Add Tasks
On the Scheduling | Schedule tab, in the Add Tasks group:
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Click Schedule Definition to create a new schedule from task generation and dependency rules.
From Wireframe
Select the following options to import tasks from a wireframe set into the schedule and refresh those tasks:
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Select From Wireframes | Import Wireframes to import wireframes to generate tasks in the current schedule.
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Select From Wireframes | Refresh to update the tasks in the schedule when the source wireframes they were derived from have been updated. Grade values may have been assigned to the wireframes since the tasks were created, for example, or the wireframes themselves may have been re-surveyed.
Note that this command will overwrite any attribute value changes made to the task with the Tasks | Manage dialog. Any such changes will be lost.
From Vizex
Select the following options to sequence and add task wireframes from Vizex into the schedule:
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Select From Vizex | Assign Sequence to sequence and add tasks from Vizex. Tasks blocks to import are selected in Vizex and are linked in order of selection. This always results in a single sequence.
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Select From Vizex | Sequence by String to sequence tasks using a string in Vizex. Task blocks to import are selected in Vizex and are linked in the order they intersect the string (also selected in Vizex). This always results in a single sequence.
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Select From Vizex | Sequence by Attribute to sequence tasks by attribute in Vizex. Task blocks to import are selected in Vizex and a wireframe attribute is chosen for the sequencing. The sequence attribute value of each block is broken into two parts: a prefix of non-numeric characters (which may be the empty string), and a following number.
The sequence attribute value of each block is broken into two parts: a grouping prefix (which may be empty) followed by a sequence number.
The prefix can be separated from the sequence number by a pipe ("|") character. If no pipe character is present, then the prefix runs from the start of the string to the first numeric character. If the string starts with a numeric character then the prefix is empty.
One sequence is created for each unique prefix, and each sequence is ordered by the number part.
For example, if there are blocks with sequence values "1|1", "1|2", "2|1" and "2|2" there will be two sequences with two tasks.
If there are three blocks with sequence attribute values "a1", "b1" and "b2" there will be an "a" sequence (with a single task) and a "b" sequence with two tasks.
If all the sequence attribute values are numbers there will be a single sequence in number order.
Inter-Group Dependencies
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Click Inter-Group Dependencies to build dependencies between groups of tasks.
