[SOLVED] Start date of Parents

Hello,

I have setup a project template with:

1. Parent tasks being defined as Phases for activity type and the planning mode is fixed duration
2. Tasks set to a planning mode of fixed duration
3. The planned durations of tasks are set
4. All tasks have been linked to predecessor/successor

In the Planning view the gantt properly shows:

1. the tasks start/end dates
2. the parents calculated end date is shown correctly
3. the calculated duration of the parent is correct

However, the start date of the parent is not changing to match the start date of the child tasks. It seems to be taking on the planned start date which is not correct and I do not want to set a validated start date in the template otherwise they will cause issues when creating projects using this as a template. How should parent tasks be defined to properly adjust the start & end dates to reflect the child tasks?

Regards,
Ron

When real work is entries, the planned start date is changed to the real work start date.

Perhaps this should be an enhancement. Currently when viewing several projects at a time and how the phases overlap the start date is not valid and the duration looks longer than it should be.

That means trying to get a quick overview of upcoming projects is not possible until actual work starts. That makes planning of future projects for proposals very difficult.

Perhaps our use case is unique?

Normally, date adjustment is done during update synthesis.
The update synthesis is done when a task assignment or planning element are changed (save).
I explained before than planned start date will be changed to real start date when real work is entries in child task.

Yes I tried with and without auto planning. I also tried editing the validated duration and saving and it still did not move the start date.