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Kris has attended:
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Dependencies

Hi,

I am trying to create a task bar (C) that would show the duration (gap) between the start date of task A and the start date of task B. The start date of task A will be movable but task B will be fixed. So it would need to calculate and adjust the duration. Task C basically needs to show how much time there we have to complete it but it will be dependent on when we start..

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RE: Dependencies

please ignore the bars they do not make sens after clicking send..

RE: Dependencies

Hi Kris, thank you for your question. I hope I've understood your question correctly. What I think you need to do is:

Create Task C and mark it as a summary task. Then create Task A and set a duration and start date. Leave this task as As Soon As Possible (constraint).

Afterwards create Task B and set the duration and start date. Then, set the constraint for Task B to Must Start On. (for this, double click the task, go to Advanced)

Next, select Tasks A and B and indent them. It might be better not to link them at first.

Task C will now be a black bar which will keep showing the combined duration of Tasks A and B, even if you make changes to their durations.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards
Marius Barnard
STL

Tue 13 Jun 2017: Automatically marked as resolved.

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