diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/planner/entities/TaskElement.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/planner/entities/TaskElement.java
index 66eb939ff..33d68bc0a 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/planner/entities/TaskElement.java
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/planner/entities/TaskElement.java
@@ -591,4 +591,18 @@ public abstract class TaskElement extends BaseEntity {
                 each.getType());
     }
 
+    private Integer sumOfHoursAllocated = new Integer(0);
+
+    public void setSumOfHoursAllocated(Integer sumOfHoursAllocated) {
+        this.sumOfHoursAllocated = sumOfHoursAllocated;
+    }
+
+    public void addSumOfHoursAllocated(Integer sumOfHoursAllocated) {
+        this.sumOfHoursAllocated += sumOfHoursAllocated;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getSumOfHoursAllocated() {
+        return sumOfHoursAllocated;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/resources/org/navalplanner/business/planner/entities/Tasks.hbm.xml b/navalplanner-business/src/main/resources/org/navalplanner/business/planner/entities/Tasks.hbm.xml
index 3cf72df64..ac7c89d7d 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/resources/org/navalplanner/business/planner/entities/Tasks.hbm.xml
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/resources/org/navalplanner/business/planner/entities/Tasks.hbm.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
         <property name="deadline" type="org.joda.time.contrib.hibernate.PersistentLocalDate" />
         <property name="advancePercentage" column="ADVANCE_PERCENTAGE" access="field" scale="4"/>
 
+        <property name="sumOfHoursAllocated"/>
+
         <!-- Indexed -->
         <many-to-one name="parent" class="TaskGroup" cascade="none" column="parent"
             index="idx_TaskElement_on_TaskGroup" />