Re: multi-level linking

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Julie,

I use many "production" grade sub-plans (15 - 20) that are inserted into a
Master plan, and wouldn't be surprised if there were several hundred links
between these sub-plans. There are sub-sub-plans, also. The only difficulty I
have occaisionally is when one of the Project Managers or myself (I only
maintain the Master) are not careful and create a "circular relationship"
when linking. I find these a bit harder to track down at times than if it
happened within a single project plan (although the gray hair I pull out is
not considered a total loss at this point :).

--
Don L.


"John" wrote:

> In article <eGkb1kLUFHA.584@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "JulieD" <JulieD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > hi all
> >
> > was discussing linking project files or creating larger projects today and
> > was wondering what your experience has been with mult-level linking e.g.
> >
> > lowest level: "blocks" - approx 100-150 tasks
> > next level: "countries" - consisting of between 1 & 5 "blocks"
> > next level: "combined" - consisting of three "countries"
> >
> > all "blocks" using a combined resource pool.
> >
> > My feeling is that this is possibly "asking for trouble" and that it would
> > be best to dispense with the "lowest level" and have the blocks as outline
> > level 1 in the "countries" project file and then just combine the countries
> > into the "combined" one - but are interested in other's options and
> > comments.
>
> Julie,
> I'm not sure if this relates to your question but the main test file I
> use for answering newsgroup posts and developing macros is a multi-level
> master file. It consists of a master file which also holds the resource
> pool. Inserted into the master are two subprojects (level 1), one of
> which has a subproject (level 2) which has a subproject (level 3). This
> particular setup does not have external links between files - not
> because there is a problem necessarily - I just never had the need to
> set any up. Off hand, I don't foresee any problems if external links
> were added to the mix. The same care and diligence would apply to any
> file structure with external links.
>
> Bottom line, I have been using this master test file for a couple of
> years with no issues.
>
> Hope this helps.
> John
> Project MVP
>
.

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