Links map dependencies between tasks of in a project and have an impact on the calculation of the project dates. For information on the options for mapping dependencies between projects, please click here.
Links can be created, edited, and deleted in the Schedule (table form and graphically) and Task (table form) modules.
Create Link
In table form
in the Schedule 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.
move the mouse pointer to the bar from which a link is to be created (source bar). Instead of the mouse pointer, a cross will be displayed.
Place the cross at the beginning or at the end of the source bar depending on which link type you wish to create (e.g. for the Finish-Start relation, place the cross at the end of the source bar).
Click and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the beginning or to the end of the target bar depending on what link type you wish to create (e.g. for a Finish-Start relation drag the mouse to the start of the target bar). As a result, a connection line between the two bars will be displayed.
As soon as the destination bar is reached, the start position in the source bar and the destination position in the destination bar will be marked by yellow arrows.
Release the left mouse button. The new link is created and visualized graphically as a connection line.
Procedure for the Web Client
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.
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: Drag the Link from the required task bar in the Gantt chart to the required gate (please make sure to drag the link onto the gate margin and not onto the gate name.
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).
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
Edit Link
Information
Every link can be edited in the respective fields of the table view by changing the required link parameters. The most important parameters are:
Link type ( this parameter can also be changed in graphical view by right-clicking on the required link line)
Click on the required link line in the Gantt chart to have it highlighted.
Then right-click and select the Delete link context menu command.
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.
