The Predecessors dialog box displays by clicking , selecting Activity Details, and selecting
Predecessors.
Predecessors Tasks
Assigning predecessors
In the Predecessors dialog box, you can assign a selected activity as required to start or finish before related activities have started or finished. See add, edit, or delete activity relationships.
For more detailed information about working with predecessors or determining which activities are required to start or finish before other activities, see:
Controlling placement of the dialog box
You have full control of the placement of the Predecessors dialog box in the Activities page. By dragging and dropping the dialog box or using the controls available in the title bar of the dialog box, you move, dock, or reduce the dialog box to a tab that displays, by default, under or can be moved to the right of the Gantt chart or activity network diagram. See Customize activity views for more information.
Field Definitions
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- Maximize
- Maximizes the dialog box to the full area of the Activity page.
- Restore from Maximized State
- Restores the dialog box to its default size.
- Float
- Resizes and makes the dialog box able to be dragged and dropped within or outside the browser, referred to as Float State.
- Restore from Float State
- Restores the dialog box from Float State and positions it within the window.
Note: Dragging and docking the dialog box creates the same results as Float and Restore from Float State controls.
- Auto-hide
- Hides the contents of the dialog box by reducing the view to a tab. Clicking the tab restores the view of the dialog box.
- Toggle Auto-hide
- Prepares the dialog box for the Auto-hide state. This toggle serves as an state in between the tabbed state and the restored state of the dialog box.
- Exit
- Closes the dialog box.
- Assign Predecessor
- Assigns an activity to be a predecessor.
- Delete Predecessor
- Deletes the predecessor relationship of the selected activity.
- Column Selector
- Provides a list of fields you can display in the Predecessors dialog box by marking the check box of each field you want to display.
- Possible fields to display in the Predecessors dialog box include:
- Project ID
- Shows the unique identifier assigned to the project.
- Project Name
- Shows the name of the project.
- Activity ID
- Shows the unique identifier assigned to the activity.
- Activity Name
- Shows the name of the activity.
- Relationship Type
- Shows the current relationship between the selected activity and previous or subsequent activities. You can change the precedence relationships between activities by clicking in the Relationship Type field and selecting one of the following options from the menu:
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- Finish to Start - A relationship in which the start of a successor activity depends on the completion of its predecessor activity. This is the default activity relationship.
- Finish to Finish - A relationship in which the finish of a successor activity depends on the finish of its predecessor activity.
- Start to Start - A relationship between activities in which the start of a successor activity depends on the start of its predecessor.
- Start to Finish - A relationship between activities in which a successor activity cannot complete until its predecessor activity starts.
- Lag
- Shows the amount of time the predecessor activity was delayed, affecting the ability of its successor activity to start or finish.
- Previous Activity
- Moves up through the list of activities in the activity table.
- Next Activity
- Moves down through the list of activities in the activity table.
- Go to Activity
- Returns to the selected activity after moving through the list of activities.