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RFBriggs
2010-06-04, 06:37 AM
Hello.

I have a monthly repeating project that has to happen. Most of the tasks within the project can happen in any order, but there are some sub-groups within it that must happen sequentially. So I set the project up that way.

My question is, what is the best way to view the next thing I need to do in this project, when there is both a specific next action within the sequential sub-group and a random next action within the entire project? I tried viewing it by filtering on Next Action, but that only pulled the first item in the high-level project, not the next action within the sub-group. If I ask for Available, I am overwhelmed with tons of other stuff that I really don't want/need to see.

I've attached a screen shot showing what the project looks like.

Thanks,
Robin

Greg Jones
2010-06-04, 07:14 AM
Create the project in a single action list, and then create your sequential sub-groups within the SAL. With a next action view, all the parallel tasks and the first sequential task will be shown.

Project View:
http://grab.by/grabs/a2aaedb63c37f4c2c505310c702f437b.png

Context View:
http://grab.by/grabs/d4785cfd36c11f9d73ac54714d0e0b08.png

RFBriggs
2010-06-04, 07:30 AM
Sweet! I would never have thought to have the higher-level project be a SAL - thanks so much!