Project server 2010. Troubles with resource availability

A problem occurred while checking resource usage using PWA.
Using the PS 2010
the total number of projects about 2000, about 1600 resources (for 5 years)
We have a project - project1 and resource involved in it - res1
In the project, each week for the resource specified work (20 - 30 hours), the project is saved and published. (When publishing a project there are no errors.)
In MS Project and PWA in Project center values per weeks are the same. Go to the resource center, choose res1 and check its work in resource availability and see that for some weeks value of work is 0, at some 1.75. some 0.462 etc.
For other projects work of this resource displayed normally. Moreover, for all other resources is displayed correctly in this project.
When re-saving project data and republishing it the situation is same.
This issue takes place to be for some other projects.
questions:
1 - what database of PS take the data for plotting in resource availability?
2 - than similar behavior can be caused?
3 - how possible to solve this problem?
Thanks for help!

Hi,
The resource availability in PWA-resource center is based on the Published DB data.
In order to trouble shoot, can you check in the data grid under the resource availability graph the capacity of the resource? Indeed the availability is calculated based on work versus capacity. The capacity might vary with calendar exceptions (holidays)
and non-working administrative time in the resource timesheet. I'd suggest that you check in detail the periods where you have this unexpected behavior and see the resource calendar and timesheets.
Also what you can do is to open a blank project plan (be sure to check the option "load summary resources assignments when starting MS Project Pro), insert the resource, go to the resource usage and add the remaining availability and work availability.
Then you could confirm if the data are correct or not.
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

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