Manage schedule task links
You can define dependencies between two tasks. By creating links, you can make the schedule cascade from one task to another. You can modify and delete existing links.
You can create links between schedule tasks, when you are creating a new task or modifying an existing one. See Add schedule tasks.
- A task cannot link to itself.
- A link cannot be created between a task and one of its subtasks.
- Duplicate links are not allowed. There can be only one link between a pair of tasks.
- Link cycles are not allowed. For example, if a link is created from task 1 to task 2, a link cannot be created from task 2 to task 1.
- When you use links, and the duration of an item changes, the positions of all linked items also changes. Do not link items that need to remain static, or are independent from other items in the schedule.
Add a link that ends with the current task
For example, to define that shipping must start when the fabrication is finished, select Shipping and set the link a follows:
- Link From: Fabrication
- Upper Position: Finish
- Lower Position: Start
- Minimum Interval: 0 days
You can now add notes to the schedule tasks. See Add schedule notes.
Add a link that begins with the current task
For example, to define that shipping must start when the fabrication is finished, select Fabrication and set the link a follows:
- Upper Position: Finish
- Link To: Shipping
- Lower Position: Start
- Minimum Interval: 0 days
You can now add notes to the schedule tasks. See Add schedule notes.