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| By default, when moving a
symbol, that symbol's dependent symbols may be moved to a date outside the
workday time period or to a non-working day. By checking Always move dependent symbols based upon duration, the dependent tasks will move the amount of working time the parent symbol was moved. This prevents tasks from being pushed into non-working times and ensures duration values remain constant for the dependent tasks. Note that if a parent symbol is shifted within a block of non-working time (e.g. from a non-working Saturday to a non-working Sunday), then the dependent symbols will not shift since the parent's date change had a net zero effect on duration. In summary, to force dependent symbols to move to the next workday time period and thus maintain the integrity of the duration values, check Always move dependent symbols based upon duration. |
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| To toggle this feature on/off, under Tools | Options |
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| Example 1 In this example, the task begins on Monday and ends on Friday. The weekends are shaded and are non-working days. |
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With
 Always move dependent symbols based
upon duration, moving the start date forward by one day would result in
the end date moving ahead one day, to the next working day, as shown below.
The duration would remain as five days. |
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With
 Always
move dependent symbols based upon duration, moving the start date
forward by one day would result the end date moving ahead one day, to the
next day regardless of working/non-working days, as shown below. The
duration would change to four days if weekends are non-working days. |
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| Example 2
In this example the workday is from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. |
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| Referring to the task bars
above, with Always move dependent
symbols based upon duration, moving the 12:30 start time forward by two
hours would result in this new display, as shown below. The dependent task
moved forward 2 hours to the next available working time of 8:00 A.M. on the
next working day. |
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| With
Always
move dependent symbols based upon duration, moving the 12:30 start time
forward by two hours would result in this new display, as shown below. The
dependent task moved forward 2 hours; however, the workday end time of 5:00
is not a factor in placement of this task bar. That is, the dependent task
bar does not move to the next available workday time. |
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Always
move dependent symbols based upon duration.|
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