If an embed is placed outside of an activity, it will be displayed in red until it is moved onto an activity. Any such orphan embed not associated with an activity cannot be linked and will not be stored when the schedule is saved or closed.
The Properties section is where general settings are changed.
Field | Definition |
Date/Time | The date and/or time the event starts or finishes (depending on the type). |
Lag | The offset from the start or finish date. |
Behavior | One of four different types. For more info, see the table below. |
Lag Display Position | The location for displaying the lag on the canvas. |
Start | Finish | |
Constant | Fixed to Start. The lag of this embed will remain constant to the start date of its host activity. In effect, the embed’s date will change along with the start date but not if the finish date changes. | Fixed to Finish. The lag of this embed will remain constant to the finish date of its host activity. In effect, the embed’s date will change along with the finish date but not if the start date changes. |
Reverse | Fixed to Finish. The lag of this embed will remain constant to the finish date of its host activity. In effect, the embed’s date will change along with the finish date but not if the start date changes. | Fixed to Start. The lag of this embed will remain constant to the start date of its host activity. In effect, the embed’s date will change along with the start date but not if the finish date changes. |
Proportionate | Proportional to Start. The lag of this embed will remain proportional to the start date of its host activity. In effect, the embed’s date will always be changing to maintain its percentage from the start. If the duration of the host activity is changed, the proportion may not be perfectly maintained because the number of days available may no longer allow the embed to fall on a day at exactly the same proportion away from the start as before; i.e., a rounding error because of the number of days available. | Proportional to Finish. The lag of this embed will remain proportional to the finish date of its host activity. In effect, the embed’s date will always be changing to maintain its percentage from the finish. If the duration of the host activity is changed, the proportion may not be perfectly maintained because the number of days available no longer allows the embed to fall on a day at exactly the same proportion away from the finish as before; i.e., a rounding error because of the number of days available. |
Variable | Fixed Symmetrically. The lag of this embed will remain constant to the whichever date is changed–if the start date is changed, it will remain constant to the start; if the finish date is changed, it will remain constant to the finish. In effect, the embed’s date will change along with both the start date and the finish date. | Fixed Inversely. The lag of this embed will remain constant to the opposite of whichever date is changed–if the start date is changed, it will remain constant to the finish; if the finish date is changed, it will remain constant to the start. In effect, the embed’s date will never change with either the start date or the finish date. |
The Displays section contains checkboxes for hiding or showing different fields on the canvas
Field | Definition |
Date | The date the event starts or finishes (depending on the type). |
Time | The time the event starts or finishes (depending on the type). |
Lag from Start | The number of days (or time units) offset from the start. |
Lag to Finish | The number of days (or time units) offset from the finish. |
The Formatting section contains controls for changing the look of the object on the canvas
Field | Definition |
Color | The color of the embed. |
A finish embed may only be placed on a successor activity and linked to the start of a predecessor activity or a start embed on a predecessor activity. For milestones and benchmarks, a finish embed can be placed on a successor activity or successor activity and linked to either start or finish milestones and benchmarks. But in the case where the finish embed is on a successor activity and linked to a finish embed, the milestone will not snap. If the finish embed is on a predecessor activity and linked to a start milestone, the milestone will not snap.