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P6 Tips & Tricks
Assigning Relationships in P6
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Relationships can be assigned in P6 by any of the following methods

Relationships

Manually in P6 By Excel

Assign  Using Predecessor ID, 
“Link Activities” 
Predecessors /  Successor ID, Relationship 
Option
Successors Type, & Lag

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1. Assign Predecessors / Successors:

• Select the activity

• Select “Relationships” tab in the activity details box

• Assign Predecessors (or Successors) by clicking on “Assign” & selecting the required predecessor
(or successor)

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1. Assign Predecessors / Successors (Cont.):

• Another method can be used as follows:

Right Click on the activity and select assign Predecessors / Successors and select one or multiple predecessor / successor

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2. Right Click & Link Activities:
Select the predecessor first, then select successor(s) in
• Select the activities to be linked together in
the required order while pressing CTRL, then right click and
the required order (for example if I need
select “Link Activities”
Activity (B) to Start after completion of
Activity (A); then I should select Activity (A)
first then Activity (B) next and so on)

• Many activities can be selected in order (it

is not limited to 2 activities only)

• After the selection in the required order,

right click, and select “Link Activities” (the
activities will be linked together by FS
relation as a default relation)

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3. By Excel

• Export > Spreadsheet – (XLS)

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3. By Excel (Cont.)

• Select Activity Relationships

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3. By Excel (Cont.)

• Select the below columns

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3. By Excel (Cont.)

• In the exported sheet; insert (or adjust) the Activity ID of predecessor, the Activity ID of successor,
relationship type (FS,SS,FF,SF), lag, & status of predecessor and successor (Not Started, In
Progress, Completed) as shown below then save the file

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3. By Excel (Cont.)

• Import the Excel File as follows

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A hybrid method can also be used by linking some activities manually

and other by using the excel import method

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