Links

Create, Edit, Delete Links in Table Form

Create

• In the Schedule ( Entire Schedule module variant) module, right-click on the required task and select the Insert → Link context menu command or click on the plus-symbol next to the Link heading in the Task module.

  • Fill the following fields in the new link record:

    • Task successor

    • Link type (here, the Link type = "FS" is preset by default).

    • Time interval (if required).

  • Save.

  • Then, click on the Calculate schedule button in the action bar in the Schedule module to recalculate the schedule.

  
  

Edit

• Each link can be edited by changing the required parameters in the corresponding fields of the table view, e.g. Link type, Time interval, Soft link.

Delete

• Mark the required link line.

• Click on the Delete Selected button in the action bar.

Create and delete links graphically

Graphical creation in the Schedule module

• Move the cursor over the bar from which a link is to be create (source bar).

• White circles are displayed on both sides of the bar.

• Click on the circle on the side of the source bar from which the link should start. This depends on the type of the desired relationship.

• Repeat the procedure on the target bar and click on the circle at the side of the target bar to which you want the link to lead.

• The new link is created and visualized graphically as a connection line.

Delete

• In the gantt chart mark the required link row with a right-click and press DEL.

• Confirm the dialog message with Yes .

Note

• You can only delete links graphically in particular module variants of the Schedule module (e.g. the Base variant).

  • If you try to delete a link in module variants in which graphical deletion is not allowed, the following message is displayed: Deletion not allowed in this area.

Cross-Area Links

Information

• It is possible to create cross-area links graphically between gate bars and task bars.

Procedure

• In order to be able to create links between gates and tasks in the Gantt chart, the Schedule with Gates parameter must be activated in the required project (in the Project Core Data module).

• The creation procedure is the same as for regular tasks: In the Gantt chart, pull the link from the desired task bar to the desired gate.

  • As a result, a double link is created: to the required gate below the Time Scale and to the respective master milestone in the Gantt chart. If you drag a link in the Gantt chart to a master milestone, a double link to the respective gate will be displayed as well. If such a link is edited afterwards (e.g. if the type is changed or deleted), both links are always changed accordingly.

    • Reason: Since physically/logically gates are the same objects as master milestones in the Gantt chart, two links are implicitly created when they are dragged.

• Links can only be created from task bars to gates but not the other way around (from gates to task bars).

Note

• Links between parent (summary tasks) and child tasks which possibly exist in structured schedules are not considered in the calculation of the schedule, so that no network cycle occurs.

• If the No links on master milestones parameter is activated, no links can be created to tasks that are defined as master milestones. This is indicated by a message.

Show Task Chain

Procedure

• Right-click on the required task.

• Select the Show predecessor/successor context menu command.

• The What do you want to do? dialog message is displayed with selection options (via the buttons) for the display of the data in the Task Chain module.

  • Depending on the selection made in the dialog module, the following is displayed in the Task Chain module:

    • direct predecessors or direct successors of the selected task or

    • all predecessors or all successors of the selected task or

    • all predecessors and successors of the selected task (i.e. the entire network).