# Does resource planning capacity use historical data for the past?

**URL:** <https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/does-resource-planning-capacity-use-historical-data-for-the-past/18112>\
**Category:** Flow Production Tracking\
**Tags:** resource-planning\
**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/does-resource-planning-capacity-use-historical-data-for-the-past/18112 "2023-11-03T22:20:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![laurenceC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@laurenceC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/laurenceC)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/does-resource-planning-capacity-use-historical-data-for-the-past/18112/1 "2023-11-03T22:20:43Z")

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Question, given that a person’s “% capacity” could change over time, is that change reflected in the output from the Resource Planning page when graphing out a time frame that includes the past?

For example if we had a single theoretical artist “Fred”, and Fred’s “% capacity” was set to 0% on Jan 1st and then set to 100% on Feb 1st, and I graphed out our capacity from Jan 1st to Feb 28th in Resource Planning - would I see a line that stays at 0% until Feb 1st and then jumps to 100%?

Thanks!

Laurence

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**Author:** ![laurenceC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@laurenceC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/laurenceC)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/does-resource-planning-capacity-use-historical-data-for-the-past/18112/2 "2023-11-08T21:47:43Z")

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Answering my own question in case someone else looks for this. It appears that the “% capacity” field is not calculated over time, and the current setting applies to all time.

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**Author:** ![PeteHart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PeteHart](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/PeteHart)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/does-resource-planning-capacity-use-historical-data-for-the-past/18112/3 "2023-11-09T05:35:12Z")

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Hi @laurenceC  
I believe the capacity value is aimed as more of a roll definition than something that is scheduled over time. That said, if you leverage bookings on a person (on a project or leave) it does impact their capacity value and those are scheduled items

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**Author:** ![laurenceC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@laurenceC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/laurenceC)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/does-resource-planning-capacity-use-historical-data-for-the-past/18112/4 "2023-11-09T15:03:04Z")

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Thanks Pete, looks like we need to use bookings to reflect this. We have situations where roles change for people as projects change, so calculating capacity becomes tricky.

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**Author:** ![Ricardo\_Musch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/ricardo_musch/32/405_2.png) [@Ricardo\_Musch](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/Ricardo_Musch)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/does-resource-planning-capacity-use-historical-data-for-the-past/18112/5 "2023-11-09T18:11:31Z")

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I think the capacity field is more aimed at level of experience.

I.e. a Junior Modeller may be capacity 50% where a Senior is 100%.  
You may also have people in the studio that consistently overproduce where their capacity is above 100%.