Display Trace Logic

What a planner means

Display Trace Logic is Oracle Display Trace Logic. With the Activities window active: View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic; or Layout Options bar → Show on Bottom, Trace Logic; or the Bottom Layout toolbar. It opens the view. It is a how-to. It is not stored as its own table. It does not create, edit, or delete a relationship. It is not the Trace Logic view object, not View activity relationships in Trace logic, not Set Trace Logic preferences, not Move around in Trace Logic, not Display the Activity Network, not Display the Gantt Chart, not View activity relationships in the Gantt Chart, not View activity relationships in the Activity Network, not View activity relationships in Activity Details, not View activity relationships in the Activity Table, not the Activity Network view, not Show Relationships, not Assign Predecessors, not Assign Successors, not Add predecessor relationships, not Add successor relationships, not Change predecessor relationships, not Change successor relationships, not Remove predecessor relationships, not Remove successor relationships, not TASKPRED, not EPPM About Trace Logic / Trace Logic Detail Window / Viewing Relationships with Trace Logic copied onto Professional, and not Microsoft Task Path, Task Inspector, or Network Diagram.

Oracle does print a how-to titled Display Trace Logic. Oracle does not print a menu item named Display Trace Logic. The menu it prints is View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic. Do not invent View > Display Trace Logic.

Oracle Display Trace Logic (Professional):

• "With the Activities window active, do one of the following:"
• "Choose View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic."
• "Click the Layout Options bar and choose Show on Bottom, Trace Logic."
• "Click on the Bottom Layout toolbar."

Note: "The activity boxes in Trace Logic display the same information as the boxes defined for the current Activity Network layout."

Quote those. Quote With the Activities window active, View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic, Layout Options bar, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic, Bottom Layout toolbar, and The activity boxes in Trace Logic display the same information as the boxes defined for the current Activity Network layout. That how-to fetched prints no "Select the activity whose relationships you want to view", no "only the selected activity's relationships", no blue border, no "Activity boxes to the left", no predecessors, no "Activity boxes to the right", no successors, no red border, no critical, no "A line connecting activity boxes indicates an activity relationship", no step forward or backward, no lower layout / upper layout, no Activity Table / Activity Network / Activity Usage spreadsheet / Gantt Chart as the place you select, no Zoom, no Bottom Layout Options, no number of predecessors / successors, no Apply, no Display Options bar, no driving / non-driving, no solid vs dashed, no Assign, no Remove, no Go To, no Double-click, no Relationship Type, no Lag, no Comments, no finish to start / finish to finish / start to start / start to finish, no FS / FF / SF / SS codes, no hierarchy table, no four begins-on / ends-on sentences, no activity bars, no Predecessor Details / Successor Details, no Predecessors or Relationships tab, no privilege, no Save, no Yes, no OK, no WBS hierarchy, no .ANP, no draw, no split bar, no Show on Top, and no menu item named Display Trace Logic. Do not invent those on this how-to.

The Trace Logic view object is a different page. Oracle Trace Logic: it "enables you to step forward or backward through a sequence of activities to focus on predecessor/successor relationships." It is "displayed in the lower layout" and "represents relationships for an activity you select in the Activity Table, Activity Network, Activity Usage spreadsheet, or Gantt Chart currently displayed in the upper layout." "A red border around an activity box indicates a critical activity." "A line connecting activity boxes indicates an activity relationship." Use the layout to "Examine an activity and its predecessors and successors" and "Determine why an activity is scheduled at a particular time" (delayed predecessors, obsolete constraint, SS vs FS, negative float). Zoom: "Zoom in or out without affecting the level of detail displayed in the upper layout." Bottom Layout Options / Display Options bar: "specify how many levels of predecessors and successors you want to view." This Display how-to fetched prints none of those sentences except the boxes-equal-Activity-Network-layout note (that note is on Display, not on the object page fetched). Opening the bottom layout is not the object page. Do not copy the object page onto this how-to. See Trace Logic.

View activity relationships in Trace logic is a different how-to. "Trace Logic displays a graphical view of only the selected activity's relationships." "Select the activity whose relationships you want to view." Layout Options bar → Show on Bottom, Trace Logic. "The selected activity appears with a blue border. Activity boxes to the left of the selected activity are predecessors. Activity boxes to the right of the selected activity are successors." That view how-to fetched prints no "With the Activities window active", no Bottom Layout toolbar, no View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic, and no boxes-equal-Activity-Network-layout note. This Display how-to fetched prints no "only the selected activity's relationships", no blue border, and no left = predecessors / right = successors. Opening the bottom layout is not that view. Do not collapse them. See View Activity Relationships in Trace Logic.

