This is a big problem when working with my international teams. They are on a different time zone. They wakeup to tasks that are due that day but that are already late because they were due at 3:00 AM.We don't manage tasks to hours so having this amount of detail on due dates is not helpful. It make...

Another idea along the same line would be to have unread updates be flagged in a different color (something VERY obvious). I know notifications does this with a flag, but it would be great if the same thing existed in the updates feed of a task.

Yes, Doug's solution is exactly what I am looking for. However, my organization is small and can't afford it. I have had some luck exporting data from the resource planner and working with it in Excel using pivot tables. It is a very manual process and a bit messy, but I am encouraged by what I am f...

Manuel, thank you for your reply. Unless I am misunderstanding, this will still group hours to the planned start date.If I have a task that is 40 hours and 5 days long, I want the report to show 8 hours a day not 40 hours on the planned start date..

This would be so helpful. It would be incredible if I could plot on a line chart the duration of a project on the x-axis and the planned hours AND actual hours on the y-axis. Like the monthly utilization charts for projects. The data must already exist in the system to generate the utilization chart...

When building a template (or assign tasks in a project), it would be very helpful to assign the number of hours to each assigned resource based on a percentage. Think of it as a new "Duration Type." Like "Simple" but where you put in a percentage of hours instead of a fixed number of hours. For exam...

Manuel,I might be able to get what I need from the Resource Planner if I export the data to Excel. Do you know if the Planner lumps all hours to the beginning of a task? I certainly hope not.

Doug, that is good advice. I have run into the double counting problem before and always check for children tasks when I create these types of reports. I haven't tried an assignment report. I will have to look into that. We have many long tasks in our projects that require the spreading of hours.

Doug, this looks great. Pretty much exactly what I need, but the price is way out of my range. I am going to have to see if I can find a different solution. Thank you again. I will keep his in mind if my organization grows big enough to be able to afford a tool such as yours.

Manuel, thank you for your help. That chart would work fine but I need to know how WF distributes hours for longer tasks. For example, if I have a task that is 60 hrs. and 3 weeks long, and I create a report like the one you showed but with hours grouped by week, is it going to show 20 hours per wee...