Clarity: Resource Workload Portlet ‘Show All’ Shows Allocation from Inactive Investments

Posted @ 11/27/2012  11:16 AM By Glen Redden

Description:
The Resource Planning > Workloads portlet is showing a total Allocation value greater than the total shown on the ResourceAllocations > Weekly Detail Portlet. The additional allocation total is coming from inactive investments when the ‘Show All’ filter button is used.
Steps to Reproduce:

    1. Added Labor Staff Member to Inactive Project (or other type of investment) / 100% allocation

 

    1. Added Labor Staff Member to Active Project (or other type of investment) / 100% allocation

 

    1. Executed Time Slicing job

 

    1. Resource > Allocation Weekly Detail Portlet

 

    1. Inactive project – no allocation slices as expected / total Allocation value = non-zero

 

    1. Active project – allocation slices are shown / total Allocation value is expected

 

    1. Resource Planning > Workloads

 

    1. Filter by Resource OBS Unit > Click the Allocation number link to compare to the Resource Weekly Detail portlet ; it matches

 

    1. Filter by Resource ID > Click the Allocation number link to compare to the Resource Weekly Detail portlet ; it matches

 

    Filter ‘Show All’ > Click the Allocation number link to compare to the Resource Weekly Detail portlet

Expected Result: Show Allocation Total only for Active Investments.
Actual Result: Allocation Total is shown for both Active and Inactive Investments.
Solution:
WORKAROUND:

Clicking the ‘Filter’ button with or without additional criteria yields the expected results.

STATUS/RESOLTUION:

This is working as design. An enhancement request has been implemented on 12.1 to remove the hard coded investment active status condition for this portlet, so that a customer would have the ability to see data from inactive investments.
Reference the CA Clarity Project and Portfolio Manager Change Impact and Upgrade Guide for Clarity 12.1 Service Pack 1 – In the Studio Section or Chapter 2 : Resource Workloads Portlet – Filtering Resources by Active Resource and Investments.