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Tung_Linh
Copper Contributor
Oct 24, 2023

Over allocation not working in Project Online (Plan 3)

Hi,

I am currently facing an issue with Microsoft Project Online (Plan 3) related to the over allocation indicator not working. I am in the process of testing Microsoft Project Online and have set up multiple tasks for employees. However, I expected to see the "Overallocation" icon, but unfortunately, it is not appearing.

 

To resolve this, I have ensured that:

  1. All resources are of type "Work."
  2. The Max Units for resources are set at 100%.
  3. The timeline for tasks assigned to the same person is on the same day
  4. Given these settings, I anticipated that the "Overallocation" icon would be visible. However, it seems there is an issue preventing it from appearing as expected.

    I would greatly appreciate any guidance or insights anyone can provide to help me resolve this matter.

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  • Dale_HowardMVP's avatar
    Dale_HowardMVP
    Oct 25, 2023
    Tung_Linh --

    This is a REALLY GOOD question, my friend, and I congratulate you for asking it.

    You CANNOT see overallocation indicators in detailed Project views in PWA. You need to be using Project Online Professional (aka the Microsoft Project Professional desktop application), connected to Project Online. When you open your enterprise projects in Microsoft Project, you will see the overallocation indicators you are seeking in Task views, and you will see the names of overallocated resources formatted in red in Resource views. And of course, you can level resource overallocations using a variety of techniques in Microsoft Project as well. Hope this helps.
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    Dale_HowardMVP
    MVP
    Oct 25, 2023
    Tung_Linh --

    This is a REALLY GOOD question, my friend, and I congratulate you for asking it.

    You CANNOT see overallocation indicators in detailed Project views in PWA. You need to be using Project Online Professional (aka the Microsoft Project Professional desktop application), connected to Project Online. When you open your enterprise projects in Microsoft Project, you will see the overallocation indicators you are seeking in Task views, and you will see the names of overallocated resources formatted in red in Resource views. And of course, you can level resource overallocations using a variety of techniques in Microsoft Project as well. Hope this helps.
    • Tung_Linh's avatar
      Tung_Linh
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 25, 2023
      Thank you Dale Howard, now I see,

      Working at Project Online desktop client is normal (see the over allocation).
      Now i realize PWA not support the over allocation indicators.

      This is the bad new for me, Over allocation really important when work at PWA. Hope they develop this soon.

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