Resource (AC/BR)

A resource is a person, employee, vendor, asset, or equipment that is a source of an activity's costs, revenues or units. There are five types of resources in Project Accounting:

Resource	Description
AC Resource (AC Person)	A person, employee, or subcontractor that is not defined in the Lawson Human Resources or Accounts Payable applications. AC Person resources can identify employees, vendors, or subcontractors from non-Lawson systems.
HR Employee	A person defined as an employee in the Human Resources application.
Asset	A fixed asset defined in the Asset Management application.
Vendor	A business or individual defined as a vendor in the Accounts Payable application.
Equipment	An asset that is not defined in the Asset Management application. This resource can identify equipment or assets from non-Lawson systems.

You can track cost and unit balances by resource in activities. This allows you to see totals for individual resources within a given activity and account category. To maintain resource balances in activities, set the Resource Balance option in Activity Group (AC00.1) to Yes. If you maintain resource balances in activities, then you can:

• Use Resource Analysis (AC92.1) to inquire on costs and units by resource for a given activity and account category.

• Use the resource dimension in the activity data mart.