Creating Activity Relationships
Create activity relationships to show interdependencies between activities.
To create an activity relationship:
- Open one or more projects in the Projects section using one of the following methods:
- Click
Projects to open the last project or group of projects you were working with. - Click the
Projects menu and choose one of the most-recently used projects or group of projects. - Click the
Projects menu and choose Open Projects to select a project or group of projects by portfolio type, EPS node, or project code.
- On the Projects navigation bar, click
Activities. - On the Activities page:
- Click the View
menu and select Gantt Chart. - Click the View
menu and select Show Relationship Lines.Note: If Hide Relationship Lines is displayed in the View menu, the lines are already set to show. Exit the menu and return to the Gantt chart.
- Right-click the bar to which you want to assign a relationship and click Create Relationship.
Note: Your cursor will become a cross.
- With the cross, click the beginning or end of the bar and then click the beginning or end of the bar you want to relate.
Note: Where you click each bar determines the type of relationship. See About Relationships.
- Click the Actions
menu and select Save (Ctrl+S).
Tips
- You can scroll through the Gantt chart while your cursor is a cross to find a related bar.
- To delete a relationship, right-click the relationship line and select Delete Relationship.
- If multiple projects are open, you can create external relationships.
- You can also view or configure existing predecessor or successor relationships, from the Predecessors or Successors detail windows.
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