Selection According to Availability
You can add availability as a search criterion when combined with qualifications or organizational searches.
Note
You cannot perform a search with availability as the sole search criterion.
Prerequisites
You are in a subview of the Resources
view. You have chosen Resource Search
and then the Availability
tab.
If you are not using Workforce Deployment (WFD), you have defined the availability for the business partners in Customizing for Project Management
under 
Resource Management
Business Partner
Employee Overview
.
Features
You can enter the following search criteria:
Demand
The system checks the percentage of the availability that a resource can fulfill based on the demand entered in the
General
tab and displays it as a default value.Distribute demand
If you want to perform a search based on rules, you can choose a time pattern for recurring demand/assignments/appointments/timeslots. For example, you can choose a particular weekday and combine it with a monthly recurrence (for example, the first Monday of each month).
NoteYou can only perform a search based on rules if you are using WFD.
End of the note.Capacity utilization for the resource
You can select whether only hard-booked staffings are taken into account in the availability calculation, or whether reservations are also included.
NoteYou can only select capacity utilization for the resource as a search criterion if you are using WFD.
End of the note.Minimum availability
You can set the minimum percentage of availability for the resource to be considered as a viable candidate. Only those resources that match the percentage you entered are considered in the availability calculation.
NoteIf you leave the field at its default value 0%, the minimum availability is not used as part of the availability calculation.
End of the note.