Hi all,

Im aware this is going to sound like a really stupid question - probably beaciuse it is - but I dont know the answer so here goes!

I have started working for a new company where they want me to create a resource profile for all projects. The project planners currently resource schedules to different levels. Some not at all, some are resources only wioth Engineering resources and some are fully resourced. As a quick fix they want tme to create a tool to illustrate where they need resources in the future (from bid schedules) and where they have shortfalls in current projects.

To do this my plan was to recreate the project schedules in my plan (probably at lowest level of WBS) then alloctae the appropriate resources - obviously in future the ideal will be to have all schedules fully resourced but I think thats a long way off just now!

My question is this - there is a huge resource dictionary already present in the database I have access to, which is also being used by the project planners. If I were to use this resource dictionary, I assume I would affect the project schedules as I would be duplicating effort on some resources, hence it would look like that particular resource was 150% allocated, rather than 75%. I hope this makes sense!

Is there a way of having more than one resource dictionary in one database and locking it so it can only be used by me? Or can anyone suggest a simple way of doing this? Maybe I should be using roles? Basically what Im trying to say is Im not sure how to do it so that I dont affect anyone elses schedules!

Should I maybe be in a totally different database as Im trying to do something that is initially (rightly or wrongly) a stand alone process?

ANY help would be hugely appreciated!!

Thanks