Resource balances

The Resource Balances option in activity groups provides totals by resource within activities in the activity group. Resources are employees, vendors, assets or equipment that are sources of activity costs. When you set this option to Yes, Project Accounting maintains balances within each activity by account category and resource. This allows you to:

  • Use Resource Analysis (AC92.1) to inquire on resource costs in specific activities/account categories.

  • Use the resource dimension in the Activity data mart to analyze activity performance.

  • For more information about the Activity data mart, see the Analytic Architect User Guide.

Note: If you decide to keep resource balances, run an additional update after you post activity transactions in Project Accounting. This means running Post Accounting Unit Detail (AC191) after you run Activity Posting (AC190), or you can run Activity Posting (AC190) with the Post Acct Unit Balances field set to Yes.