Some users raised concerns about the 'tip on task dependency' available at Zoho Projects Forums, because of the older UI, which is obsolete.
So, we have come up with the updated 'tip on task dependency' for the current UI.
Task Dependency View: Displays the tasks sorted by start date. Only the tasks created with duration will be displayed in this view.
Task Dependency Help: Gives the help on task dependency. Read this before exploring the task dependency feature
Add/Edit Predecessor: You can set dependency between tasks from this view. Click on the Predecessor column against any particular task, enter the
parent tasks S.No and 'Enter' to save the dependency data.
Update Task's End Date: You can edit the task's end date from this view and all the dependent tasks duration will be updated automatically.
Modify Task Owners: You can change the task owner, by clicking on the task owner name and selecting the required user(s) from the list.
Task Dependency Tree View: You can view all the dependent tasks associated with a task, by clicking on the dependency icon ().
Modify Task Name: Task's name can be edited from this view. Click on the task name, enter the new task name and hit 'Enter' to save the changes.
Task Dependency Mail Notification: Task owners will be notified about the task dependency via mail and the below image is the mail sample.
I really like and need this feature"Update Task's End Date: You can edit the task's end date from this view and all the dependent tasks duration will be updated automatically." - BUT it just won't work, which makes the system basically useless for me. I've tried in Firefox 4 and IE8. My UI doesn't show the dependency icon, either.
Start date of dependent task will be updated automatically, only when the end date of the parent task is updated with (a) the same date of the dependent task or (b) beyond the start date of the dependent task.
e.x: Task A start on 1 June & ends on 4 June; Task B starts on 6 June & ends on 8 June; these two tasks are dependent on each other (Task A is Parent & Task B is dependent task)
In this case, if you change the end date of Task A to 5 June, the start date of Task B will not be updated automatically. On the other hand, if you change the end date to 6 or beyond 6th, the start date of dependent task will be altered automatically.
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