{"id":7630,"date":"2026-11-12T10:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/?post_type=kb-article&#038;p=7630"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:35:48","slug":"creating-dependencies-between-planning-tasks","status":"publish","type":"kb-article","link":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/articles\/creating-dependencies-between-planning-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Dependencies between Planning Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dependencies allow you to define the order in which the tasks in your Planning must be completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>Finish \u2192 Start<\/strong> dependency means that a task must start after another task is finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have two tasks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Heating installation \u2192 HVAC ventilation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If <em>HVAC ventilation<\/em> depends on <em>Heating installation<\/em>, it will start after the latter is finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens if there is a Delay?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the preceding task is delayed, the tasks and Milestones that depend on it may be <strong>automatically pushed back in cascade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The calculation takes <strong>working days<\/strong> into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, if a task ends on a Friday, the next task will start on Monday when Saturday and Sunday are not working days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens if a task finishes earlier?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a task is moved forward, subsequent tasks are <strong>not automatically advanced<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to apply this time saving to the rest of the Planning, manually modify the Start date of the affected tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What about Task summaries?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The period of a Task summary automatically adjusts to cover the dates of all its sub-tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"kb_article_type":"tutoriel","kb_difficulty":"debutant","kb_objective":"","kb_display_order":"0","kb_last_reviewed":"","kb_product_version":"","kb_helpful_yes":"0","kb_helpful_no":"0","footnotes":""},"kb-platform":[],"kb-category":[266],"class_list":["post-7630","kb-article","type-kb-article","status-publish","hentry","kb-category-plan-the-construction-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-article\/7630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb-article"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-article\/7630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7636,"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-article\/7630\/revisions\/7636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb-platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-platform?post=7630"},{"taxonomy":"kb-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.archipad.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-category?post=7630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}