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title: Using the Planning attributes
description: Planning attributes are designed to define and work on attribute-based resource mapping in Resource Management and to generate labor costs for these resources in financials.
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# Using the Planning attributes

Planning attributes are designed to define and work on attribute-based resource mapping in Resource Management and to generate labor costs for these resources in financials.

An attribute is a property or a characteristic defined as a resource or a task type, which is considered for attribute-based planning. These attributes can be used for resource management and financial planning.

After the planning attributes are identified, as an admin, you can [create or edit planning attributes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/configure-planning-attributes.md) based on project requirements and metadata available from the resource table. Working on creating planning attributes involves identifying and defining the attributes to use for a project planning process.

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Role

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Advantages

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Resource Manager \(Resource Management\)

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-   Add any resources to a planning level.
-   Use the resource grid to plan any attribute or make the required detailed changes.
-   Allocate a heatmap to view and manage weekly or monthly allocation conflicts.

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Project Manager \(Project Financials\)

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-   Attribute-based creation of labor costs based on the new Resource Management.
-   Automatically generate labor costs for the external resources.
-   View the labor costs by the expense type based on the tasks assigned to your resources.
-   View the financial forecasts for split up labor costs.

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</table>The following attributes are enabled by default for attribute-based resource mapping and to generate labor costs using financials.

|Attribute name|Resource Management|Financials|
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
|Employee Type|\[Omitted image "icon-check-mark-green.png"\] Alt text: Yes|\[Omitted image "icon-check-mark-green.png"\] Alt text: Yes|
|Expense Type|\[Omitted image "icon-error-red-x.png"\] Alt text: No.|\[Omitted image "icon-check-mark-green.png"\] Alt text: Yes|
|Group|\[Omitted image "icon-check-mark-green.png"\] Alt text: Yes|\[Omitted image "icon-error-red-x.png"\] Alt text: No|
|Role|\[Omitted image "icon-check-mark-green.png"\] Alt text: Yes|\[Omitted image "icon-check-mark-green.png"\] Alt text: Yes|
|Skill|\[Omitted image "icon-check-mark-green.png"\] Alt text: Yes|\[Omitted image "icon-error-red-x.png"\] Alt text: No|

**Related topics**  


[Create or edit planning attributes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/configure-planning-attributes.md)