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Resource Requests Overview

By Sarah Bridges | Updated

 
 
Default Account Permissions: Account Administrator

NOTE

An Account Administrator must enable Resource Requests in the Resource Management Settings.

Overview

With Resource Requests, you can create repeatable staffing processes within your organization by establishing a specific list of approvers and requiring users to submit requests for their staffing demand. To submit these requests, unnamed resources are used as placeholders for the open roles, allowing you to add

  • Task assignments
  • Scheduled hours tasks
  • Allocated hours to the project
  • Specific skills and other attributes needed for the open role

Before you start using Resource Requests, we recommend adding Resource custom fields to use with resources to both classify your resource demand and follow your existing business processes. You can also add existing User custom fields to resources—or create new ones—and make sure that they are available in the Resource side panel. You can even mark specific fields as Required for Staffing, allowing you to define which information is vital for submitting Resource Requests.

NOTE: Custom fields made available to resources do not follow standard User custom field permissions but are instead dependent on the Resource Management Access Group permissions . In other words, if you can view a resource, you can view all their custom fields. If you can edit a resource, then you can edit their custom fields.

Building a skills library under Settings > Skills will also help you to fill requests more quickly and accurately, as approvers can match the skills needed for a role to the skills that account members have assigned to them in the system.

Tip: Skills are also helpful when Resource Recommendations are enabled, giving approvers more accurate recommendations by matching skills on the open role with the skills that recommended resources have.

Account Administrators can enable Resource Requests and add approvers under Settings > Resource Management.

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Resource Request Approvers

You can designate specific account members as Resource Request Approvers. In order to approve requests, an account member must have permissions to view all projects in Resource Center and edit named resources.

Once assigned, these approvers are notified of resource requests, can select a resource to fill the role, and can approve or reject these requests in the Resource side panel.

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TIP

If you have Resource Recommendations enabled, approvers will see a list of recommended account members to fill the role. Hovering over each recommendation, you can see additional information that can help you determine if a resource may be the right fit.

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