In order to do what you are looking for, you will need to let go of automatic calculation of burdened cost on the workplan. This calc needs expenditure type as burdening needs exp type and hence all you need to do is remove the default exp type for the People Resource class and now go ahead and use the “Organization” resource on your project and the actuals should map in correctly. You may need to create a new resource list with new resources as the exiting one may already have the default exp type populated.

hope you are doing well – I have been following thoroughly your recommendations regarding the mapping of actuals against your workplan however there seems to be some fundamental issues to get the mapping to work in case you are planning at a ‘higher level’ than a dedicated named resource or the particular expenditure type itself. I have attached you a ppt with a screenshot in a seperate email on this.

In general there seems to be a mismatch between the levels you can plan at theoretically and the issues you get to map with the detailed level the actuals are coming through.

To make it simple ..How would you be able to plan for xx amount of hours work out of a department (organization) while you will get submittals of actual timecards from people belonging to that department doing all kinds of work (different expenditure types) to map automatically against this high-level department plan…

I have shared those experiences with several of my community colleagues which seem to have uncovered the same issues with current clients..

thanks for elaborating on this within your blog / subject and adding more details / thx luc