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loops sshowing where there are no link

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Thomas Nicholson
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Afternoon all,

 

i'm scheduling a plan and p6 says there is  loop but i haven't started putting links in yet so there can't be a loop yet, 

 

Any ideas on solving the issue? i've been through all activities the screen says are in the looop but none of them have relationships in place. 

Rafael Davila
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Good scheduling software does not enforce impossible schedules; in case there is an attempt to model such scenarios it will enforce a realistic solution. Then the scheduler will take notice and if necessary, make manual adjustments.

Among the impossible scenarios are the infamous loops. These loops can be created by mean of logic links as well as by means of date constraints. As I use software that does not enforce impossible schedules I will present a scenario with impossible to meet date constraints on a single activity, it will yield a realistic solution. I do not have P6 so please mimic the scenario in your software and let me know if it created a loop. Hoover the following image and zoom.

Impossible_to_meet_Constraints

Best Regards,

Rafael