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How To Get Resource Loading Histogram-S Curve

The resource histogram in Primavera P6 allows trending of resource quantities, hours, and costs over time. It helps determine potential risks from too many or too few resources. To view the histogram/S curve: 1) Allocate overall resources and costs in the Resource module 2) Assign resources to activities 3) View the resource usage profile to see the histogram/S curve bar chart, which can be customized. The stacked histogram also shows total resource allocation over time by trade.

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How To Get Resource Loading Histogram-S Curve

The resource histogram in Primavera P6 allows trending of resource quantities, hours, and costs over time. It helps determine potential risks from too many or too few resources. To view the histogram/S curve: 1) Allocate overall resources and costs in the Resource module 2) Assign resources to activities 3) View the resource usage profile to see the histogram/S curve bar chart, which can be customized. The stacked histogram also shows total resource allocation over time by trade.

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How to Get Resource Loading Histogram/S Curve

in Primavera P6
The resource histogram allows us to use projected and historical actualized data to trend resource quantities, resource hours and
cost in future. It also allows us to determine the potential risks of excessive supply of resources or lack of resourcerequirement.
This tutorial demonstrates how resources allocation chart (histogram/S curve) is produced in Primavera P6. Assume that you have
done Assigned activities and Sequenced activities to see resource loading histogram/S curve bar chart in Primavera P6. After
assigning and sequencing of activities,
(1) Allocate overall resource and their rated cost
(2) Assign resources in activity detail section and
(3) View resource loading histogram/S curve.

1) How to allocate overall resources and cost?


a) Go to Enterprise > Resource >
Note: When you are at Resource, you will see the filter name Current Project Resources If you have already opened a resource
loaded project. See figure below

A blank project resource dictionary only will be displayed if no resource has been added to current project.

See below image.

b) Add New Resource (Note : If the existing resources are not applicable for a specific project or no resource has been assigned to
current project.You can skip this step if the required resources are available in resource dictionary.)
When you try to add new resource, you will get the message like In order to add resource, the filter will be changed to display all
resources and you will see all resources for all the projects. New Resource Wizard will be prompted, and follow the wizard. You will
be asked to enter the following,

Resource ID,

Resource Name,

Allocate Resource Type (Labor, Non labor and material),

Rate (Price/Unit), Default Units/Time and Max Units/Time,

Contact address if applicable

Resource roles which describes their skills

Resource Calendar

Select Auto- compute if you


want actual units are updated by
Primavera or select Do not autocompute actual if you can update
manually for actual man hours spent.

Timesheets set up and log in


After entering of all data, you will
notice that the newly added resources
are not in the desired location.
Therefore, allocate those resources
according to their resource level. For
example, Pipe fitter, Rigger/Signaler,
General worker, Fire watches man,
Workshop labor, Painter, etc are
allocated under construction
department of Petrochemical Projects.
See figure below.

2) How to assign resources in activity detail section?


Go to Activities page > Select the activity > Go to Resource tab which is next to Relationships tab > Add Resource which is located
near the bottom of activity detail box > Select required resource and assign it. You may also assign resource details such ; resource
curve, budgeted units and actual units.

3) How to view and print resource histogram and S curve?


(a) Go to Activities page > Select Resource usage profile, and then you will see Current Projects Resources Column on the left and
histogram and bar chart on the right side of the layout. The individual loading chart, for instance, welders resource profile is shown
in the following figure.

Remember that you are not


able to view both materials
and labor or non labor
histogram bar chart at the
same time as they do not
have the same unit of
measure. You will be able to
view material resource
curve, both labor and non
labor curve , labor or non
labor curve each time
individually.

b) You can customize the


appearance of bar chart by
the Resource Usage
Profile Options. Right
Clickon the bar chart area to
find Resource Usage Profile
Options. You can select By
date to see interval data
(Histogram Chart) and select
Cumulative (S Curve) to see
total manpower unit in the
following check box below.

c) The following check box is


used when you want to show
manpower resource profile
instead of man hour unit. P6
will calculate total men per
period (interval) based on
working hrs per period
(interval) and total man
hours per period. For
example, total men per week
would be 10 when total man
hours for a week are 400 and
40 working hrs per week.

d) And then, select all resources in resource column to view overall man power allocation. To print the bar chart, Go to print preview >
page set up > Options > Select Profile and unselect Activity Table, All columns, Grid lines and Gantt chart. Set the time scale start
from PS-Earliest Project Start to PF-Latest Project Finish. Finally you will see the bar chart as below.

e) According to above bar chart, the


weekly interval manpower is shown on
the left side and total manpower
allocation is on the right side.

f) One of the reason for viewing


resource histogram is to identify
overallocated resources against the
available resources. To view any
overallocated resources in your project,
go to Data tag on "Resource Usage
Profile Options" window, then
select Show Limit and Show
Overallocation. Any resource unit above
the limit line (black line) is over
allocated. Normally, overallocated
resource is shown in red bar

How to view "Stacked Histogram?


You can also see Stacked Histogram for this manpower allocation. Right Click on the bar chart area to find Stacked
Histogram. Firstly, click on "Stacked Histogram" tag, and then you can go to "Resource Usage Profile Options" to get screen shot in
step-g. See figure below.

Go to Resource Profile options > Assign Resource Filter/Group Name > Select Total cumulative curve as shown in Figure below.

Finally, you will get Stacked Histogram as shown in below. The stacked histogram represents the manpower allocation by individual
trade/discipline for a particular
period as well as total manpower
allocation (total manpower = 200
men, see the following figure) for all
time . It can be printed the same way
done on item 3, d.

When Stacked histogram is viewed,


one thing to take note is
"Overallocated Resource" can't be
identified on that view. Switch back
to normal histogram by deselecting
"Stacked Histogram" so as to analyse
overallocated resources.

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