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In Celoxis, there are two ways by which you can create dependencies between tasks in add task dependencies within the same project or between tasks in different projects.To enter dependencies.

     1. By manually entering the ID of the predecessor task:

    • Go to
  1. your Project.Go to the Interactive Gantt of
    • your project.
    • Select
  2. a task and do either of the following - Right click on it to select Edit OR click the pencil shaped icon.
    You can also add the  Predecessors column on the Gantt.Under the Basic tab, in the Predecessors column,
    • 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.
    • Select the task for which you need to add a predecessor and type the ID of the predecessor task in its Predecessor cell.
  3. For instance, 5[-3d] indicates a predecessor with
    • 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.
      Multiple dependencies can be entered separated by semicolon.
      4FF;5SS;7

    • You can also indicate lead or lag times using square brackets. For example: 5-3d indicates a predecessor (ID 5) with a 3 days lead time
  4. or
    • . 8
  5. [
    • +4h
  6. ]
    • indicates a predecessor (ID 8) with a 4 hours lag time.
  7. Click OK.
    ALTERNATELY 
    From the Gantt, you can drag drop between tasks to create dependencies. 
    For eg. To create an FS dependency between T1 and T2 from the Gantt view, mouse over T1's end, click, drag the mouse to T2's start and release. This creates an FS dependency.

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    • Task dependencies within the same project are visually depicted using dependency links on the Gantt Chart view.

     2. By dragging dependencies from Gantt Chart view: 

    • Hover over a predecessor task in the Gantt Chart view to bring up small bubble icons at its two ends. 
    • Move over the bubble at the end of the task. The mouse pointer changes to a hand-pointer.
    • Left click on the bubble and drag the dependency link onto the start (left) bubble of a successor task, without releasing the click. You will notice the start (left) bubble of the successor task turns green. 
    • Now release the click and a finish-to-start (FS) dependency has been added between the two tasks.


Tip
  • You can enter multiple dependency on a task by separating them by a comma semicolon (,;). For example 3FF,4SS as seen in the example above.;4SS
  • The lead/lag time can be set in hours,days, weeks, months, years. For example - : 34[-10d ] or 3[-2w ] or 45[+5h] or  or 56[-3w] or  or 123[+4mo] or  or 23[-1y]

 

To enter inter-project dependency, you need the System ID of the project. This can be found on the Project Details page. So, the dependency you set in the predecessor column will look like 147497:34FF[5d]
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Info
The Inter project dependency lines on the project cannot be shown in the Gantt View.