Assign multiple resources (equipment) to a single task
Posted: 01 Sep 2026, 16:28
Hi,
We run a self-hosted SoPlanning (v1.56.01) to schedule field measurement jobs. A typical task - for example a clean-gas measurement - needs several pieces of equipment at the same time: 2 FID analysers, 1 NO/CO analyser, and often gas cylinders and other equipment.
At the moment a task ("periode") can be linked to only one resource (ressource_id), whereas the user field already supports multiple selection. That leaves us two workarounds, both unsatisfying:
- one separate task per device - clutters the planning and makes it hard to keep dates/status in sync;
- modelling the devices as users instead of resources - multi-select works, but then the "by resource" planning view and reporting no longer reflect equipment, and the staff list gets mixed with hardware.
Would it be possible to make the resource field multi-select as well, i.e. allow several resources per task, each shown on its own row in the "by resource" view - analogous to how multiple users already work?
Questions:
1. Is anything like this on the roadmap?
2. Has another user already implemented it as a patch/fork?
If we end up implementing it ourselves on a test instance, we are happy to contribute the patch back.
Thanks for the great tool.
We run a self-hosted SoPlanning (v1.56.01) to schedule field measurement jobs. A typical task - for example a clean-gas measurement - needs several pieces of equipment at the same time: 2 FID analysers, 1 NO/CO analyser, and often gas cylinders and other equipment.
At the moment a task ("periode") can be linked to only one resource (ressource_id), whereas the user field already supports multiple selection. That leaves us two workarounds, both unsatisfying:
- one separate task per device - clutters the planning and makes it hard to keep dates/status in sync;
- modelling the devices as users instead of resources - multi-select works, but then the "by resource" planning view and reporting no longer reflect equipment, and the staff list gets mixed with hardware.
Would it be possible to make the resource field multi-select as well, i.e. allow several resources per task, each shown on its own row in the "by resource" view - analogous to how multiple users already work?
Questions:
1. Is anything like this on the roadmap?
2. Has another user already implemented it as a patch/fork?
If we end up implementing it ourselves on a test instance, we are happy to contribute the patch back.
Thanks for the great tool.