Update task Leveling Delay

Last update: January 18, 2024

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At times, there might be conflicts between task schedules on a project. You can level resources or address resource conflicts by rescheduling resources and tasks so that all tasks can be completed within a realistic schedule. For information about leveling tasks, see Level Resources in the Gantt Chart.

As the project manager, or the task assignee, you can also add a Leveling Delay on individual tasks to account for any resource or scheduling conflicts. In other words, a task might be scheduled with a delay to ensure that when Adobe Workfront levels the tasks a more realistic schedule overcomes resource conflicts.

Adding a leveling delay to a task adjusts the Projected Completion Date of the task. For information about the projected completion date, see Overview of the Projected Completion Date for projects, tasks, and issues.

Access requirements

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront plan*Any
Adobe Workfront license*Work or higher
Access level configurations*

Edit access to Tasks and Projects

Note: If you still don't have access, ask your Workfront administrator if they set additional restrictions in your access level. For information on how a Workfront administrator can modify your access level, see Create or modify custom access levels.

Object permissions

Manage permissions to Tasks

Contribute or higher permissions to Projects

For information on requesting additional access, see Request access to objects.

*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.

Add a Leveling Delay to a task

  1. Go to a task for which you want to add a Leveling Delay.

  2. Click the More icon to the right of the task name, then click Edit.

  3. Click Settings.

  4. Specify the Leveling Delay, in hours, then choose a unit of time.
    This is the time that the resource will be delayed starting the task due to resource conflicts.

    Select from the following options for units of time:

    • Minutes
    • Hours. This is the default.
    • Days
    • Weeks
    • Months
    • Elapsed Minutes
    • Elapsed Hours
    • Elapsed Days
    • Elapsed Weeks
    • Elapsed Months
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    Elapsed time is a unit of time for a task’s Duration. It is the time between the Planned Start Date and the Planned Completion Date of a task that includes holidays, weekends, and time off. In other words, elapsed time is the passage of calendar days.

  5. Click Save.

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