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Assignment Element

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There must be at least one assignment in each Assignments collection.

<Assignment>
  ComplexTypeValue
</Assignment>

Parent Elements

Assignments

Child Elements

Element

Required / Optional

Description

UID

Required

The unique ID for the assignment.

TaskUID

Optional

The unique ID for the task.

ResourceUID

Optional

The unique ID for the resource.

PercentWorkComplete

Optional

The current status of an assignment, expressed as the percentage of the assignment's work that has been completed.

ActualCost

Optional

The cost incurred for work already performed by a resource on a task.

ActualFinish

Optional

The date and time when an assignment was actually completed.

ActualOvertimeCost

Optional

The cost incurred for overtime work already performed by a resource on a task.

ActualOvertimeWork

Optional

The actual amount of overtime work already performed by a resource on an assigned task.

ActualStart

Optional

The date and time that an assignment actually began.

ActualWork

Optional

The amount of work that has already been done by a resource on a task.

ACWP

Optional

The costs incurred for work already performed by a resource on a task up to the project status date or today's date; also called actual cost of work performed.

Confirmed

Optional

Indicates whether a resource assigned to a task has accepted or rejected the task assignment.

Cost

Optional

The total scheduled (or projected) cost for an assignment.

CostRateTable

Optional

Indicates which cost rate table to use for a resource on an assignment.

CostVariance

Optional

The difference between the baseline cost and total cost for an assignment.

CV

Optional

The difference between how much it should have cost to achieve the current level of completion on the assignment and how much it has actually cost.

Delay

Optional

The amount of time a resource is to wait after the task start date before starting work on an assignment.

Finish

Optional

The date and time that an assigned resource is scheduled to complete work on a task.

FinishVariance

Optional

The difference between an assignment's baseline finish date and its scheduled finish date.

Hyperlink

Optional

The title or explanatory text for a hyperlink associated with an assignment.

HyperlinkAddress

Optional

The address for a hyperlink associated with an assignment.

HyperlinkSubAddress

Optional

The specific location in a document within a hyperlink associated with an assignment.

WorkVariance

Optional

The difference between an assignment's baseline work and the currently scheduled work.

HasFixedRateUnits

Optional

Indicates whether an assignment has fixed rate units.

FixedMaterial

Optional

Indicates whether the consumption of the assigned material resource occurs in a single, fixed amount.

LevelingDelay

Optional

The amount of time that an assignment is to be delayed from the scheduled start date as a result of resource leveling.

LevelingDelayFormat

Optional

The format for expressing the duration of the delay.

LinkedFields

Optional

Indicates whether there are OLE links to the assignment.

Milestone

Optional

Indicates whether the assignment task is a milestone.

Notes

Optional

Notes about an assignment.

OverAllocated

Optional

Indicates whether a resource is assigned to more work on a specific task than can be done within the resource's normal working capacity.

OvertimeCost

Optional

The total overtime cost for a resource assignment.

OvertimeWork

Optional

The amount of overtime to be performed by a resource on a task; charged at the resource's overtime rate.

RegularWork

Optional

The total amount of non-overtime work scheduled to be performed by a resource assigned to a task.

RemainingCost

Optional

The costs associated with completing all remaining scheduled work by any resources on a specific task.

RemainingOvertimeCost

Optional

The remaining scheduled overtime expense for an assignment.

RemainingOvertimeWork

Optional

The amount of overtime work that remains on an assignment.

RemainingWork

Optional

The amount of time required by a resource assigned to a task to complete an assignment.

ResponsePending

Optional

Indicates whether an answer has been received from a message sent to a resource assigned to a task notifying the resource of the assignment.

Start

Optional

The date and time that an assigned resource is scheduled to begin working on a task.

Stop

Optional

The date the assignment was stopped.

Resume

Optional

The date the assignment was resumed.

StartVariance

Optional

The difference between an assignment's baseline start date and its currently scheduled start date.

Summary

Optional

New for Project 2007. Indicates whether an assignment is for a summary task.

SV

Optional

The earned value schedule variance, through the project status date

Units

Optional

The number of units for which a resource is assigned to a task, expressed as a percentage.

UpdateNeeded

Optional

Indicates whether a TeamUpdate message should be sent to the resource assigned to a task because of changes to the start date, finish date, or resource reassignments.

VAC

Optional

The variance at completion (VAC) between the baseline cost and the total cost for an assignment on a task.

Work

Optional

The total amount of work scheduled to be performed by a resource on a task.

WorkContour

Optional

Indicates how work for an assignment is to be distributed across the duration of the assignment.

BCWS

Optional

The budgeted cost of work scheduled on the assignment.

BCWP

Optional

The budgeted cost of the work performed on the assignment to-date.

BookingType

Optional

Specifies the booking type of the assignment (committed or proposed).

ActualWorkProtected

Optional

Specifies the duration through which actual work is protected.

ActualOvertimeWorkProtected

Optional

Specifies the duration through which actual overtime work is protected.

CreationDate

Optional

The date that the assignment was created.

AssnOwner

Optional

New for Project 2007. The name of the assignment owner.

AssnOwnerGuid

Optional

New for Project 2007. The GUID of the assignment owner.

BudgetCost

Optional

New for Project 2007. The budgeted amount for cost resources on this assignment.

BudgetWork

Optional

New for Project 2007. The budgeted work amount for work or material resources on this assignment.

ExtendedAttribute

Optional

The value of an extended attribute (custom field).

Baseline

Optional

The collection of baseline values associated with the assignment.

f404000 - f4040c8 Elements

Optional

New for Project 2007. An assignment-level local custom field value.

f408000 - f417fff Elements

Optional

New for Project 2007. An assignment-level enterprise custom field value.

TimephasedData

Optional

Information about the assignment that is distributed over time.

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: Unbounded

See Also

Concepts

Assignment Elements and XML Structure

XML Schema for the Assignments Element

TimephasedDataType Elements and XML Structure