Contents IT Business Management Previous Topic Next Topic Predecessor dependencies in the planning console Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Predecessor dependencies in the planning console In the WBS section of the planning console, you can create dependencies between tasks by specifying a series of values. The Predecessor column on the planning console can specify dependencies between tasks. The values that you put in this column must be in the following format:{WBS_number}{dependency_type}+{lag_time}Where WBS_number is the number of the predecessor task in the relationship. dependency_type is one of the types of dependencies that the application supports. lag_time is the amount of time, in days, to delay the start of the dependent task. This value can be positive or negative integers. The values are entered without the curly braces {}. See the examples in the table.Note: You can also edit tasks from the Gantt chart by clicking the relationship line. See Gantt chart options and Modify a project task dependency for details. Table 1. Project task dependency values Dependency type Example Additional information Finish to start 1.1fs+0 The task you are editing starts when task 1.1 is finished. Start to start 1.1ss+0 Task 1.1 cannot finish until the task you are editing finishes. Start to finish 1.1sf+0 Task 1.1 cannot start until the task you are editing finishes. Finish to finish 1.1ff+0 The task you are editing cannot finish until task 1.1 finishes. Related tasksOpen the project planning consoleCreate a parent-child relationship on the planning consoleRelated conceptsClient side planning consoleGantt chartCustom columns in the planning consoleRelated referencePlanning console tasks On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic
Predecessor dependencies in the planning console In the WBS section of the planning console, you can create dependencies between tasks by specifying a series of values. The Predecessor column on the planning console can specify dependencies between tasks. The values that you put in this column must be in the following format:{WBS_number}{dependency_type}+{lag_time}Where WBS_number is the number of the predecessor task in the relationship. dependency_type is one of the types of dependencies that the application supports. lag_time is the amount of time, in days, to delay the start of the dependent task. This value can be positive or negative integers. The values are entered without the curly braces {}. See the examples in the table.Note: You can also edit tasks from the Gantt chart by clicking the relationship line. See Gantt chart options and Modify a project task dependency for details. Table 1. Project task dependency values Dependency type Example Additional information Finish to start 1.1fs+0 The task you are editing starts when task 1.1 is finished. Start to start 1.1ss+0 Task 1.1 cannot finish until the task you are editing finishes. Start to finish 1.1sf+0 Task 1.1 cannot start until the task you are editing finishes. Finish to finish 1.1ff+0 The task you are editing cannot finish until task 1.1 finishes. Related tasksOpen the project planning consoleCreate a parent-child relationship on the planning consoleRelated conceptsClient side planning consoleGantt chartCustom columns in the planning consoleRelated referencePlanning console tasks
Predecessor dependencies in the planning console In the WBS section of the planning console, you can create dependencies between tasks by specifying a series of values. The Predecessor column on the planning console can specify dependencies between tasks. The values that you put in this column must be in the following format:{WBS_number}{dependency_type}+{lag_time}Where WBS_number is the number of the predecessor task in the relationship. dependency_type is one of the types of dependencies that the application supports. lag_time is the amount of time, in days, to delay the start of the dependent task. This value can be positive or negative integers. The values are entered without the curly braces {}. See the examples in the table.Note: You can also edit tasks from the Gantt chart by clicking the relationship line. See Gantt chart options and Modify a project task dependency for details. Table 1. Project task dependency values Dependency type Example Additional information Finish to start 1.1fs+0 The task you are editing starts when task 1.1 is finished. Start to start 1.1ss+0 Task 1.1 cannot finish until the task you are editing finishes. Start to finish 1.1sf+0 Task 1.1 cannot start until the task you are editing finishes. Finish to finish 1.1ff+0 The task you are editing cannot finish until task 1.1 finishes. Related tasksOpen the project planning consoleCreate a parent-child relationship on the planning consoleRelated conceptsClient side planning consoleGantt chartCustom columns in the planning consoleRelated referencePlanning console tasks
