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DeborahLeigh123
DeborahLeigh123
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What Task Constraint to Use

  • May 1, 2024
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What task constraint should I use if I want a date to mimic the date of another task? For example - setting up an email deployment date, they want it to go out the same day as the event - one hour. I want the task to lock into the same date as the event. Thank You! Deb

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Best answer by skyehansen

we have 8 hour days. So I would personally try <Number>ff-0.1d but that's just me.

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skyehansen
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May 1, 2024

I could be misreading this but it seems like you're asking more about predecessor dependency and lag:

 

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/workfront/using/manage-work/tasks/use-task-predecessors/task-dependency-types

 

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/workfront/using/manage-work/tasks/use-task-predecessors/lag-types

 

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/workfront/using/manage-work/tasks/use-task-predecessors/predecessors-overview#examples-of-predecessor-values-in-a-task-list

 

Have you considered looking at maybe <EventDateTasknumber>ff-1h?

DeborahLeigh123
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May 1, 2024

Hello!

YES, agreed! However, Hourly is not an option for lags. So I'm in a bit of a pickle on this particular task. How do I handle an hour lag if I can't indicate with an hour? 

Lags can be the following:

  • Days

  • Calendar Days

  • Percent

  • Day of the Week

  • Day of the Week (Non-Zero)

This could be as simple for us as Must Finish On in the date of the event and the email date. That's probably the easiest way to do this. But was hoping to do it with predecessors. If it's not possible, it is what it is. 

skyehansen
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May 1, 2024

we have 8 hour days. So I would personally try <Number>ff-0.1d but that's just me.

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