Circular reference

[Sally]

We have a large master plan (about 25 sub plans) and one of the sub plans
died on a circular reference. While we recovered with the help of Microsoft,
a question remains.

The circular reference was created and Server closed the project. The
circular reference was detected when the project was next opened.

Is is correct to assume that Server only checks the labyrinth of linkages
only when opening and not when closing the project?

If so, is there a utility or some fix that can be run before a project is
closed to ensure that this does not happen again. Recovery was not
inconsequential.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Sally:

There are a variety of actions that kickoff the scheduling engine. You can
simply hit the F9 key to make this happen at your whim. Pressing F9 might
have caught this before saving it to the server. A better bet is proper
Project Manager training as circular relationships are almost always caused
by the over use (abuse) of dependency linking. It's even more fun when the
circular relationship gets created between plans; fun because it's very
difficult to locate and correct, but usually not as fatal as a circular
relationship within a plan.

 

[Sally]

Thanks Gary. I appreciate the information and the help.