1. Generic resource planning in OpenERP
Holger Brunn
Therp BV
03 july 2013

2. Introduction Implementation Future extensions
The task
allocate resources of type X, Y and Z over time
take care that there are no overlaps
take resources’ ‘work times’ into account (including
vacations)
also resources’ time efficiency
this is a very boring thing to reimplement every time we
need it, so put it into an own addon
Holger Brunn Therp BV
Generic resource planning in OpenERP

3. Introduction Implementation Future extensions
resource planning
mixin-class for your model that represents the planning
resource fields
a list of the objects’ resource fields
(resource.resource)
date field
a datetime field giving the start of the activity
your model represents
end date field
a datetime field giving the end of the activity your
model represents
duration field
alternative to end date field, duration in hours
Holger Brunn Therp BV
Generic resource planning in OpenERP

4. Introduction Implementation Future extensions
Modified calendar view
queries a model’s resource fields if available
shows planned resources as filters in sidebar
restricts filters to currently visible period
Holger Brunn Therp BV
Generic resource planning in OpenERP

5. Introduction Implementation Future extensions
Demo
Demo
Code is available on https://code.launchpad.net/
~hbrunn/+junk/resource_planning for now
Holger Brunn Therp BV
Generic resource planning in OpenERP

6. Introduction Implementation Future extensions
Contributions welcome!
undo changes in calendar view if we run into an exception
make use of http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/
dhtmlxScheduler/sample_units.shtml
hook into vacation requests to warn about a resource
being planned for that period
offer more sophisticated rules for work times (iCalendar
recurrance rules should suffice)
Holger Brunn Therp BV
Generic resource planning in OpenERP