You can request a resource plan using one of the following options:
Hourly: The request is in terms of the number of hours the resources are necessary.
FTE: The request is in terms of an equivalent value that represents full-time work. When the request type is FTE, planned hours are calculated as: Average Daily FTE * number of working days in resource plan * the FTE value. The average daily FTE hours are specified in User and Group records. If there is no value specified at User or Group record, the average daily FTE hours is taken from the Default Average Daily FTE property.
The number of working days is calculated based on the users schedule for a user resource or the default schedule for group resources. The default schedule is taken from Default Schedule Name property.
For example, the average daily FTE hours is 40 hrs for a group, the resource plan dates are from Sep. 01 2015 to Sep. 10, 2015. and you specify the FTE as 0.5.
Then planned hours = 40 * 8 * .5 = 160 hours. This assumes that there are 8 working days between Sep. 1 and Sep. 10.
Note: Capacity is not derived from FTE, but from schedules. Both FTE and schedules must be in synchronization with each other.
Person days: The request is in terms of person days. When the request type is person days, planned hours are calculated as: Total number of person days * Average Daily FTE Hours/Hours Per Person Day. For example, the Average Daily FTE Hours/Hours Per Person Day is 8 hrs for a group, and you specify the person days as 3. Then planned hours = 8 * 3 = 24 hours.
