Create predecessor relationships by chaining tasks
You can create predecessor relationships in multiple ways in Adobe Workfront. One method is by chaining tasks.
For information about predecessor tasks, see Overview of task predecessors.
By chaining tasks, you can allow the system to create the predecessor relationships automatically on selected tasks, rather than manually creating a relationship on each task yourself. Different predecessor relationship types can still be used between tasks.
Access requirements
You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:
*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.
Chain tasks to create predecessor relationships
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Go to the project that contains the tasks that you want to chain.
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Click Tasks in the left panel.
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(Conditional) Select Autosave in the upper-right corner of the task list, then select the tasks that you want to chain.
note important IMPORTANT Chaining tasks in a task list is not possible when you manually save changes to tasks or use the Timeline Planning mode for saving tasks. -
Right-click the selected tasks, then click Chain.
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Select from the following dependency types:
- Finish-Start
- Finish-Finish
- Start-Start
- Start-Finish
For more information about predecessor dependency types, see Overview of task dependency types.
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(Optional) Click Unchain if some of the tasks have been previously chained.
note caution CAUTION Only sequential predecessors are removed by using the unchain option when bulk editing tasks. Your selected tasks are now linked by predecessor relationships.