Clarity: Role Capacity Portlet - Power Filter for Role

Article Id: 49501
Status: Published
Updated On: 14-02-2018 07:59
Legacy Id: TEC572192
Products:
CLARITY PPM FOR ITG , CA Project & Portfolio Management , CLARITY PPM FEDERAL , CA Project & Portfolio Management SAAS , CA Identity Manager , CA Identity Governance , CA Identity Portal , STARTER PACK-CLARITY PPM
Issue/Introduction:

Description:

When I click on the Role Capacity portlet under Resource Planning > Capacity I can see a list of roles some with data and some without. When I use the Build Power Filter feature to refine this list I get the message "There are no items to display" even though the roles were listed prior to the Power Filter being applied.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Go to Resource Planning > Capacity tab > Role Capacity

  2. Initially filter by selecting a Capacity OBS and a Demand OBS

  3. Click on Build Power Filter

  4. Build the power filter by selecting Left = "Primary Role," Operator = "=" and Right = any role

  5. Add to the Expression window

  6. Click Submit

Expected Result: See the list of roles selected in the Power Filter
Actual Result: Get the message "There are no items to display"

Solution:

Using the 'Primary Role' attribute on the 'Role Capacity' portlet is not applicable.

There are 2 fields on the 'Resource' Object

Primary Role
Parent Role

Because the 'Resource' Object can hold 2 different types of resource records -- either a named Resource or a Role, the structure of the table is constant, however, some of the fields are specifically used for Resources and some of the fields are specifically used for Roles.

Primary Role > This field is only used with named Resources Parent Role > This field is only used with Roles.

If you go into a Resource Record - you will only be able to add data to the 'Primary Role' field ; you will not be able to add data to the 'Parent Role' field, because a 'Resource' is NOT a 'Role'

If you go into a Role Record - you will only be able to add data to the 'Parent Role' field ; you will not be able to add data to the 'Primary Role' field, because a 'Role' cannot have a 'Role'

The use of the 'Primary Role' field on a Portlet that is used for showing 'Role' data is NOT going to generate any results because 'Roles' cannot have a 'Primary Role' assigned.

Keywords: CLARITYKB, how-to, configuration.

Environment:

Release: ESPCLA99000-12.1-Clarity-Extended Support Plus
Component: