Viewing a task's complete chain of linked successor tasks

You can display the complete chain of linked successor tasks that lead from a task to the latest task(s) in the chain(s), by displaying the current view in 'path from task' mode. When displaying the current view in this mode, you can choose to include all linked successor tasks, or only those that are linked by driving links - ie links that 'drive' the tasks at the end of them.

'Path from task' mode can be useful if you want to illustrate how many other tasks can be affected by changing just one task. For example, if a project contains a task that relates to the delivery of an item, you could use 'path from task' mode to show the supplier how many tasks would be affected directly by a delay to the delivery task.

To display the current view in 'path from task' mode:

Select the task whose successors you want to view.
On the View tab, in the Views group, click the View dropdown and select Path from Task. The Path to/from Task Options dialog appears.
Specify whether you want to include all tasks, or only those that are linked by driving links, then click OK. The current view is toggled into 'path from task' mode, and the menu command appears selected.

Note the following points about the 'path from task' mode:

You cannot display the current view in 'path from task' mode if it is currently displayed in 'jagged progress' mode.
When you display a view in 'path from task' mode, the Predecessors & Successors table is applied to the view. In Asta Enterprise projects, each user has their own copy of this table, and any changes that you make to the table are saved in your own version of it. As with other types of view, you can apply different tables to a view when in 'path from task' mode and you can specify which table to apply to the 'path to task', 'path from task' and 'predecessors and successors' modes by default using the View Properties dialog.

Select the Path from Task command again to toggle the current view out of 'path from task' mode and back into normal mode.