Dependency in Gantt Chart
Dependency feature is used when a timeline, depends on another one to either start or finish first. Dependency can be configured either directly on the canvas or through the context menu.
If the user wants to create dependency directly on the canvas, they just need to connect the trailing and preceding dots of the concerned timelines, as shown below.
Configuring dependency through context menu
Right click on the relevant record/timeline (the timeline which is to become dependant on another one). In Our example the Project Design would only start when Project Planning is finished, so we would right click on Project Design.
Select Add Dependency & Resource option from the context menu.
Click the +Save button.
Select the dominant record/timeline (Project Planning in our case) from the Name control.
Select the desired type. Usually it is Finish-Start.
Provide the Offset (if required) and then click the Save button.
The dependence is configured.
Since we selected Finish-Start dependence; it meant that Project Design would only start when Project Planning is finished. However, prior to dependence configuration, both timelines overlapped on 8th January. After we configured dependence, it automatically slid Project Planning a day further to start on 9th January.
Deleting Dependence
To remove dependence between two records/timelines, users can delete the dependence using the following steps:
Right-click on the depending record/timeline to invoke the context menu.
Select the Delete Dependency option and then the relevant dependency node.
The dependency is deleted.
