Assign activities to machines in the view Machine usage
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.. index:: Assign activities to machines in the view Machine usage

**Important!** A project schedule, which includes activities and the
machines required in the resource pool should already been set up.
 
In order to assign activities to a machine, do the following:

- Select the view **Start > Resource views > Machine**.
- Select the menu item **Start > Edit > Filter**.
  
The dialogue box **Filter** opens.

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- Remove the tick from the check box **Offer only used resources for
  selection** to view all machines from the resource pool in the list.
- You can mark the check box **Roles** and transfer all machines to the
  view Machine usage.
  
**Alternatively**, you can mark only selected machines.
  
- Click on the button **OK**.
- Select a machine which you want to assign activities to in the table
  of the view Machine usage.
  The tab **Activities** in the window Resource properties lists
  activities from the project schedule.

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- Mark the check boxes of the activities.
- Among others, you can define the **machine usage** for an
  activity.
- Mark the check boxes of the activities.
- Click on the button **OK**.

**Machine properties during assignation**

During the assignation you can refine machine properties by controlling
and defining the following values for each activity:

- Availability of a machine
- Usage of a machine
- Notes concerning a machine.

**Activity selection**

During the assignation you can determine the activity list by
activating/deactivating the following options:

- **Assigned activities only** lists only assigned activities.

**Activities at a specific date**

You can filter activities that are due at a specific date.
If you leftclick on a cell showing the result from the row Machine and
column Date, you will only receive the displayed activities that were
defined for this particular time period.

.. |image0| image:: ../images/filter_device.png
.. |image1| image:: ../images/machinery_task.png