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Merlin2000

Copper Contributor

May 27, 2025

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automatic determination of the duration of a task

Dear Community, I can't find a solution for these two challenges in MS Project, even if I know to had already solved it once... I'd like to link tasks with each other multiple times, so that the du...

John-project
May 28, 2025
Merlin2000,
On a quick read it sounds like you are trying to do a hammock task, particularly since you said you "solved it once". See this link for a detailed explanation on how to set it up.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200723171939/https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/32040.ms-project-hammock-tasks.aspx
John

John-project

Silver Contributor

May 28, 2025

Merlin2000,

On a quick read it sounds like you are trying to do a hammock task, particularly since you said you "solved it once". See this link for a detailed explanation on how to set it up.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200723171939/https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/32040.ms-project-hammock-tasks.aspx

John

Merlin2000
Copper Contributor
May 29, 2025
Dear John,
Thank you for jogging my brain again. This is exactly the path I had already taken once before.

Regards, Dirk
- John-project
  Silver Contributor
  May 29, 2025
  Dirk,
  You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.
  John