TMGR: No Message for Task Link Prior to Schedule's Start Date (149814)


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This article was previously published under Q149814

SYMPTOMS

If two tasks are linked, and the successor has a negative delay that would otherwise start the successor task before the schedule's start date, the successor is scheduled no earlier than the schedule's start date. No message appears stating that the task is starting at the schedule's start date instead of earlier.

CAUSE

All task links are interpreted as "On or after," or "Start No Earlier Than." The negative delay in the example above dictates that the successor task starts no earlier than sometime before the predecessor task; however, the schedule's start date supersedes the relationship to the predecessor.

NOTE: No task can be scheduled before the schedule's start date. Any change to a task's constraint that would schedule that task earlier than the Plan start date results in a prompt to change schedule's start date.

WORKAROUND

If a task must start before the current schedule's start date, you must modify the schedule's start date. To do so, follow these steps:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. In the Options dialog box, click the Calculation tab.
  3. Under Schedule Start Date, change the date to at least as early as the earliest task in your schedule.
  4. Click OK.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:KB149814
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