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Can I locate resources with a specific skill set in a given time period and in a specific departmentworkspace?
You can set your Period filter to the desired time period and use the Resource : Workspace filter to filter into specific workspaces. You can then use the filter Resource : Search to search for resources in the given time period who have the skills specified in keywordsas Keywords. You can also explicitly filter on specific custom fields. To read more about keywords Keywords, please click here.