You can also show relationships between multiple projects by linking tasks across projects. To create an inter-project dependency, you first need the project's System ID of the predecessor task. This can be found on the Project Details view of that project.
To set such dependency,
- Go to your project on which you need to create a dependency.
- Select the Interactive Gantt view from the View drop down, if its not already selected.Select the Columns button from the toolbar and add the Predecessor column to the grid, if not already added to the grid view.
- Select the task for which you need to add a predecessor and edit it (press e on your keyboard).
- Type the ID of the predecessor task prefixed with the System ID of the predecessor's project in its Predecessor cell. So, the dependency you set in the predecessor column will look like 147497:34. The default dependency type is finish-to-start (FS). You can also indicate alternate dependencies (e.g. FF or SS) to model your project realistically. E.g. 147497:34FF
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The inter-project dependency links cannot be shown in the Gantt View. |
- Navigate to the Predecessors tab.
- Click on Add. Under the Project drop-down, select the project and then Task who you wish to set as predecessor for this task.
- Set the Type of dependency and/or the Lead/Lag time.
- Click on Save.
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NOTE: The dependency will NOT be shown under the 'Predecessors' column. |
To view dependencies between projects:
- Create a report of type 'Task' with output type as 'Gantt'. For steps, refer here.
- The Gantt part will show you the dependencies as seen in the below screenshot.
