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Article ID: 182270 - Last Review: January 22, 2007 - Revision: 1.1
PRJ98: Scheduling Error, Task Does Not Split When Linking Tasks
This article was previously published under Q182270
In Microsoft Project 98, when you link tasks, you may receive the following
error message:
This action will cause a scheduling conflict. Task <n> of '<project name>' is linked to a task that cannot move, and as a result the link cannot be honored.
You can:
Cancel. Avoid the scheduling confilct.
Continue. Allow the scheduling conflict.
: <n> is the row number of the task, and <project name> is the name of the project.
If you click Continue and then click OK, the tasks will be linked, but the
second task will not be split as expected.
This behavior occurs when you do the following:
- You turn off the option Updating task status updates
resource status.
NOTE: To find this option, on the Tools menu, click
Options, then click the Calculation tab. - You assign Percent Complete to a task that has a resource
assigned.
- You turn the option Updating task status updates
resource status back on.
- You link a task as a predecessor to the task from step 2.
To work around this behavior, follow these steps:
- Select the two tasks.
- On the Edit menu, click Unlink Tasks.
- Select the second task.
- On the Project menu, click Task Information.
- Change the Percent Complete for the task to 0. Click
OK.
- On the Project menu, click Task Information.
- Change the Percent Complete for the task back to the correct
value. Click OK.
- Select the two tasks.
- On the Edit menu, click Link Tasks.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft
Project listed above.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
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