Resource Information: Functions (Skills)

A function or skill is considered to be a generic resource that can be replaced by a specific resource closer to the time when it is needed, e.g. a shovel is a generic resource (typically used when planning many years in advance), that could be replaced by a specific shovel at a time point when it is clear which shovel is used. When building up a tree structure of resources in the Crosstab view, the convention is that a resource on any level can be replaced by resources on lower levels. This is implicit. You can also explicitly mark a resource as being replaceable and set up a list of potential candidate resources available to replace with.

Field	Description
Replaceable (resource is a skill/function)	This action can be selected either here or from the General tab. If this option is switched on, it means that the resource is replaceable. You can select one or more replacement resource from the grid labelled Resources with current skill. If this resource is not replaceable itself, it may still be in a position to replace another resource (which in turn would have been marked as replaceable). In this case you can select one or more resources to replace from the grid labelled Skills that current resource has.
Previous	Click to display the Resource Information screen of the previous resource that you have defined. This button is only active if you have more than one resource defined and you are not displaying the first resource on your list of resources.
Next	Click to display the Resource Information screen of the next resource that you have defined. This button is only active if you have more than one resource defined and you are not displaying the last resource on your list of resources.
OK	Click to accept all the changes you made and close this screen.
Cancel	Click to cancel all the changes you made and close the screen.
	Click to display the help available for this screen.