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You can use the Data Sources Tab (page 609) to import tasks from an
external source, such as Microsoft Project
. You can choose a field from
the external schedule to define the types of the imported tasks, or you
can set task types by hand. You can edit task parameters directly in
TimeLiner. You can also update the schedule externally and refresh
the tasks in TimeLiner to align them with those from the external
source. Any changes you make to tasks imported from external project
files will be overwritten next time you refresh the corresponding data
sources.
3 Attach objects in the model to tasks.
If you used the shortcut menu on the
Tasks Tab (page 605) to create an
initial set of tasks based on layer, item or selection set names, then the
corresponding layers, items or selection sets will already be attached for
you.
If you need to manually
Attach Tasks to Geometry (page 640), you can
use the shortcut menu to attach selections, searches or selection sets.
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