Pick the metric to measure your team's workload.

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Workload measurement options

You can choose how to measure your team's workload.

Options include:

• Time estimates: Uses time estimates to measure workload.
  • When you use time estimates, you can also turn on Show tracked time next to estimated in your Layout options to show tracked time next to the estimate on scheduled tasks. See Customize your Workload view.
  • When time estimates measure workload, a task's daily values can reflect its saved Work by Day allocation instead of a flat average across scheduled days.
  • The Workload Unit menu lists a second Time Estimates option with the sub-label % out of capacity. Select it to enter effort as a percentage of an assignee's capacity instead of hours.
    • In the Day and Month time periods, cells display the percentage. In the Week time period, cells display the percentage with the hours against capacity, such as 10% and 4h/40h. To edit saved values, read Edit effort by day, week, or month.
• Tasks: Uses the number of tasks to measure workload. For example, if a task is scheduled for five days, it is counted as five tasks.
• Sprint Points: Uses sprint points set on tasks to measure workload.
• Custom Fields: Uses Number and Dropdown Custom Fields to measure workload.

Only Dropdown Custom Fields with numerical values are supported.

Set your workload measurement

To quickly set your preferred workload measurement:

1. In the upper-left, click the Workload button. This button displays the currently selected option. By default, it will display Time Estimates.
2. Select your workload measurement option.

From the Customize menu

You can also change this setting from the Customize menu in the Views bar:

1. In the upper-right, click Customize.
2. Click Layout Options.
3. Select Workload.
4. Select your workload measurement option.