Consolidating absences in SPM Resource Management cards – is it possible in standard?

[tdemuliere]

Hello,

We are using SPM Standard Resource Management to manage capacity and workload.

In our setup:

• Absences are imported from our HR system (custom integration)
• Actual effort comes from timecards (ERP integration)
  
  

Our objective is to get a clear view of:

• Planned workload
• Actual effort
• Remaining capacity per resource

Challenge

We initially tried to display absences directly in RM cards.

However, each absence creates a separate line → resulting in:

• Multiple lines per user
• Poor readability
• Difficult capacity analysis

We eventually rolled back this approach.

Today:

• Absences are no longer visible
• Only indirectly reflected in remaining capacity

=>  This improves readability, but reduces transparency and anticipation.

What we are trying to achieve

Ideally, we would like to:

• Keep absences visible in RM cards
• But consolidated into a single line per user
• With aggregated values (planned and/or actual)
  
  

→ So capacity remains both readable and actionable.

Question

Is there any standard capability in SPM Resource Management to:

• Aggregate or group absence entries in RM cards?
• Or provide a more synthetic view (grouping, summarization, etc.)?
  
  

Or has anyone implemented a workaround to:

• Keep absences visible
• While preserving readability and capacity analysis?

Additional context
Other tools (e.g. Napta) provide a consolidated absence view per resource, which greatly improves usability for capacity planning.

We are looking to achieve a similar result in SPM Standard, ideally without heavy customization.

Thanks in advance!

[Tanushree Maiti]

Refer these links if helps:

Resource Capacity in Resource Management

Resource Assignment and Capacity Planning Guide

Using Resource Management Workspace 

Actual cost and effort calculation for a demand and demand task 

Resource Capacity in Resource Management