Implicit Dependencies have been removed
There are 3 forms of dependencies available to users;
- Unlinked Dependency (blue unlinked chain icon)
- Explicit Dependency (yellow linked chain icon)
- External Dependency (red linked chain icon)
The previous blue linked chain icon has been removed.
Unlinked Tasks
The blue unlinked chain icons denotes that the task has no predecessors or successors. This means that the task will become available for activation as soon as the runbook is activated, and will not push out the start time of any other tasks in the runbook.
Explicitly Linked
Yellow linked task are tasks which are explicitly linked to one another, regardless if they fall in sequence they will always remain linked.
For example task 2.3 has a predecessor task of 2.2 and successor of 2.4. A new task is then entered inbetween 2.3 and 2.4, task 2.4 will become task 2.5 however the link which the now 2.5 had on task 2.3 remains.
External Dependency
The red linked icons highlighting that the task has either a predecessor or successor task linked to it, denoting that the task is either waiting of a task in another runbook being activated or completed, or the task in our runbook has an external successor tasks which may become available on activation or completion of the task.