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Editing Availability on a Schedule

If you are tracking availability at the trade level, you might need to edit or add trade availability on a schedule if the trade availability has changed (that is, there are more or fewer employees working), or if you want to add availability for a trade that is not currently on the schedule.

You can also enter availability for job contractors, services, tools, and rental equipment.

To Edit Availability on a Schedule

1.	Open the schedule.

2.	Select the Properties view, Availability tab.

3.	If you are entering trade availability, select Use the availability entered here. You will also be able to enter availability for other time-based resources.

Note: You can enter availability for tools, job contractors, services, and rental equipment using any of the first three availability options. If you choose the option Sum the availability from the schedule’s child schedules, you will not be able to enter any availability manually on the template.

4.	To add a new availability entry, click the New list. The appropriate New Availability dialog appears.

5.	Select the resource from the Resource list.

6.	In the Number box, enter the total number of people practicing this trade that are available for this schedule, or the total number of tools or equipment depending on the type selected.

7.	In the Availability box, type the total number of hours available for all of the people, tools, or equipment for this schedule.

8.	Enter any notes in the Comments box.

9.	Click OK. The availability is added to the schedule.

Tip: To edit an existing entry, highlight the entry in the table and press F2. The Resource box is open for editing. Press Tab to move to the Availability box. Enter the new number of hours, and then press Tab. The Number of box is open for editing. Enter the new number of people, tools, or equipment, and then press Enter.