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title: "Individuals"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/BPEdc/2534081092/Individuals"
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This tab allows you to manage resources, add new ones, and edit all its resource-related data, such as workload and holiday plans.
| **Feature** | **Description** |
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| Add new individual | Add Jira users as resources and assign them to workload, holiday plans, or define skills. The list of resources is generated automatically when a box is created and shows all resources assigned to tasks in the scope of created boxes.
1. Click **Add new individual**.
2. Select a user from the drop-down menu.
3. Choose the **workload **and **holiday plans**.
4. Assign skills.
5. When ready, click **Add**. |
| Assign individuals to workload plan | Assign multiple individuals to a workload plan.
1. Expand the **Assign to** drop-down menu.
2. Select the **Workload plan **option.
3. Select the **workload plan** from the list.
4. Define the **Efficiency** and **Start date** fields. The end date will be adjusted automatically.
5. Select **individuals** from the list or use the **search box** to find them faster. The **Select all** and **Deselect All** options are useful when assigning multiple individuals.
6. When ready, click **Assign**.
> ℹ️ **Workload plan efficiency**
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> ℹ️ If you want to simulate a non-human resource or use a single user to represent a team, you can use the efficiency multiplier. Alternatively, you can use it to reduce the capacity resulting from the workload plan by setting a value below 1.
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| Assign individuals to holiday plan | Assign multiple individuals to a holiday plan.
1. Expand the **Assign to** drop-down menu.
2. Select the **Holiday plan **option.
3. Select the **holiday plan** from the list.
4. Define the **start date**. The end date will be adjusted automatically based on the start date of the previous plan.
5. Select **individuals** from the list or use the **search box** to find them faster. The **Select all** and **Deselect All** options are valid when assigning multiple individuals.
6. When ready, click **Assign**. |
| Link to [resource detailed view](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2534081092) | Detailed view of a selected resource's skills, absences, workload, and holiday plans. Use this view to modify the plans and their start or end dates.
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| Current [workload plan](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2533426319) | A resource can be assigned to multiple workload plans, so the active plan is presented in this section.
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| Current [holiday plan](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2534834718) | A resource can be assigned to multiple holiday plans, so the active plan is presented in this section.
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| Current [absence with the reason](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2534343593) | The current absence period and the reason for the absence. Users can add their absences using their [My settings](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2533327366)** **page**.**
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| Current [skills](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2533754232) | The currently available skills.
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| Archived resources / Restore archived resources | To check archived resources:
1. Click the **More actions …** menu next to the **ARCHIVED** column.
2. Select the **ARCHIVED** label.
You can restore an archived resource by clicking the **Restore** button next to the ARCHIVED label.
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| Archive resources | To archive a resource:
1. Find a resource you want to archive.
2. Click the **Archive resource** button.
3. To confirm, click **Archive**.
> 📝 After archiving, the resource's capacity will be zero, and the team’s availability will be set as *Unavailable* from the archive date. You can restore it anytime, but team availability must be manually adjusted.
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## Navigate the resource list
To find a particular resource, click on the column header menu to filter the list of available resources. You can also sort the list by alphabetical order and vice versa.
### There are no limitations for resource entries
Currently, the list of resources has no number limitation. You can view and manage as many Jira entries as you want.
> ℹ️ If you face any performance issues while loading more significant numbers of resources on the list, e.g., 10,000 or more, please contact our [Support](https://appfire.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/11) team.
## Archived resources - impact on box modules
> 📝 - Archived resources cannot be added to BigPicture teams. If you try to add an archived resource to a team, an error in the Teams module appears.
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> 📝 Restore the archived individual first to add them to the team.
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> 📝 - When the resource is archived, its capacity becomes zero, and the team’s availability will be set as *Unavailable* from the archive date. You can restore it anytime, but team availability must be manually adjusted.
Archived resources are marked as **Archived** in the following modules:
#### Gantt module - Resources panel
#### Resources module
#### Teams module
> ℹ️ Archived users are advised to [close their membership period](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BPEdc/pages/2533557451) in teams.
Upon archiving a user, the user's availability in the team is changed to *Unavailable*.
Upon restoration, the user's capacity is restored if the user is not assigned to any team. Teams availability remains *Unavailable*, and you can set it manually in the Teams module.
The **Show archived Resources** checkbox is checked by default.
#### Board module
## Filter and sort
### Filter
You can filter the results based on column information:
1. Click the **More actions …** menu next to a selected column.
2. Use the search box to find results faster.
### Sort
You can sort the results based on column information.
1. Click the **More actions …** menu next to a selected column.
2. Choose the sorting direction:
1. A-Z
2. Z-A
