Relations Tab

This window shows you the relationships between different tasks. In this tab, you can only edit or delete relationships, you cannot add them.

This window displays the types of relationships available between tasks. You can select which type and indicate any delays.

If you select Start to Start, the starting time of one task is tied to the starting time of the other. In other words the starting time of the second task cannot start any earlier than the starting time of the first task.

You can also implement a delay such that a certain number of days, hours, or minutes must elapse before the second task begins.

If you select Finish to Finish, the ending time of one task is tied to the ending time of the other. In other words the ending time of the second task cannot start any earlier than the ending time of the first task.

If you select Finish to Start, the starting time of one task is tied to the ending time of the other. In other words the starting time of the second task cannot start any earlier than the ending time of the first task.

Once these relationships have been set up, as you drag one task or the other in the Gantt chart, the same temporal (time-based) relations are maintained. Moving or changing starting or ending dates of one task may move or change dates on another task, based on the relationships you have set up.

A task can have relationships set up between any number of other tasks, but there can only be one relationship between any two given tasks.

With any items in this window, as soon as you leave a field or make a selection the information is saved and the screen is updated.