Assign a Curve to a Resource or a Role Assignment

A curve profile can be selected per activity assignment to allocate resource or role cost or units over the duration of an activity according to a specific curve. Cost spread is Planned Cost and Remaining Cost. Units spread is Planned Units, Actual Units, Remaining Units, and At Completion Units. If you make changes to fields in future periods, the Cost Curve or Units Curve column displays Manual Curve. You can revert to a standard curve profile for either Costs or Units, and delete the changes specific to that Manual Curve. You'll receive a confirmation message before clearing a Manual Curve.

Curve values can vary depending on whether costs and units are linked. If you link costs and units in project settings, or at an assignment level, the Units Curve value displays and the Cost Curve option is disabled. If you unlink costs and units after manually editing a curve value, the Manual Curve changes will clear, and the Cost Curve option is available.

Note: Curves may cause an assignment's costs to be recalculated if the assignment's Calculate Costs from Units setting is enabled.

A curve profile can be assigned to any resource or role assignment on activities with one of the following duration types:

• Fixed Duration & Units/Time
• Fixed Duration & Units

To specify a curve profile:

1. Navigate to the Activities page
   1. In the object selector, select Project or Program, and then select a project or a program from the list.
   2. From the Main Menu, select Schedule, and then select Activities.
2. In the table, select the activity.
3. On the Layout menu, select Activity Details, and then select the Resource Assignments detail window.
4. In the Cost Curve column or Units Curve column for the resource assignment, select a curve profile.

   Note: If the Cost Curve column or the Units Curve column is not displayed, add them to your view from Settings in the detail window.

5. All changes made to this page are saved automatically.