Formula in Start Date in Project Plan

Question

I seem to have an issue only if I'm using the default Start/Finish columns in a project plan template with a formula. I need to have a Start date X days after Go Live but it won't accept that a formula is a formula when I use the template columns but it will work if I create my own data column. Here is the formula:

=([Go live date]@row  + [Days to next review]@row )

I do want the other features in the project plan template such as duration to then update the Finish column but will not have that if I have to create my own Start column to get the formula to work or remove the dependencies in the project settings.

Is there a way to have the Start column accept a formula?

Jgorsich · Accepted Answer

Dependencies and Formulas don't play well together and you can't have both.  If you are making this as a template for future projects, make your go live date a separate line on the schedule and build in the dependencies in the normal way (with the days to the next review added to the dependency) that way.