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ms project - rent a tool for half day
hi i have many tools that i rent at cost per day when i need them just for 0.5 day for example i need a bomag for 0.5 day but the cost for rent bomag is 300usd per day so when i enter resour...
Even though at resource rate may be set for cost per day or cost per hour, internally Project calculates all time related data to the nearest minute. For example, a resource rate of $1/hr will show a cost of $.016 (rounded to $0.02) for a task with a duration of 1 minute.
If you don't want to use the "cost per use" then I suggest you set up your tool costs as cost type resources. In this example the bomag is a cost type resource so no rate is given. When the bomag is assigned to a task, the rate is set in the Cost column of the Assign Resource window. This cost will be fixed regardless of the task's duration.
Hope this helps.
John