| Solution ID: prim34509 |
| Asterisk appears in the dates column, although no constraints have been applied to the activity |
| Status: Reviewed |
| Version(s): 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.1, 7.0 |
From Primavera OCP
| Problem: | Why does an asterisk (*) appear next to the date in the Start or Finish column when no constraints have been applied to the activity? |
| Cause: | The asterisk appears if the activities have relationships to external projects. When exporting a project, the external relationships are not included in the XER file, unless the other project is exported too. |
| Fix: | The external relationships do not appear in the Predecessor / Successor relationships window, however, the asterisk remains in the dates column. To schedule the activities back to the Data Date, thereby ignoring the external relationships, go to Tools, Schedule, click on Options (or Advanced) button and select ‘Ignore relationships to and from other projects’. To remove the asterisk, thereby removing the external relationships, add two columns to show the ‘External Early Start’ and ‘External Late Finish’ and remove the external dates from these columns. Next, reschedule and the asterisk will no longer appear in the Early Start and Early Finish columns and the dates will not be held in the future. |
| Fix: | SEE ALSO: Solution ID prim56039 - “Is there a way to find out what project a External Relationship came from?” |
| Fix: | SEE ALSO: Solution ID prim13353 - “What does the asterisk next to the date in the Start or Finish column represent?” |