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View or Define Dependencies (Service)

Dependency relationships exist between services in your portfolio. Use the dependencies page of service properties to identify this relationship. Dependencies can occur between the start and completion of conflicting tasks, or from budget overruns. From the page, you can add investments with dependency constraints. You can also indicate if these investments are dependent on your investment, or if your investment is dependent on them.

The dependency information you enter on this page influences the constraints you set on portfolio scenarios.

See the Portfolio Management User Guide for more information.

To view the page, open the service, and click Dependencies on the page toolbar.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the service.
2. Open the Properties menu, and click Dependencies.

   The investment dependencies page appears.

3. Select a mode to add the following:
   • Investments that depend on this one. Displays other investments that are dependent on your investment.
   • Investments this one depends on. Displays other investments that your investment is dependent on.
4. Click Add to add more dependencies to your investment.

   The select investments page appears.

5. Enter the Name and select the investment type from the Type drop-down. Or, click Show All.
6. In the Investment Filter section, select the investment names check box, and click Add.