Find and Rank 
Use
This function is used for both resources and demands. It creates a ranking list of either resources for a demand of demands for a resource. The ranking is based on the percentage of suitability for qualifications, availabilities and an overall percentage of suitability.
Integration
You can adjust the suitability processing within the find and rank function by choosing: SAP IMG ® Customer Relationship Management ®Workforce Deployment ® WFD Server ®Business Settings for WFD Server ® Resource Settings ®Business Add-Ins (BAdIs):
· Business Add-In: Suitability of Resource by Availability
· Business Add-In: Suitability of Resource by Qualifications
· Business Add-In: Suitability of Resource by Dimension
These BAdIs are for find and rank processing for both resources and demands.
Features
When you are not using qualifications within your implementation of the resource planner, find and rank processing automatically adjusts to ignore any qualification information in either the resource or the demand.
Find and Rank Resources
Based on the resource's availability and the demands required, the system can rank available resources according to their total rank:
Total Rank = Availability + Qualification / 2
Total Rank |
Resource |
Availability |
Qualification |
1.00 |
John |
1.00 |
1.00 |
0.95 |
Paul |
0.90 |
1.00 |
0.75 |
George |
0.75 |
0.75 |
0.00 |
Ringo |
1.00 |
0.50 |
The find and rank resource function is used to locate resources and rank them within a resource list. You can use find and rank resources only when working with a single demand in the demand header area. The search is based on the selection criteria entered in the research search and can include both internal (employees) and external (service providers) resources. For more information, see Search for Resources.
The system compares the demand's required qualifications and the resource's qualification offering. During this processing, the system determines whether the resource meets all the mandatory qualifications. In the example above, Ringo’s qualifications only partially meet the qualifications but in this case, the qualifications are mandatory so the system returns a total rank of 0.00.
You can change the default processing (Total Rank = Availability + Qualification / 2) by using the BAdI Suitability of Resource by Dimension to define which the dimension along which the resources are ranked.
Find and Rank Demands
The find and rank demand function is used to search for demands and rank them in a demand list. You can use find and rank only when working with a single resource starting from the resource header area. The resource can be for either internal (employee) or external (service provider) for easy project roles based on either the (normal) staffing process or a service order item. For more information, see Search for Demands.
Find and rank for demands is the converse of the find and rank for resources as it uses the dimensions: availability and qualifications.