MS Project - Multi-year Inflation

Question

I am managing a 3 year project in a country where the average annual inflation rate is 12%. Instead of going through every item and entering "+12%" into the cost rate table for each item, is there a way the rate increasing automatically for all resources over the 3 years in MS Project Professional 2016?

Answer 1

The simplest and most repeatable way to do this is with a macro/vba procedure. Here's some code that John - Project created and shared on msdn some years ago (VBA Macro Help - Cost Rate Tables).

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Sub NOVA_Rates()

Dim r As Resource

For Each r In ActiveProject.Resources

'jump around blank lines on Resource Sheet

If Not r Is Nothing Then

    'only do this if resource is labor type

    If r.Type = pjResourceTypeWork Then

        'first clear all pay rate data

        'Note: this is necessary if the macro is run a 2nd time with

        'the same data. Additional code is necessary to add new data

        'to existing pay rate tables and clearing may not be necessary.

        For i = 1 To 5

            'cycle through each of the 5 rate tables

            Set pr = r.CostRateTables(i).PayRates

            pr(1).StandardRate = 0

            pr(1).OvertimeRate = 0

            pr(1).CostPerUse = 0

            'clearing must be done in reverse order

            If pr.Count > 1 Then

                For j = pr.Count To 2 Step -1

                    pr(j).Delete

                Next j

            End If

        Next i

        'set new object for "B" table only

        Set pr = r.CostRateTables("B").PayRates

        'add new rate data based on Resource Text1 field

        If InStr(1, r.Text1, "Proj") > 0 Then

            pr.Add "7/2/2011", "$1/h", "$5/h", "$0"

        ElseIf InStr(1, r.Text1, "elec") > 0 Then

            pr.Add "7/2/2011", "$2/h", "$6/h", "$0"

        ElseIf InStr(1, r.Text1, "mech") > 0 Then

            pr.Add "7/2/2011", "$3/h", "$7/h", "$0"

        End If

    End If

End If

Next r

End Sub