Odoo - Bryntum Gantt Integration

[bnurmi]

We are noticing that constraints are added in to the Program based around some task movements, so there are gaps occurring in the program.

What we are after is how we can disable constraints globally or on a per task basis. We are looking at this from the point of view of MS Project whereby constraints are either turned on or off, it appears that constraints are automatically enabled based around a set of conditions that can occurs with tasks.

What we are after:
Ability to globally not have constraint dates sent
or
Ability to constraint date to be set to on or off in Project
or
Ability for constraint date to be set on or off on a Task

We are after the same functionality as project where constraint date can be turned on and off on demand, constraint is creating issues for us scheduling tasks when they are lengthened or shortened.

[arcady]

What we are after is how we can disable constraints globally or on a per task basis. We are looking at this from the point of view of MS Project whereby constraints are either turned on or off, it appears that constraints are automatically enabled based around a set of conditions that can occurs with tasks.

The Gantt doesn't support disabling constraints. And I don't know a way to disable automatic constraints setting in MS Project either. At least I don't see how it can be done in my Microsoft Project Professional 2013. Can you share where I can find this configuration option?

In the Gantt the constraints are not set for manually scheduled tasks only. Since they don't need a constraint to enforce their positions.

[bnurmi]

In Project, Constraints need to be physically enabled as a setting rather than automatically turning on. If dependancies are set, then we have a program that schedules, but we are still hitting the issue where when we move some things around, we are getting gaps in the program as a constraint is set. For example, if we lengthen the timeline of a project, and that has a successor of a milestone, the milestone timeline expands, but does not contract when we shorten timeframes. This leads to there being gaps rather than a tight program.

Is there anyway to resolve this?

[bnurmi]

Is there anyway this could be set as a global, or disabled via a code change/flag/config?

[Terence]

You can set this on project level

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Or globally in the configurations setting of the module (admin level)

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[Terence]

Then the tasks will be manually scheduled.

[bnurmi]

Can you confirm if these are set to manually scheduled, if they will still automatically move once a predecessor item moved out? Previous experience was that the "Auto Schedule" function was required for this to work?

[Terence]

Manually Scheduled tasks will not move when a predecessor task is moved. In that case you have to set the tasks to auto scheduled. If you set all tasks (project) to auto scheduled, constraints are used to enforce the task position when moved. In that case you can set the constrained task to manually scheduled.