Create an individual resource

The display name for the resource.

The username for the resource.

The password for the resource for accessing the system.

Password confirmation.

Email address of the resource. If configured to GitHub, enter the email address used in the GitHub configuration.

The contact number of the resource.

The category to which the resource belongs.

The category that appears when a resource performs an action, such as opening a map or creating a job on a process in the TotalAgility Workspace or TotalAgility Designer.

By default, a new resource is assigned to your working category.

The list of working folders added to GitHub repository. You can set the working folder as needed.

Account locked

If selected, keeps the account locked.

User must change password on next logon

If selected, prompts the resource to change the password on the next login.

Optional. The date range when a resource is available.

Valid from

The resource account can be set to be valid with immediate effect (now) or from a specific date. (Default: Now)

Valid until

The resource account can be valid for an indefinite period or until a specified date. (Default: Indefinitely)

Optional. A supervisor (Individual or Group) to manage the resource.

Only a resource with a higher managerial level than the selected resource can become a supervisor or a group can become a supervisor.

For example, a resource with a managerial level of 6 cannot supervise a resource with a managerial level of 5.

The level of authority assigned to a supervisor to derive the hierarchy of individuals within an organization. (Default: Not a supervisor)

The managerial level ranges from 1 to 10. Lower values indicate more authority than higher values, with 1 being the highest level of authority.

Resources that report to this resource if this resource is a supervisor.

The persona relevant to the resource's requirement.

The group for which a worker does most of their work. If a resource belongs to multiple groups, a working group indicates the group for which the resource is currently working. For example, a resource may belong to both the Finance group and the Admin group. Assigning the resource to the Admin group indicates that the resource is currently working for the Admin group.

The groups to associate with the resource.

A resource can be a member of many different groups. For example, a resource can belong to both the Finance group and the Project Management group.

Being able to view the list of associated groups helps you manage your resources effectively. For example, before removing or replacing the resource, you will know all of the resource associations so that you can assess the impact of a change and act accordingly.

To associate a group with an individual,

1. Click Add.

2. Locate the required group:

   1. Click the "working category" link to open the Category list.

   2. Select All or the category the group belongs to.

   3. Click the Add all link to select all groups, or to further filter the list, enter the name of the group in the Filter field and then select the required group.

3. Click Done.

The security and skill levels of the resource.

Security level

Security level of a resource controls the assignment of resources to an activity. The value of security level ranges from 1 to 10, with 1 being the highest level of security and 10 the lowest. The default security level of a group is 1.

You can also set the security level on an activity to control which resource can work on that activity. For example:

• If the security level of the activity is 1, only resources with a security level of 1 can complete the activity.

• If the security level of the activity is 3, only resources with security levels of 3, 2, or 1 can complete the activity.

• If the security level of the activity is 10, a resource with any security level can complete the activity.

Skill level

Managing training and competency records for a team or department members lets you optimize resource use.

• Assign work to the resource with the correct training and skill level. For example, a complex task most likely needs a resource with a high skill level.
• Tailor support for team members based on their needs. For example, team members with lower skill levels may require additional supervision and training.

The skill level of a resource helps you control the assignment of the resource to an activity based on their competency levels.

Skill levels are global and available across all business processes.

Skill levels range from 1 to 10, with 1 being the highest skill level and 10 the lowest. The greater the skill level of the resource, the lower the skill level value is.

By default, the minimum skill level is set to 10 and the maximum to 1.

For example, when you configure a .Net activity, and select a Method such as "AddWorkerResource3", you can set the maximum and minimum value to the resource. However, the value of the maximum skill level cannot be more than the value of the minimum skill level.

Use the maximum and minimum skill levels of a resource to determine which activities the resource can perform.

When manually assigning work, TotalAgility makes only those resources with the requisite competency levels to perform the work available. See Resource assignment>Assign resources manually for more information.

When automatically assigning work, TotalAgility only assigns resources that have the required skill level.

Specify whether resources are available based on server level or process level skill settings or, select resources regardless of skill level.

Work allocation

Rule

Optional. A work allocation rule assigned to a resource so that work can be streamlined based on the order defined in the rule.

Work allocation rules are specific rule conditions to help prioritize the work of a resource based on activity, process, state, work type, and other priority types. Once prioritized, TotalAgility systematically pushes the work to the resource work queue based on the set priorities.

You can assign a work allocation rule directly to an individual or a group so that the rule becomes effective for all individuals who have the selected resource group as their working group. For example, on the day when a bank releases the quarterly statements, the task of posting bank statements is assigned as a work allocation rule to the Backroom Staff. The system prioritizes the task by putting it at the top of the Backroom Staff work queues when the activity becomes pending.

Costs

Fixed cost

The cost of a resource irrespective of the length of the activity. This is the actual cost of the job.

Variable cost

Rate per day/hour/minute/second for this resource. To set the variable cost, type a value, and select days, hours, minutes, and seconds as the unit of measure. The variable cost is added to the job.

For example, a repairman has a fixed service call charge of $100 plus charges of $10 per hour. If the repairman takes 3 hours to fix an issue, the cost of the fix is (Fixed cost = 100) + (Variable cost = (10 *3)) = $130.