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Chris MurrayMember for 22 years 7 months
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Dear All,

I’ve been working with P3 for years and currently in a role which requires me to use MS Project.

I have a resource for example a Ship, which I have entered as a resource, type: work.

But I want it as a material so I can see how many ships are required in my resource chart. But if I enter it as a material the resource graphs fail to show what I want i.e. the scale is not large enough. At present the scale shows between 1 to 24. My one ship shows at the bottom so only showing a small fraction on the screen.

Any help??
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    Chris Oggham ·
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    Hi Chris,

    Would it be possible to enter your resource in a different way? Instead of entering 1 ship as your resource, enter the ship`s cargo capacity in thousands of tons, this might give you the scale you want.

    Chris Oggham
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    Chris Murray ·
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    Chris,

    I see your point. But, the weightage of the vessel is not the measurable factor. It is infact the job requires one certain vessel, and if two jobs were to require the same vessel the graphs would idealy show an overallocation.

    Regards
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