Display non-dependent external tasks?

D

dgmoore

We have a master schedule (Prj2003) that includes certain milestones
that we would like to display in a number of "external" schedules.
These milestones are not predecessors of any tasks in those schedules,
and the external projects are not sub-projects of the master schedule.

Is there a way to link milestones from the master schedule to an
external schedule so that changes to those milestones would show up in
the external schedule?

Thanks
Dave
 
G

Gérard Ducouret

Hello Dave,
Just add a milestone in the subproject, and create an external link between
the 2 milestones : in the Master project and in the Subproject.
To create that link : create a new window with all the projects you want to
link, select the millestone in the master, press Ctrl, select the millestone
in the subproject, click the "Link Tasks" icon in the tool bar.

Gérard Ducouret
 
J

John

We have a master schedule (Prj2003) that includes certain milestones
that we would like to display in a number of "external" schedules.
These milestones are not predecessors of any tasks in those schedules,
and the external projects are not sub-projects of the master schedule.

Is there a way to link milestones from the master schedule to an
external schedule so that changes to those milestones would show up in
the external schedule?

Thanks
Dave

Dave,
Yes, but how brave do you feel? One method is to use Paste Links between
the source and external files. However this method is fragile and if the
files and links are not handled carefully, corruption can occur rather
easily. To set up a Paste Link, do a copy of the milestone Finish date
in the source file. Then open the destination file(s), select the Start
date of the replicated milestone in the external file and go to
Edit/Paste Special. Select the Paste Link option and hit "OK". Now save
the Source file and then the destination file(s). That's the easy part.
To avoid corruption, after each update, save the source and then the
destination. Also, do not move either file to a different location. It
may also help to cross the pinkie and third finger on the left hand
whenever the linked files are active.

I think a much better bet is to create a master with the external files
as subprojects and then use external predecessors to tie the milestones
together.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP
 

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