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From: mrstephengross on 28 Apr 2008 12:01
(Warning: this is a newbie question, probably!)

I have set up a number of tasks, some of which have predecessors. Is
there a way to easily visualize when a task can begin? That is, when a
task's predecessors are complete, I would like to be able to see that
clearly so I know a task can begin. A color change would be nice:
maybe the task could appear green (for "go ahead") if all of its
precessors are done.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
--Steve
From: Dave on 28 Apr 2008 12:27
mrstephengross wrote:
> (Warning: this is a newbie question, probably!)
>
> I have set up a number of tasks, some of which have predecessors. Is
> there a way to easily visualize when a task can begin? That is, when a
> task's predecessors are complete, I would like to be able to see that
> clearly so I know a task can begin. A color change would be nice:
> maybe the task could appear green (for "go ahead") if all of its
> precessors are done.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> --Steve

You could do this with some work. However, would it not be enough to
filter for unstarted tasks which should have started on or before today?
From: mrstephengross on 28 Apr 2008 12:32
> You could do this with some work. However, would it not be enough to
> filter for unstarted tasks which should have started on or before today?

I'm not worried about dates at this point. Rather, I need to be able
to visual the interdependencies between tasks and understand which
ones can commence and which ones can't.

--Steve
From: Dave on 29 Apr 2008 02:07
mrstephengross wrote:
>> You could do this with some work. However, would it not be enough to
>> filter for unstarted tasks which should have started on or before today?
>
> I'm not worried about dates at this point. Rather, I need to be able
> to visual the interdependencies between tasks and understand which
> ones can commence and which ones can't.
>
> --Steve

The dates thing is kind of important in a schedule. If you simply want
to visualise those tasks whose predecessors are all complete then you
will have to resort to write a VBA macro.
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