changing the start date of a task from psi

[Mike G.]

From project web access, I can easily access a task within a project, and
change the start date. How do I do that from code? Accessing the TaskRow
within the task table in the project dataset seems like the obvious answer,
but TASK_START_DATE is read only.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Mike G.

 

[Bryant Likes]

From project web access, I can easily access a task within a project, and
change the start date. How do I do that from code? Accessing the TaskRow
within the task table in the project dataset seems like the obvious
answer,
but TASK_START_DATE is read only.

This is a long and complicated path that we've gone down for some time. The
simple answer is that if you want to change the start date you do so by
using a constraint. However, there are a lot of complexities involved and
you may not always end up with what you think.

If you need more info let me know and I'll write up something more.

 

[Christina Odom]

Just a side comment, you can set the Start Date on a *new* task
(before you queue it and the scheduling engine gobbles it up).

 

[Mike G.]

Thanks for the reminder of constraints. I set it as a must start on, and was
able to modify the constraint date.

For what I'm trying to do, that worked fine.