From time to time we receive requests on how to set up a global unit for calculated durations. So for example:
…when planning my project in Merlin, the calculated duration of the project is
shown in a dynamic unit, i.e. day, week, month, year, depending on the
length of the activity. How do I fix it to show weeks? We mainly operate in
weeks…
Well nothing simpler than that. Continue reading
Project management with Merlin on Mac OS X is easy. With Merlin you can plan tasks requiring only some seconds, days, weeks or years of your resource’s time. It all works like a charm. Merlin can handle short or long durations just as well.
To make things even easier, Merlin is implemented this way, that you don’t need to spell out the time unit. You can use the first one or two letters of the unit and expect the application to recognize it according to the list below.
We’ve told you it’s easy, haven’t we?
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Merlin supports many types of resources. They are:
Person: equivalent to a worker or individual.
Company: Contractor (group or individuals), suppliers, etc.
Equipment: Machinery, tools, etc
Material: Raw materials, supplies.Materials differ from the other types in that they don’t do any of the work on which they are assigned to and have an option for you to determine their measuring unit. For example, you can choose the material unit “kg” , and your standard rate becomes cost per kg.
If you like to use another unit (‘piece’ for example ) than the pre-defined ones, simply type it in the appropriate text edit field of the inspector:
