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and you cannot edit start and end dates. See the “Select Link Dialog Box” on page 343 for more information
on linking tasks.
■ Unlink - breaks the link between the selected task and an external schedule, enabling you to manually edit
start and end dates. You will only be able to unlink the parent task, i.e. the task with the same name as the
link. However, your task is no longer synchronized with the external schedule.
NOTE For editing of dates, it is recommended to do this in the scheduling software and then Synchronize Tasks
from Link.
■ Check - validates the schedule, by identifying items that have not been included in any task, are duplicated
in multiple tasks or, are in overlapping tasks.
■ Tools - enables you to quickly create your own schedule, based on model layers, topmost items, or selection
sets.
■ Add Comment - adds a comment to the task. See “
Add Comments and Redlines” on page 216 for more
information.
■ Rename - renames the task. When the text field becomes active, enter the new name then press Enter to save
it.
You can use multi-selection (i.e. holding down Shift or Ctrl) to perform most commands on several tasks at once.
For example, should you need to delete all tasks, select the first task, then hold down Shift and select the last
task, then press Delete.
Links Tab
The Links tab enables you to import tasks from a third-party scheduling software, such as MS Project, Asta, and
Primavera. It shows all of the links to external schedules in your project, listed in a table format.
The Link View
The links are shown in a multi-column table. The columns show link name, source (for example, Microsoft
Project
™
), project (e.g. my_schedule.mpp, and link status. Any further columns (there maybe none) identify the
fields from the external schedule which specify the task type, unique id, start date and end date for each linked
task.
You can move and resize columns, if necessary.
The Link Status
Synchronized All linked tasks have the same values as the external schedule.
Old Linked tasks have values that are out of date compared to the external schedule. You can
Synchronize Tasks
with Project Changes
to update the tasks.
Status Not Available It’s not possible to determine whether tasks are Synchronized or Old. This value only
occurs for schedule sources that don't provide any way of determining when a schedule was last updated.
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