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# Estimated Effort & Role Split

Planning how much time a Job Template actually costs, split across the roles that work on it.

Beyond the stages and actions themselves, a Job Template can carry a **time budget** — how many minutes a Job like this typically takes, and which roles carry that time. This feeds capacity/workload planning rather than anything client-facing.

## Where to find it

**Home → Settings → Workflow Templates →** pick a template **→ Effort & Role Split** tab (or section, depending on your page layout).

## Fields

| Field                          | Notes                                                                               |
| ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Estimated Effort (minutes)** | The total time budget for one Job created from this template, start to finish.      |
| **Role allocation**            | Split that total across roles as a percentage — e.g. Adviser 40%, Para-planner 60%. |

{% hint style="warning" %}
Role percentages must add up to **100%**. The builder won't let you save a split that doesn't.
{% endhint %}

## What it's for

This isn't consumed by the Job engine itself — it doesn't change timing, assignment, or anything a client would notice. It exists so whoever plans team capacity can answer "if we run 20 of these next month, how many Adviser hours vs Para-planner hours is that?" without guessing.

## Carries over on duplicate

Duplicating a template (see [Duplicating & Deleting Templates](/workflow-automation/duplicating-and-deleting-templates.md)) copies the Effort & Role Split along with everything else — no need to re-enter it for a near-identical workflow.

## See also

* [Building Job Stages](/workflow-automation/building-job-stages.md)
* [Duplicating & Deleting Templates](/workflow-automation/duplicating-and-deleting-templates.md)