Microsoft KB Archive/149755

= TMGR: Identical Recurring Tasks Cause Scheduling Conflict =

Article ID: 149755

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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 * Microsoft Team Manager 1.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q149755



SUMMARY
If two recurring tasks are scheduled for the same time frame and have the same people assigned, the second recurring task will be in conflict with the first. When you click the red conflict indicator on one of the sub- tasks, you receive the following message:

This task is constrained to start exactly on a certain date. The constraint cannot be met either because that date is a non working day or because someone assigned to this task is assigned to another task with a conflicting start constraint.



CAUSE
Recurring tasks have a constraint of "Start task Exactly on:," which forces the second recurring task to come into conflict with the first.



WORKAROUND
You cannot directly edit the constraint field(s) in the Task Properties dialog box of a recurring task. However, the field "Start on Earliest Start," which has a Yes/No value, can be used to manipulate the constraint. Insert the column for "Start on Earliest Start" into a task sheet and change the value to No. This sets the constraint to "Start task On or After" and resolves the conflict.

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