Project 2003 and external links

A

Andrea

I have several project that have been published to project
server. One of the projects needs links to the other
projects. Following the instructions in help I enter
<>|name_of_project.Published|73 in the id box of the task
information dialog on the predecessors tab. I get the
following message -
Invalid task id. This task ID number does not exist.
Specify a task ID number that is used in this project.

There is a task 73 in the referenced project and it is not
a summary task in case that matters.

What am I missing, how can I get the external links to
work?
 
D

Dale Howard [MVP]

Andrea --

You are attempting to create a cross-project link the hard way. Here's an
easier way that I prefer:

1. Open a new blank project
2. Click Insert - Project
3. Select the project containing the predecessor task(s) and click the
Insert button
4. Do NOT roll out the first inserted project
5. Select the blank line immediately below the inserted project
6. Click Insert - Project
7. Select the project containing the successor task(s) and click the Insert
button
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for each additional successor project
9. Roll out each of the projects, beginning with the last project

What you have done is to create a master project or consolidated project
consisting of two or more other projects. Continue with the following steps:

10. Create your dependencies between the two projects
11. Close the master project and do not save it
12. When prompted, click the Yes to All button to save each of the
subprojects

Step 12 saved the cross-project dependency in each of the subprojects. Hope
this helps.
 
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