weekday or a weekend. The exception hours are equal to the adjusted hours per day or equal to the holiday hour.
Assign Resource Custom Lookup Indicates whether the a custom resource lookup popup is displayed in place of the standard resource lookup when assigning a resource.
Assign Resource Custom Lookup Columns API names of the columns to display on the Assign Resource Custom lookup.
Assign Resource Milestone Lookup Indicates whether the Milestone lookup appears on assignments.
Assign Resource Milestone Lookup Columns API names of the columns to display on the Assign Resource Milestone lookup.
Assign Resource Milestone Required Indicates whether the Milestone field on assignments is mandatory.
Note
The Milestone field is only mandatory when the Assign Resource Milestone Lookup option is set.
Assignment Closed Statuses A comma-delimited list of assignment status values that dictate when an assignment is closed.
Assignment Name Project Name Max Length Maximum number of characters from the project name in an automatically generated Assignment Name.
Assignment Name Resource Name Max Length Maximum number of characters from the resource name in an automatically generated Assignment Name.
AssigRes Is Resource Lookup Filter Indicates whether the resource lookup filters out contacts that are not resources when assigning resources to projects.
AssigRes IsResource Active Lookup Filter Indicates whether the resource lookup filters out inactive resources when assigning resources to projects.
Auto Share with New Resource Determines whether to share an assignment and schedule with the resource's Salesforce user on creation or when the resource is changed. You can set the value to Read or Edit to define the level of sharing. If no value is set, no action is taken.
Delete Share from Old Resource Indicates whether the existing share of the assignment and schedule with the resource's Salesforce user is deleted when the resource on the assignment is changed.
Display Planned Bill Rate Indicates whether the Planned Bill Rate Appears on the Mass Assign Projects to Resource, Resource Request and Assignment pages.
Edit Schedule Default Strategy

The default scheduling strategy for the Schedule Strategy field on the Edit Assignment Schedule page. You can set this to one of the following:

  • "level" for Calculate End Date, Level Schedule.
  • "ignore" for Calculate End Date, Ignore Availability.
  • "day" for Adjust Hours Per Day.
  • "PercentAllocation" for Percent Allocation.
Hide Adjust Hours Scheduling Strategy Indicates whether the Adjust Hours Per Day scheduling strategy is hidden from the Schedule Strategy drop-down list when assigning a single resource to a project, assigning a resource from a resource request, editing a schedule and anywhere that you can select scheduling strategies with the exception of the Staffer and Planners.
Hide Custom Scheduling Strategy Indicates whether the Custom scheduling strategy is hidden from the Schedule Strategy drop-down list when assigning a single resource to a project, assigning a resource from a resource request, editing a schedule and anywhere that you can select scheduling strategies with the exception of the Staffer and Planners.
Hide Ignore Avail Scheduling Strategy Indicates whether the Calculate End Date Ignore Availability scheduling strategy is hidden from the Schedule Strategy drop-down list when assigning a single resource to a project, assigning a resource from a resource request, editing a schedule and anywhere that you can select scheduling strategies with the exception of the Staffer and Planners.
Hide Level Schedule Scheduling Strategy Indicates whether the Calculate End Date Level Schedule scheduling strategy is hidden from the Schedule Strategy drop-down list when assigning a single resource to a project, assigning a resource from a resource request, editing a schedule and anywhere that you can select scheduling strategies with the exception of the Staffer and Planners.
Hide Percent Alloc Scheduling Strategy Indicates whether the Percent Allocation scheduling strategy is hidden from the Schedule Strategy drop-down list when assigning a single resource to a project, assigning a resource from a resource request, editing a schedule and anywhere that you can select scheduling strategies with the exception of the Staffer and Planners.
Hide Zero Hour Scheduling Strategy Indicates whether the Zero Hour Schedule scheduling strategy is hidden from the Schedule Strategy drop-down list when assigning a single resource to a project, assigning a resource from a resource request, editing a schedule and anywhere that you can select scheduling strategies with the exception of the Staffer and Planners.
Link Assignment Header Tooltip Fields Comma delimited list of API names of fields to be listed when hovering over the tooltip icon on the Link Assignment to Milestones, Link Assignment to Project Methodology and Link Assignment to Phase pages.
Link Methodology Header Tooltip Fields Comma delimited list of API names of fields to be listed when hovering over the tooltip icon on the Link Project Methodology to Assignment page.
Link Milestone Header Tooltip Fields Comma delimited list of API names of fields to be listed when hovering over the tooltip icon on the Link Milestone to Assignments page.
Link Phase Header Tooltip Fields Comma delimited list of API names of fields to be listed when hovering over the tooltip icon on the Link Project Phase to Assignment page.
Mass Assign Milestone Editable Indicates whether the Milestone is displayed and editable on the Mass Assign Projects to Resource page and the Mass Assign Resources to Project page.
Mass Assign Milestone Required When Mass Assign Milestone Editable is selected, indicates whether the milestone field must be completed for each assignment to be created on the Mass Assign Projects to Resource page and the Mass Assign Resources to Project page.
Mass Assign Projects Load Limit Determines how many projects are returned in the search results on the Mass Assign Projects to Resource page.
Note
We recommend setting the value lower than 2000 to avoid reaching Salesforce platform limits.
Mass Assign Resources Load Limit Determines how many resources are returned in the search results on the Mass Assign Resources to Project page.
Note
We recommend setting the value lower than 2000 to avoid reaching Salesforce platform limits.
Role Hidden Indicates whether the Role field on the Assign Resource to Project page is hidden.
Note
You must only use this option while the Role Required on Creation custom field is not selected.
Role Required on Creation Indicates whether the Role field is mandatory when creating a new assignment on the Assign Resource to Project, Assign Multiple Resources to Project and Mass Assign Resources to Project pages.
Timecard Statuses The comma-delimited list of the Timecard Status field values to use when performing timecard calculations for the Edit Assignment Schedule page.
Use Default Cost Rate Clear on Assigning Indicates whether the default value of the Use Default Cost Rate checkbox is unchecked on the Assign Resource to Project, Mass Assign Resources to Project and Mass Assign Projects To Resource pages.

The Assignment Errors configuration groupA collection of configuration options contained in the configuration groups tab that defines behaviour of a FinancialForce PSA object or feature. contains configuration options that define error messages displayed to the user.

Configuration Option Description
ERROR_ASSIGNMENT_MILESTONE_PROJECT_MISMATCH The error displayed to a user when they select a milestone associated with a different project.

Concept Information

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