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Predecessor Tasks and Calendar Days

Anonymous
2013-05-15T03:39:37+00:00

How do I set task predecessors to count calendar days instead of working days?  I don't want the task itself to schedule in calendar days, I

just want it to count off 90 calendar days from the predecessor task.  How can I do this?

For instance:

Task 3 has a start date of 6/3/2013 and a duration of 1 day.

Task 8 has a duration of 2 days with task 3 as a predecessor set as 3FS+90 Days.  It displays the start date as 10/8/13 which is 127 calendar days.  I want it to be 90 calendar days or the date should be Monday 9/2/2013.  This is 90 calendar days which will fall on a Sunday and then schedules the task to begin on the next working day.

Please let me know how to do this.  Let me know if I can provide any more information.

Thanks,

Ben

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Anonymous
2013-05-15T20:23:36+00:00

Correct. 90ed is 90 calendar days ignoring the Project calendars. You can use elapsed days, weeks for lag and durations.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-05-15T15:53:10+00:00

    A buddy of mine suggested using edays instead of days on my predecessor call out, i.e. 3FS+90edays. This appears to work because edays are elapsed days. 

    Thanks for the response.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-05-15T09:21:09+00:00

    Hi,

    I suggest you add a Milestone (0d) with a Calendar "calender" linked to the predecessor task then to link it to your task without lag:

    Task3 Start 6/03 Finish 7/03

    Milestone8 Start 90d calendar after Task3 Finish

    Task8 Start the next working day of Milestone8

    Hope it will help

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