Locking can be done on an activity-by-activity basis, or it can be done automatically by entering a threshold and locking all of the activities whose activity scores fall below that threshold. All activities and planning objects will be rearranged unless they have been assigned to a lane or locked on their grids. Instructions for locking individual activities and for locking multiple activities are provided below. For more info on lanes, see [bookmark postid=”11476″ anchor=”lanes”]Setting Up Swimlanes[/bookmark].
The locking view consists of two list boxes.
The main list on top shows all activities, delays, milestones, benchmarks, and hammocks in the schedule. As you click through the list on the top, the canvas will scroll to their location and they will spotlighted in yellow. As any of the objects from the list above are locked, they are copied to the list below.
Column | Definition |
Type | The type of object. |
Lock | Controls whether or not the object will be locked to its respective grid. |
Score | The sum of the link scores for every valid (not redundant) link connected to that activity divided by the number of links connected to that activity. For more information on scoring, see [bookmark postid=”12479″ anchor=”link-scoring”]Link Scoring[/bookmark]. |
Description | The text field for describing the activity. |
Abbr. Description | A text field limited to 48 characters to be displayed on the canvas if the description is too long. |
Grid | The gridline or row number that the object is drawn on. |
Start Date | The date the object begins. |
Duration | The amount of time the object takes to complete. |
Finish Date | The date and/or time the object will be finished. |
As you click through the list on the bottom, the canvas will scroll to their location and they will spotlighted in yellow.
Column | Definition |
Type | The type of object. |
Score | The sum of the link scores for every valid (not redundant) link connected to that activity divided by the number of links connected to that activity. For more information on scoring, see [bookmark postid=”12479″ anchor=”link-scoring”]Link Scoring[/bookmark]. |
Description | The text field for describing the activity. |
Abbr. Description | A text field limited to 48 characters to be displayed on the canvas if the description is too long. |
Grid | The gridline or row number that the object is drawn on. |
Start Date | The date the object begins. |
Duration | The amount of time the object takes to complete. |
Finish Date | The date and/or time the object will be finished. |
Reason | The reason the object was locked, whether by the user, from the score, or because it was actualized. |