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This portlet provides a view into the number of timesheets that were expected to be completed for a specified time period(s) as well as the number of timesheets that were completed and the percent complete. This can also be filtered by OBS so that a company can see timesheet compliance at the OBS level. -
The tech-trick shows how to retrieve logged in User related values (ex: skill set) in timesheet. -
The Allocation Compliance Pie Chart portlet gives a view of active resources' allocation compliance within a date range and OBS displayed in a pie chart. It allows the user to the percentage of resources over, under, and adequately staffed on projects over a selected time period. This portlet leverages the daily allocation and daily availability slices as well as only active investments. The portlet provides filters for specific dates (required) and OBS. -
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All Assignments report provides the Managers a single place to view all the assignments associated with a project(s). User can view only the investments that he has access to. This report also displays ETC, Actuals, Total Effort, Days Old (Elapsed days between Task Finish Date and Today's Date), Days Late (Elapsed days between Task Finish date and Task Baseline Finish date) associated with the task. You can further narrow your search by OBS Type & Path, Resource Name , Project Manager, Project Name, Project ID, Is project Active?, Assignment Start Date, Assignment Finish Date, Assignment Status and Task Status. -
Late Tasks with Assignments report displays the list of all Tasks (with their Total ETC Hours) that are not closed but are past their finish date or past their baseline finish date. The report provides Project Manager the ability to view and track late tasks across multiple projects without going into each project individually. This report displays Project Name, Project Manager, Task Name, Task Status, Task Start Date, Task Finish Date, Days Old (Elapsed days between Task Finish Date and Today's Date), Days Late (Elapsed days between Task Finish date and Task Baseline Finish date). User can further narrow their search by Task Name, Task Status, Project ID, Project Name, Project Manager, Is Milestone?, Is late?, Task Start Date, Task Finish Date and Is Template?. User can use exact dates or relative dates for Task Start Date and Task Finish Date filter parameters. -
Course description: “Is there a way to simplify time tracking? Time is a function 90% of companies use. What are ways to have time be less of a burden to users? How can you minimize the negative perception? This session will discuss options within CA PPM or outside CA PPM to make time tracking less of a burden for all.” Download file is the presentation slide deck. -
Process sends an email to RM, for resources assigned, that indicates the allocation percentage for each resource for the next 6 weeks. Email has links to each resource so that allocation modifications can be made as required. -
The process notifies resource who has been added to investment today and allocation is greater or equal to 100%. The process is on-demand and would require the user to have appropriate rights to run the process. Process should be scheduled as daily once job. -
This process pulls in the total hours tracked, by resource, by task, for a given project for the weekly time period that ended. The information is sent to the Project Manager listed on the project. This process can be scheduled via the Execute a Process job. -
The Timesheet Approval - RM and PM process is an auto-start process that begins once the resource submits his or her timesheet. This process provides a checks-and-balances style to ensure that all resources entering time have entered the 40 hours. Once the timesheet is submitted, the process will lock the user’s timesheet to prevent editing. The process will then select the next action based on three different factors:- The timesheet has less than 40 hours.
- The timesheet has 40 or more hours.
- The resource’s availability is less than 8hrs/day.
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The Time Tracking Stalker – Resource workflow process is used to notify resources that fail to submit a timesheet in a prior week. The workflow checks for active resources, hire/termination dates, track mode, and open for time entry. This process helps to ensure resources submit timesheets in a timely manner. In version 13, the email can be enhanced to include colors, bold, underline, and other HTML formatting. -
The Grant Approve Time to Proxy process utilizes the proxy feature within Clarity to assign timesheet approval and edit rights to a proxy for any resources that the user is the current resource manager for. The process, when run, will also remove any timesheet approval and edit rights for any users if the proxy has been removed or the resource manager has changed. This process is used for resource managers that will be out of the office. -
Does your organization struggle with resource management? Have you considered creating a Resource Management Office (RMO)? This session will review how some organizations are using RMOs to drive adoption and effectively manage resources, including real world examples of RMO setup and execution. -
This portlet displays the % allocation of resources to projects. The portlet shows if the resource is allocated to the projects as an individual resource or as part of an Agile team, in which case it will display the resource % allocation to the team and what that will represent in terms of % allocation to the project. The Total Allocation % display the allocation of the resource to all investments is allocated to. Remaining Capacity and Over/Under columns will help identify the resources that still have availability and the ones that are over allocated. -
