diff --git a/resource/planner/c++/planner_multi.cpp b/resource/planner/c++/planner_multi.cpp
index 695af53e4..d6b51ad4c 100644
--- a/resource/planner/c++/planner_multi.cpp
+++ b/resource/planner/c++/planner_multi.cpp
@@ -285,6 +285,14 @@ const char *planner_multi::get_resource_type_at (size_t i) const
     return m_types_totals_planners.at (i).resource_type.c_str ();
 }
 
+size_t planner_multi::get_resource_type_idx (const char *type) const
+{
+    std::string rtype = std::string (type);
+    auto by_res = m_types_totals_planners.get<res_type> ().find (rtype);
+    auto curr_idx = m_types_totals_planners.get<idx> ().iterator_to (*by_res);
+    return curr_idx - m_types_totals_planners.begin ();
+}
+
 struct request_multi &planner_multi::get_iter ()
 {
     return m_iter;
diff --git a/resource/planner/c++/planner_multi.hpp b/resource/planner/c++/planner_multi.hpp
index 80639550d..0cfdd71a3 100644
--- a/resource/planner/c++/planner_multi.hpp
+++ b/resource/planner/c++/planner_multi.hpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class planner_multi {
     int64_t get_resource_total_at (size_t i) const;
     int64_t get_resource_total_at (const char *type) const;
     const char *get_resource_type_at (size_t i) const;
+    size_t get_resource_type_idx (const char *type) const;
     struct request_multi &get_iter ();
     // Span lookup functions
     std::map<uint64_t, std::vector<int64_t>> &get_span_lookup ();