Skipping steps in the Project Management page

The Skip Tasks button is displayed in the Project Management page only if you have the appropriate form security.

See Prerequisites.

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When you leave the Skip check box blank in the Launch Workflow page, the steps are still eligible to be skipped in the Gantt tab. In the Gantt tab, the Optional column shows the tasks that are eligible to be skipped.

  1. Select the check box beside the step that is eligible to be skipped.
  2. Click Skip Tasks.
    After you skip a step in the Gantt tab, the step is displayed in gray. The Queue Status changes to Ignore. The dates for the upstream open tasks are not recalculated. To recalculate the dates for the upstream open tasks, you must click Recalculate Dates. When you skip a parent task, the child tasks are skipped too.