Thanks so much for the responses mark and dwight! Dwight, if "time to complete the task" and "duration of each task" are the same thing than yes, each will be equal. I'd actually like to change that to 2 weeks rather than 7 days. thanks so much!!!
Jon On Monday, February 3, 2014 9:14:28 AM UTC-5, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Jon: I may have a solution but I want to test it before documenting it. > Question: in all of your discussion, the time to complete a task once its > predecessor finishes is always 7 days. Would it be fair to assume that the > duration for each task in a series will be the same? I believe that I cam > make it work even if the task durations vary but it will be a longer, more > complex process. > > Mark, dependencies do not affect either the start date or the due date of > a task. All that dependencies can do is to create a period beginning at the > start date during which the task is inactive due to uncompleted dependency > and therefore remove the task from any to-do lists. > > The only two processes that I can think of that actually make calculated > changes to a due date are recurrence (which I hope to propose as a > solution) and creation of a new task from a template. > -Dwight > Mlo betazoid > on Android sgn2 > > On Feb 3, 2014, Mark <mark....@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Hi I am note really sure, but you could check out either dependencies >> because you can make a dependency with a + no. days, or if these are >> recurring tasks then the regenerate option could be used... >> >> On Sunday, 2 February 2014 23:40:15 UTC+1, FischerPhoto wrote: >>> >>> Is what I'm asking to do possible with MLO? >>> >>> On Saturday, February 1, 2014 6:51:48 PM UTC-5, FischerPhoto wrote: >>>> >>>> for completing subtasks in order I would like the clock of the due date >>>> to start once the previous task is complete. >>>> once I complete and check the previous task and the next task is now >>>> active I will have seven days to complete it and I want that due date to >>>> automatically populate. >>>> How do I do this? thanks! >>>> >>>> >>>> Scenario >>>> I design wedding albums >>>> >>>> Design Album >>>> Subtasks: >>>> >>>> receive album picks >>>> send a proof (7 days) >>>> receive changes >>>> send proof (7 days) >>>> ..... >>>> >>>> Thanks!! >>>> Jon >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/cb15ab84-c1cb-485a-9dac-2315b724271d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
