Enabling Schedule Preview
Enable Schedule Preview to have the application automatically calculate the schedule for a project each time you add or delete an activity relationship, change an activity duration or relationship type, or change anything that affects schedule dates. This feature is available on the Activities page when you open a single project; it is disabled if more than one project is open.
To enable Schedule Preview for a project:
- Open the project you need to schedule using one of the following methods:
- Click
Projects to open the last project you were working with. - Click the
Projects menu and select one of the most-recently used projects. - Click the
Projects menu and select Open Projects to select a project by portfolio type, EPS node, or project code.
- On the Projects navigation bar, click
Activities. - On the Activities page:
- Click the Actions
menu and select Run Schedule Preview to turn on Schedule Preview mode. - Update one or more activities; the activities will automatically be rescheduled.
- Click the Actions
menu and select Save (Ctrl+S).
- In the Schedule Project dialog box:
- To keep the changes and schedule the project, click Yes.
- If you do not want to keep these changes or do not want to schedule the project, click No.
Tips
- The Schedule Preview icon is disabled if more than one project is open, or if you do not have the Schedule Project privilege for the open project.
- To turn Schedule Preview mode off, click the Actions
menu and select Run Schedule Preview again so it is not highlighted on the Run menu. - If filters are applied to your current view, the application will prompt you to remove the filters before the project is scheduled. You might find it helpful to create an unfiltered activity view that you can use when you want to enable the Schedule Preview. See Creating Views for help. If the removal of filters from the current view causes you to exceed your activity limit, you will receive a message and the feature will not be turned on. You will then need to ask your administrator to increase the activity limit to run this feature.
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