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title: "Capacity per period."
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/297602872/Capacity%20per%20period."
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> ℹ️ **This report type is available with ****[BigPicture Enterprise](https://wiki.softwareplant.com/display/DLP/.BigPicture+Enterprise+v8.0)**** only.**

Generate a capacity report for a given time period.

| **Field** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Name of the report. |
| Category | You can group capacity by:<br>- total (this report allows you to see a total sum calculated for a given period of time, which is not possible in the Resources module. The capacity/workload total lets you easily see if a workload in a given project is above or below capacity)
- per skill
- per team
- per user |
| Value | Conditional field (unavailable for the reports in the "total" category).<br>Select a skill, team, or user the report will be generated for. |
| Aggregation | You can aggregate capacity data by:<br>- total
- week
- month |
| Start/end date | Optional field.<br>Specify the time window a report will cover. Data outside of the specified period is omitted in the calculation. |

![image](media://08e41573-6088-4f12-9872-0e85499ffbce)

## Report data

The report data is expressed as a number of hours. 

The report is based on:

- [Capacity](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298224554) (as calculated in the Resources module - if capacity was overwritten in the [ capacity panel ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297865366)of the Board module it is ignored)
- [Workload](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298386486) (workload is based on the Original Estimate, but can be overwritten)

| **Column** | **Data** |
| --- | --- |
| 1st column | Total capacity |
| 2nd column | Distributed workload (used capacity) |
| 3rd column | Remaining capacity (when the distributed workload exceeds total capacity, the number can be negative) |

### [Workload](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/298386486)

Workload is based on the Original Estimate.

In the "manual" contouring mode you can distribute more or fewer workload hours than the Original Estimate suggests. **Only the distributed workload is taken into account when generating a report.**

![image](media://bcc139fa-435f-436d-87a7-7fde3c5d99b3)

[Workload contouring](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DLP/pages/297046379) can affect the report. 

<details>
<summary>Expand an example</summary>

The Original Estimate is set to 8h. 

![image](media://4b6246b1-66c4-4d04-9a48-89c7beb9b704)

Task duration is 4 days (based on the start/end dates).

![image](media://50517356-279d-4af0-b1a0-af0c0f37c59a)

The task Begins on the last two working days of the month.

![image](media://dc823ca6-398a-4e49-872a-0462514ab7a8)

The workload contouring is set to "front-loaded". 

![image](media://148c983b-2da5-4f15-bc82-a43fc8883654)

Result: 

In a monthly report, the entire workload is distributed to April. The task contributes zero workload to the May report.

![image](media://2c0ebab6-cf25-4046-a919-d802d52623ee)
</details>

### Limitations

The report covers only data that fits within the Box period. Using the 'date range' filter won't expand the report beyond the start/end date of the Box. If the period of your tasks extends beyond the Box period, modify the Box start/end date to encompass all your tasks. 

## Portfolio Box

In a portfolio, you need to select the Box a report will cover. 

![image](media://a244919b-7848-4516-a8a5-1db4c5d365f0)

![image](media://71854c51-fbc2-4753-a306-ffdb44e09e84)