Process Variant Overview for Contact Person Process 
You have configured the necessary settings in Customizing for SAP Multiresource Scheduling under .
Automatic Posting
The project manager creates a role in the cProject and searches for suitable employees, who can be selected from the hit list.
When the project manager saves, the system hard books the resource. The resource is then assigned the status
(Resource Allocated).
The system automatically creates an assignment in the planning board for SAP Multiresource Scheduling.
Direct Allocation for Each Project Manager (Requester)
The requester creates a role in the cProject and searches for suitable resources. The system displays suitable resources with the status
( ) in the Assignment Status column. The requester can then select a resource from the hit list.
Depending on the requester's authorization, the following processes can be triggered upon saving:
OPTION A:
The project manager is assigned to the organizational unit to which the resource belongs as the resource planner, and is authorized to plan the resource:
The project manager selects the suitable resource from the hit list and chooses Save.
The resource is then assigned the status
(Proposed).
The resource planner can accept the resource proposal in the planning board for SAP Multiresource Scheduling and create an assignment. Alternatively, the resource can be rejected. If the resource planner accepts the proposal, he or she can hard book or reserve the resource in the assignment context menu.
The resource planner can also submit a new resource proposal, which the project manager (requester) can again accept or reject.
For more information, see Processing Resource Proposals in the cProject.
OPTION B:
The project manager is not the resource planner:
The project manager selects the suitable resource from the hit list and chooses Save.
The resource is then assigned the status Resource Requested.
The resource planner can accept (softbooking) or reject the resource in the planning board for SAP Multiresource Scheduling. If the resource planner accepts the proposal, he or she can hard book or reserve (soft book) the resource in the assignment context menu.
The resource planner can also submit a new resource proposal, which the project manager (requester) can again accept or reject.
Manual Confirmation
The requester creates a role in the cProject and searches for suitable resources. The system displays suitable resources with the status
( ) in the Assignment Status column. The requester can then select a resource from the hit list and save the data.
The system displays the resource in the planning board with the status Resource Found.
The resource planner (resource manager) can accept or reject this resource. If the resource is rejected, another resource can be proposed. If the resource is accepted, it is proposed in the cProject with the status
(Offered).
The project manager (requester) can then select or reject the proposed resource.
If the proposed resource is accepted by the project manager, the resource planner can reserve (soft book) or hard book the resource for an assignment in the planning board.
Automatic Selection
The requester creates a role in the cProject and searches for suitable resources. The system displays suitable resources with the status
( ) in the Assignment Status column. The requester can then select a resource from the hit list and save the data.
The system displays the resource in the planning board with the status Resource Found.
The resource planner (resource manager) can accept or reject this resource. If the resource is rejected, another resource can be proposed. If the resource is accepted, it is proposed in the cProject with the status
(Offered).
The project manager (requester) can then select or reject the proposed resource.
If the project manager selects the proposed resource, it is automatically hard booked for the assignment in the planning board.
Automatic Posting
The resource planner finds a suitable resource and creates assignments for it.
The system automatically hard books the resource for this assignment, meaning that the softbooking step is omitted.
Manual Confirmation
The resource planner finds a suitable resource and proposes it to the project manager. The proposal is displayed on the MRS tab page of the role in the cProject.
The project manager decides whether to select or reject the resource. However, he or she can also choose to simply reserve it.
Until this point, the resource is handled as a softbooking.
The resource planner can hard book or reserve the resource selected or reserved by the project manager in the planning board. If the resource planner hard books the resource, the softbooking is converted to a hardbooking and the resource is assigned the status Allocated.
Automatic Selection
The resource planner (resource manager) searches for a suitable resource and can accept or reject it.
If the resource is accepted, it is proposed to the requester (project manager) in the cProject.
The project manager (requester) can then select or reject the proposed resource.
The resource manager (resource planner) can hard book the resources selected in the planning board for the assignment.