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Use the Autoschedule dialog box to specify scheduling criteria and to begin scheduling tasks using Autoschedule. You can autoschedule an entire project or only tasks that occur between ranges of dates.
To define Autoschedule parameters and schedule your project
The Autoschedule dialog box opens.
Defines the date from which to begin scheduling tasks. If you are scheduling from the finish date, enter the date on or before which you want to begin scheduling tasks.
Defines the date before which you want tasks to be excluded.
Example: If you enter 4/3/2008 as the Ignore Tasks Starting Before date, and you have a task that starts on 3/31/2008, this task will be excluded from the schedule.
Defines the date after which you want tasks to be excluded.
Example: If you enter 4/3/2008 as the Ignore Tasks Starting After date, and you have a task that starts on 4/10/2008, this task will be excluded from the schedule.
Specifies whether you want Autoschedule to consider resource availability when scheduling the project.
Default: Selected
Note: If you clear this check box, Autoschedule treats resources as if they have unlimited availability. Each task is scheduled against the resources total availability, not against the resources remaining availability which takes other task assignments into consideration. This results in the shortest possible schedule, but it may also cause resources to be overcommitted.
Specifies whether you want Autoschedule to perform a backwards schedule from a defined deadline date.
Default: Cleared
Note: If you choose to schedule from the finish date, the Start Date field toggles to the Finish Date field.
Specifies whether you want Autoschedule to honor any constraints or dependencies you have on tasks with a status of "Started".
Default: Cleared
Note: If you choose to honor constraints on started tasks, you run the risk of overallocating resources or violating task dependencies.
Specifies whether you want Autoschedule to move the assignment ETC within the scheduling Start Date and the task's Finish Date.
Default: Cleared
Specifies whether you want Autoschedule to start successor tasks with zero lag the day after the predecessor task finishes. When cleared, successor tasks start the same day as the predecessor task finishes as long as the resource has availability left.
Default: Cleared
Note: This applies to variable-duration tasks only.
The project or selected tasks are scheduled.
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