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how to flag tasks in a plan which have a relationship with a specific section
I'm surprised that your filter method "seems to work most of the time." It would certainly bog down in any complex project, where pure "waterfall" logic is rare. For other tricks or techniques, here are three views generated using the free edition of BPC Logic Filter. (Disclosure - I developed the tool for my own use; others license it from my company. Reference to commercial add-ins is discouraged here, and I show it only because this functionality is free and available to non-registered users after the trial expires.) The first view is a highlight filter - using John's example - to highlight the predecessors and successors of the selected tasks (IDs 9-12). The second is a grouped arrangement of predecessors, selected tasks, and successors. The third ties the selected tasks individually to their predecessors and successors. Good luck. tom
I'm surprised that your filter method "seems to work most of the time." It would certainly bog down in any complex project, where pure "waterfall" logic is rare. For other tricks or techniques, here are three views generated using the free edition of BPC Logic Filter. (Disclosure - I developed the tool for my own use; others license it from my company. Reference to commercial add-ins is discouraged here, and I show it only because this functionality is free and available to non-registered users after the trial expires.) The first view is a highlight filter - using John's example - to highlight the predecessors and successors of the selected tasks (IDs 9-12). The second is a grouped arrangement of predecessors, selected tasks, and successors. The third ties the selected tasks individually to their predecessors and successors. Good luck. tom
Tom
I personally have no issue with people pointing to useful software but then I'm biased as I wish I could boast about my software to automate the production of Plan on a Page reports which I am very proud of 🙂
With the tool you mention does the highlighting "go away" if the focus shifts from the rows that you have highlighted (in your example 9-12)? This is the major disadvantage of the built-in functionality in MSP as you need to keep re-selecting things when you have dealt with each of the findings.- Miles,
The tool I referenced uses flag and text fields to build the view. Unlike task paths, those persist through selection changes.- very cool
