Predecessor dependencies in the planning console
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- UpdatedAug 1, 2024
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- Xanadu
- Project Portfolio Management
In the WBS section of the planning console, you can create dependencies between tasks by specifying a series of values.
{WBS_number}{dependency_type}+{lag_time}
WBS_numberis the number of the predecessor task in the relationship.dependency_typeis one of the types of dependencies that the application supports.lag_timeis 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.
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