Recurring Task/Milestone dialog
You use the Recurring Task/Milestone dialog to create a number of tasks or milestones that recur at regular intervals, for example weekly team meetings or monthly stock deliveries. Creating recurring tasks using this dialog saves you from creating the tasks individually. You can create recurring tasks on selected bars, or insert one task or milestone on several bars. For example, you might want to create a milestone at the end of each bar, or you might need to add an extra task between existing tasks on a number of bars.
If there are tasks on the selected bars, the new tasks or milestones are inserted after the last task on each bar. If you want to insert the new tasks or milestones after a specific task (for example between two existing tasks on a bar), select the tasks after which you want the new tasks or milestones to appear rather than selecting the bars.
How to access the Recurring Task/Milestone dialog
To access the Recurring Task/Milestone dialog, select the bars on which you want to create recurring tasks or milestones, then on the Home tab, in the Insert group, click Recurring Task.
Explanation of the fields on the dialog
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Task | Click this radio button to insert a recurring task. |
| Milestone | Click this radio button to insert a recurring milestone. |
| Duration | If you have chosen to create recurring tasks rather than milestones, enter the duration to apply to each task. |
| Start date | If one or more of the selected bars does not currently have a task on it, enter the date on which you want the first recurring task to occur. |
| Delay | Specify the time period you want to leave between each new task or milestone and the tasks that precede them. For example, if you are creating tasks that represent weekly meetings, enter 1w. |
| Number | Enter the number of tasks or milestones that you want to create on each selected bar. |
| Task title | Enter the name to apply to the tasks or milestones. |
How do I...
... create recurring tasks or milestones on the bars that are currently selected?
- Specify whether you want to insert a recurring task or milestone in the Task type group.
- If you have chosen to create tasks, enter the task duration in the Duration field.
- Specify the time period you want to leave between each new task or milestone and the tasks that precede them in the Delay field.
- If one or more of the selected bars does not currently have a task on it, enter the date on which you want the first recurring task to occur in the Start date field.
- Enter the number of tasks or milestones that you want to create on each selected bar in the Number field.
- Enter the name to apply to the tasks or milestones in the Task title field.