Using Indent and Outdent, you can structure your outline in whatever hierarchy you wish.
If one of these options is not available, it is because it is not possible due to structure restrictions.
You can move your tasks around the outline hierarchy using drag & drop. It important to note that you have to have the "#" column (manual sorting) selected.
Larger files are harder to view all at once. To help, Merlin has several hot keys to easily collapse or expand outlines.
If you wish to see all the assignments, use "Edit - Show All Assignments" menu option or "⌘⇧↓" short cut. To hide all the assignments use "Edit - Hide All Assignments" or "⌘⇧↓" short cut.
If you would like to view the project up to a specific outline level, select "Edit - Show Outline" and then choose the relevant level in the sub-menu.
You can also use "⌃⌥1...9" short cut.
You can link activities using dependencies to express the flow of your activities through out your project. Merlin supports the following types of dependencies:
You can link activities in Merlin using:
If you are a MS Project user switching to Merlin on Mac OS X, this is probably your most familiar linking method.
You can sort your activities automatically or manually.
You can define lead or lag only between linked activities. To do so:
A positive value would cause a lead of the successor. For lag, you should enter a negative value.You can enter here working time units or effective time; like eday, emonth, eyear, etc.
Warnings indicate that a specified value has been exceeded. A warning does not necessarily mean that your project plan contains an error. it can certainly be intended. For example, an activity starts or ends in a work-free period.
It is possible to deactivate the warnings in the Activities View Options.
Possible warnings are:
A conflict indicates a problem in the project planning. As a rule, conflicts always occur when you have entered a start or end value that cannot be executed by Merlin in the planning.
Possible conflicts are:
How Do You Resolve A Conflict?
Merlin doesn't support solving warning and conflicts automatically because no algorithm exists that can automatically solve planning conflicts. There can be several reasons for a conflict. Instead, we would like to offer a few tips for locating the source of a conflict:
Furthermore, it should always be the responsibility of the project manager to modify the data in a project. After all, there must have been a reason, why an activity (currently showing the conflict) was planned on a specific date.