This portlet displays the monthly allocation per resource. The PM can view by the RM or the resource to get the data for monthly resource allocations. The table below describes the available filter fields in the portlet. Column Label Description Work Effort Manager Manager of the Investment the Work Effort is on Work Effort Active Active status of the Investment the Work Effort is on Resource Resource’s Name Internal Resource ID Resource’s ID Zero Allocation Show Allocations that equal zero Open for Time Entry Is the Resource Open for Time Entry Resource Active Resource’s Active status Role Resource’s Primary Role OBS Unit Resource’s OBS Start Allocation Start Time to filter by End Allocation Finish time to filter by -
The User Activity portlet is in essence an expansion of the out of the box User List by License Type portlet, which only display the Last Logged In date of resources. This portlet offers several additional fields to help admins dig deeper into user activity within the tool. The table below describes the available filter fields for the portlet.Column Label Description OBS OBS the resource(s) belong to Resource Full Name Resource’s First and Last Name Resource ID Resource’s ID First Name Resource’s First Name Last Name Resource’s Last Name Date Last Logged In Date the Resource last logged in Date Last Time Investment Updated Date the Resource last made an Investment update Resource Active The Resource’s active status Employment Type Resource’s Employment Type Financial Location Resource’s Financial Location Email Resource’s Email Address Date Last Time Financial Plans Edited Date the Resource last made a Financial Plan edit Date of last entry on a Timesheet Date the Resource last made an entry on a timesheet Created Date Date the resource was added to the system Date of Hire Resource’s Date of Hire Date of Termination Resource’s Date of Termination Financial Department Resource’s Financial Department Home Page Resource’s Home Page Language Default Language of the Resource Primary role Resource’s Primary Role Resource manager Resource’s Manager Track Mode Resource’s Track Mode User Name Resource’s Username -
This Portlet produces a Grid View of Resources using total Resource Allocation from each Project’s Team / Staff, per month; output is expressed as a %. Users can specify which Resource OBS to use as a Filter (unit and descendants is assumed) as well as a Start/End Date. -
Resource Financial Settings portlet provides resource managers a single place to view financial settings of various resources. It is a grid portlet that displays Resource details such as Name, Email, Manager, Employment Type, Is Active?, Is Open for Time?, Resource Class, Transaction Class and Department. You can further narrow your search by Resource(s), Active, Open for Time, Employment Type, Resource Class, Transaction class and Department. -
This Allocation Compliance Drilldown Enhancement portlet is used in conjunction with the Allocation Compliance Pie Chart. Once the user selects a specific section of the chart, the Allocation Compliance Drilldown Enhancement will display a list of resources fulfilling that selection. The Allocation Compliance list portlet shows the Resource Name, the Resource Manager, Availability, Allocated Hours and Allocation % for the selection. Note: The Allocation compliance pie chart is displayed first based on the filter selection i.e., Start Date, End Date and OBS. The pie chart is displayed as per the following three slices of the pie: Under Allocated (Less than 80%) Appropriately Allocated (Between 80-120%) Over Allocated (Above 120%) The slice of a pie can be clicked to display resource allocation compliance information in the Allocation Compliance List portlet, as described earlier. The table below describes the available columns in the Allocation Compliance list portlet. The first 5 are configured in the default view: Column Label Description Resource Name Name of the Resource Resource Manager Resource Manager Availability Resource Availability Allocated Resource Allocation Allocation % Resource Allocation % Res_id Unique identifier of the Resource -
This is the same portlet as the out of the box Weekly Detail with an additional filter element for Program (multiple select). Portlet displays resource allocations graphically for each project in the specified program(s), for the next six weekly periods. Portlet filterable by numerous project, resource, and assignment attributes. Graphical representation shows Resource Availability Threshold and Allocation in hours, as a mouse-over. -
A Process run via Execute a Process job; sends an email to active resources, containing a facsimile of their Resource Allocation Detail page. It shows the next six weeks of allocations by investment, with a column total. The email also contains a click here link to this page in CA PPM, to enable editing of the data, as appropriate. -
This portlet shows resource allocation by percent and hours, and gives ability to filter on allocation percent. The RM can use the portlet to see if any of the resources is over/ under allocated. -
The Global Action Items portlet will help users and clarity admins to keep track of action items in the CA PPM system. This is useful to keep track of Timesheet Approval through Action Item or any other Action Item related workflows. The portlet displays Name, Type Assignee, Created by, Due Date, Health and Status of the Action Items as default columns. The portlet provides Project, Project Manager, Project OBS, Assignee, Status and Due Dates of the Action Items as default filters. -
The Timesheets by Resource portlet gives the ability to highlight the time periods where resources are working overtime or working less than 25 hours a week. The filter requires timesheet Start Date and End Date to be provided. Additionally, the information can be filtered by Resource, Resource ID, OBS Unit, Employment Type, Resource Manager, Open for Time, and Active status. This portlet displays Resource, Resource ID, Active (yes/no), Employment Type, Primary Role, Resource Manager, and Timesheet Hours Flag. The flags are set with the logic- Yellow = timesheets not posted / zero hour timesheets
- Green = where number of hours posted is > 25 and less than 45
- Red = where number of hours posted is < 25 or > 45
