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Assaf FMember for 18 years 9 months
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Hi,
Is it possible for 2 activities to be connected (using standard FS connection) and for the predecessor to be updated (finish date changed), without the succecssor changing at all ?

Thanks,
Assaf.

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    Trevor Rabey ·
    The question is vague and incomplete but I will have a go anyway.
    Let’s call them Task A (FS0 predecessor) and Task B (FS0 Successor).
    Let’s say that they are the only two Tasks in the network.
    No other Task is a Predecessor or Successor of A or B.
    Let’s say that the project is scheduled forwards from a start date (not backwards from a Finish Date) and all Tasks are scheduled to start as soon as possible, ie on their Earliest Start.
    Let’s say that neither A or B have date constraints.
    Let’s say that both A and B use the same Calendar
    As you can see, it takes a lot of assumptions.

    You want to "update" Task A, in some way not described, which results in the Finish of Task A changing, either being now earlier or later than it was before the "update".

    The "update" could be:
    the planned start of A has changed
    the planned duration of A has changed
    the actual start of A has changed
    the actual duration of A has changed
    the actual finish of A is different

    The whole point of linking the tasks FS is to have the finish of A determine the Early Start of B, that is to have the change in the finish of A result in a change to the start of B.

    Why would they be linked at all if you did not want that to happen?

    Only if B has an actual start will Task B not be pushed or pulled by either the planned or actual finish of A
    etc etc..
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    Assaf F ·
    Hi Trevor,
    Thank you for your response. These assumptions are all valid.
    The point is, that I would like to have control over the beginning of task B, I would like to authorize whether the change in task A really affects task B or it will be absorbed in task B’s schedule.

    Thanks,
    Assaf.
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    remove relationship and/or apply constraints
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    Assaf F ·
    The thing is I cannot apply constraints - these 2 activities are between two different files. I want to see the schedule as every gantt manager designed it.

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