Portfolio Analyses - Resources

I have a project that is not included since the role is over-allocated by .12.  Is there a way to include all projects that are .2 and below over-allocations?
Thank You,
John Fisher
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http://www.bronsonhealth.com

John - have you looked at the "Hire Resource" options in Portfolio Analysis - there are a lot of parameters within Portfolio Analysis and your reference to a role being over-allocated by 0.12 suggests that you may have put a cap on hiring resources. 
Can you "Force-In" the excluded Project, I assume that if you do this it will "Force-Out" another project due to budget constraints.
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