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Transfer Assignments to a Placeholder or a Person

When an employee is unavailable or leaving the organization, you can transfer the work to another person or to a placeholder if you don't know who can pick up the remaining work.

1. Select the assignments to transfer

  • From the People Planner, expand the Person record to see their list of projects

  • You can only transfer assignments of one project to a placeholder at a time

  • Identify the Project > click on the earliest assignment you wish to transfer

  • If you wish to move all the future assignments over, click on Select to Right

  • If you wish to transfer only a few selected assignments, click on Multi-Select Mode and select the assignments

2. Enter Transfer Mode

  • Click on the 3-dot icon on the assignment, select Transfer All Selected:


⚡Pro Tip: Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly Select to Right and Transfer

  • Hover your cursor on the first assignment you plan to transfer, press Shift + right arrow key on your keyboard to Select To Right

  • Press T to Transfer

  • A split screen will appear. By default, all the people who have the same attributes as the original person will be displayed:

3a. Transfer to another Person

  • Hover on the Transfer button to see the impact on the person's availability if the work is transferred to them

  • Click Transfer if you want to transfer the assignments to them

3b. Transfer to a Placeholder

  • On the top left corner of the split screen, toggle to the Placeholders option:

  • Either create a new placeholder or alternatively, use an existing one from this project and click the Transfer button.

  • Repeat the same process for another project for this person as needed

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