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The Timesheets by Resource portlet gives the ability to highlight the time periods where resources are working overtime or working less than 25 hours a week. The filter requires timesheet Start Date and End Date to be provided. Additionally, the information can be filtered by Resource, Resource ID, OBS Unit, Employment Type, Resource Manager, Open for Time, and Active status. This portlet displays Resource, Resource ID, Active (yes/no), Employment Type, Primary Role, Resource Manager, and Timesheet Hours Flag. The flags are set with the logic
- Yellow = timesheets not posted / zero hour timesheets
- Green = where number of hours posted is > 25 and less than 45
- Red = where number of hours posted is < 25 or > 45
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The My Resource Count by Project portlet displays project information, total team count and the current user’s resource count assigned to each project. The user may narrow the results by filtering on project name, manager, status, team count, managed resource count or percentage managed resource count. Using this portlet, resource managers can quickly identify which projects their resources are allocated to without having to navigate to each resource individually. Not only does this portlet display the overall team count on the project (team count), but it also displays the managed resource count (logged in user’s number of resources allocated to the project) as well as the percentage of managed resource count to team count. -
The Dashboard: Change Requests portlet gives an overview of all change requests on the project. The portlet will pull the "id" from the page it is placed on, so this portlet is usually placed on the project dashboard tab. The portlet sorts the issues first by priority and then by target date. It displays the name, owner, status, target date, approved by, and the priority. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with the adding of resources to the Staff tab for Ideas in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.1 views. Document provides detail on how to add resources to the Staff tab, Default Allocation % and Per-Period metrics. -
The Time By Resource and Investment - PM portlet shows time spent on projects where the logged in user is the project manager. This portlet is used to get a snapshot of investments and the time that has been put against them at the individual resource level for the projects that user has access to. This portlet is used for determining what resources have put time against specific investments and can be used to see where resources are spending their time or to help rationalize ETCs for remaining work for planning purposes. The portlet may be filtered by time-scale, date, resource or investment to narrow the search results. -
The Missing Time by OBS portlet displays all missing or late timesheets for resources staffed within a specific OBS. Resources will be included if they are open for time entry, have the track mode of ‘Clarity’ and have a timesheet that is not posted. The portlet accommodates for hire and termination dates. Also, the portlet only shows resources that the active user has the security rights to view. Administrators and the Project Management Office may use this portlet to determine the timesheet status of all resources within a specific OBS in open time periods. This portlet allows a user to quickly search by OBS and view all timesheets under that area. After selecting the OBS, the user can also filter on time period start date, Resource Manager and/or Project Manager. The portlet will display a ‘Stop Light’ indicator based on timesheet status, the status, period start, Resource Name, Resource Manager and any actual hours entered for the timesheet. -
The Resource Data Issues portlet is used to identify data exceptions related to resource setup. This portlet helps to identify where resources are missing key data or are possibly sitting in an exception state. This view will show resources that have one or many exceptions, including inactive resources. There is no security built into this portlet - all resources will show. The only required field in the filter is Days, which is the number of days since the user last logged in. The user may also narrow the results by resource, OBS, or project type. -
The Allocation Compliance by Resource (Resource Manager) portlet gives a view of resource allocation compliance for all active resources the logged in user is the Resource Manager for. It allows the RM to see resources they manage over the coming months and whether they are over or under allocated. This portlet leverages the daily allocation and daily availability slices as well as only active investments. The portlet provides filters for specific dates, filtering by resource ID, and resource name may also be added. -
This view depicts Allocation Compliance for resources grouped by OBS. Using the daily Resource Availability and Daily Resource Allocation Time Slices this column chart groups aggregate Allocation vs Availability by OBS Unit. The chart allows quick analysis to see if resources are adequately allocated (between 80% to 120% of their capacity) or if they are significantly under or over allocated. NOTE: The grouping of OBS unit is limited to 1 level below the selected OBS in the portlet filter. -
The Resource Baseline vs. Plan by Employment Type report provides insight into how resource utilization compares to the original baseline. It displays baseline, actual, estimate, and variance values for each resource across investments, grouped by employment type—such as employees or contractors. The report includes monthly charts that compare baseline amounts to estimated-at-completion values, with data shown in either hours or full-time equivalents (FTEs). This enables clear visibility into performance and variances by employment category. -
The Investment Assignments by Task report provides a detailed breakdown of effort at the task-assignment level for each investment. It displays both actuals and estimates for resource assignments, along with task status, percent complete, and assignment start and finish dates. Totals are available at the investment level, making it easy to analyze workload, progress, and effort distribution across tasks and resources.
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