Project Schedule

Project Schedule (tppss2700m000) session to select the information that must be considered for visualizing a project in a Gantt. The Project Schedule (tppss2700m100) session allows you to view the schedule of the activities and budget lines by cost types of a specific project or range of projects, in a graphical format. You can also view the progress of the activity. You can define specific color codes for each status of the project, based on the color groups specified in the Gantt Chart Colors (tccom5102m000) session. For each activity, the (planning) progress (Percentage Completed), if any, is displayed as a percentage and as a line linked to the activity. The percentage is displayed if the Show Completions option on the View menu is selected. An activity progress line with the related information is also displayed with the activity data.

Note: You can select the data to be displayed in the Project Schedule (tppss2700m100) session (Gantt chart) from the Project Schedule (tppss2700m000) session.

You can also view this data:

  • The top-level production order, schedule and operation linked to the project.
  • The purchase order, production order, work order and the service order linked to the project along with the project activities and milestones. This results in the integration of the goods and service deliveries with the contract deliverables and project execution.
  • The additional details of the activity budget lines and orders, by resting the pointer over a specific activity.
Note: 
  • You can access the Project Schedule (tppss2700m000)) session using various sessions in Project such as, Project 360 (tppdm6500m100) and Project (tppdm6600m400) sessions.
  • You can use the network planning functionality of the project to plan and schedule a project. You can also schedule a project manually by moving an activity or chain of activities. The scheduling capabilities of a Project can be further enhanced using an external scheduling package (such as Microsoft Project). See: To use an external scheduling package
  • You can use these options in the View menu to personalize the Gantt chart:
    • Show Overdue Activities/Hide Overdue Activities: Allows you to show/hide the overdue activities.
    • Show Markers: Allows you to display the markers.
    • Show Availability: Allows you to display or hide the availability of resources.
    • Show Free Float and Show Total Float: Allows you to display Free Float or Total Float. The total float and the free float are displayed after (forward planning) or before the activity (backward planning). See: Float times
  • Markers are displayed for project dates and locations if selected.
  • The unavailability of resources is indicated in the Schedule View and the Gantt View using a specific color.
  • Activity budget information can be accessed from the Gantt View. An activity, activity relationship and budget can be deleted from the Gantt View.
  • You can use the mouse shortcuts to navigate on the Gantt chart. See: Navigate on the Gantt Chart

You can perform these actions in the Project Schedule (tppss2700m000) session and Gantt Chart to schedule the project:

  • You can move the activities in the Gantt View only if the Read Only checkbox is cleared in the Project Schedule (tppss2700m000) session.
  • If you move the parent activity forward (after the child activity), the child activities also move (based on the specified schedule constraints) with the parent activity.
  • If you move the parent activity backward (before the child activity), the child activities also move backward till blocked by another linked activity.
  • If you move the child activity before the parent activity, Infor LN adjusts the parent child activity dates. note: For example, for a Finish-Start relation, the start date is after the parent activity. Therefore, if you move the child activity backward, that is, if the start date of the child activity is before the finish date of the parent activity, the session adjusts the start date to the finish date of the parent activity.