How do I move the start date of a project on gantt chart so that tasks move back accordingly?

Andrew Horscroft · 05/12/20

Hi,

The start date of a project has been postponed. Can I move the start date of the project so that all tasks and dependencies move back accordingly?

Thanks

Paul Newcome · 05/12/20

As long as you have your predecessors established, anything that follows should move accordingly.

Andrew Horscroft · 05/13/20

Thanks. If I try to move one task with predecessors it shows a message saying these will be lost if I move the task. Is there a way to just move the entire start date pushing all tasks and predecessors back in one go?

Paul Newcome · 05/13/20

Hmm... Is it just removing the predecessors for the row that you are changing, or is it trying to remove ALL of them even for the tasks that follow?

Andrew Horscroft · 05/14/20

Just the one I'm trying to move. Was really hoping to be able to just shift everything back in one go.

Paul Newcome · 05/14/20

Are you moving something in the middle of the project?

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Paul Newcome · 05/21/20

@h1pst3r88 So if you were to move the start date on row two, you would expect the end date of row 1 to also move?

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Paul Newcome · 05/26/20

The problem with that though is how is Smartsheet supposed to know your intention? There are different reasons for moving a date. Each of those have different outcomes.

Łukasz Majewski · 05/17/21

The question was how to move the entire project forward.

For example project suppose to start on 1 May and all project task are related to date 1 May. For example;

Demolition starting 2 May and duration is 4 Days

Electrician start 7 May and duration 10 Days

Plumbers start 12 May and duration 12 Days

+ 100 other rows.

But if the job will be postponed and let's say start on 3 June the question is how to move entire project to start from that day without changing it manually.

Paul Newcome · 05/17/21

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/291555#Comment_291555

This would be done by setting up the predecessor relationships and then adjusting the start date of the first task.

How do I move the start date of a project on gantt chart so that tasks move back accordingly?

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