Set Trace Logic preferences is a different how-to. "You can specify the number of activity relationships you want to display in Trace Logic." View, Bottom Layout Options (or Layout Options bar → Bottom Layout Options). "Specify the number of predecessors you want to display." "Specify the number of successors you want to display." Apply "To preview your changes." This Display how-to fetched prints no Bottom Layout Options, no number of predecessors / successors, and no Apply. Setting levels is not opening the view.

Move around in Trace Logic is a different how-to. "To view an activity's relationships in Trace Logic, click the activity in the Activity Table, Gantt Chart, Activity Usage Spreadsheet, Activity Network, or Trace Logic window." This Display how-to fetched prints no those upper-layout names and no "Trace Logic window." Clicking another box after the layout is open is not this how-to.

Display the Activity Network is a different how-to. View, Show on Top, Activity Network / Layout Options bar / Top Layout toolbar. That is Show on Top. This how-to is Show on Bottom, Trace Logic. Do not collapse them. See Display the Activity Network.

Display the Gantt Chart is a different how-to. With the Activities, Projects, or Work Breakdown Structure windows active: View, Show on Top or Show on Bottom, Gantt Chart / Layout Options bar / Top Layout toolbar. That opens the Gantt. This how-to is Activities window, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic. Do not collapse them.

View activity relationships in the Gantt Chart is a different how-to. Layout Options bar → Show on Top, Gantt Chart. "A line connecting two activity bars indicates an activity relationship." Four begins-on / ends-on activity's bar sentences. That is bars, not opening Trace Logic. See View Activity Relationships in the Gantt Chart.

View activity relationships in the Activity Network is a different how-to. Hierarchy table on the left; "A line connecting two activity boxes indicates an activity relationship." Four begins-on / ends-on predecessor's box / successor's box sentences. That is Show-on-Top boxes for a filter, not this Display how-to. See View Activity Relationships in the Activity Network.

View activity relationships in Activity Details is a different how-to. Layout Options bar → Show on Bottom, Activity Details. Predecessors or Relationships tab / Successors or Relationships tab. That is tabs, not Trace Logic. See View Activity Relationships in Activity Details.

View activity relationships in the Activity Table is a different how-to. View, Columns (or Layout Options bar → Columns) → Predecessor Details / Successor Details. That is Activity Table columns, not Trace Logic. See View Activity Relationships in the Activity Table.

The Activity Network view is a different object. Show-on-Top WBS diagram. "A line connecting activity boxes indicates an activity relationship." You can "Combine the Activity Network with a Trace Logic layout to focus on a specific sequence of activities." Box positions save as .ANP. This Display how-to only opens Trace Logic and notes that Trace Logic boxes use the current Activity Network box definition. That object page is not this Display how-to. See Activity Network.

Show Relationships is a different command. Bar Chart Options / Top Layout toolbar Gantt relationship-line show/hide. See Show Relationships.

Assign Predecessors / Add predecessor relationships is a different command. Edit > Assign > Predecessors / Details Assign / Assign Predecessors dialog. That page prints Assign, Select Project, Relationship Type / Lag / Comments. This page is display. It does not print Assign. See Assign Predecessors.

Assign Successors / Add successor relationships is a different command. Edit > Assign > Successors / Details Assign / Assign Successors dialog. This page does not print Assign. See Assign Successors.

Change predecessor relationships / Change successor relationships are different how-tos. Display Activity Details; Assign / double-click Relationship Type / double-click Lag / Remove. This page fetched prints no those actions. See Change Predecessor Relationships and Change Successor Relationships.

Remove predecessor relationships / Remove successor relationships are different how-tos. Details Remove → Yes; those pages name Go To. This page fetched prints no Remove, no Yes, and no Go To.

Oracle Viewing activity relationships lists five separate how-tos: Activity Table, Activity Details, Gantt Chart, Activity Network, Trace logic. It does not list Display Trace Logic. Do not invent that it did. Do not collapse those titles onto this Display how-to.

Oracle Activities window Available activity layouts names Trace Logic (bottom layout only) as a layout. Working with Trace Logic names Display Trace Logic, Move around in Trace Logic, Set Trace Logic preferences, and View activity relationships in Trace logic as separate tasks. Working with activity relationships names View activity relationships in Trace logic as a separate task from Add / Change / Remove predecessor and successor, Create / Edit / Delete Gantt and Network, View Gantt, View Network, and View Activity Details. That Working with activity relationships list does not name Display Trace Logic. Do not collapse those titles.

Oracle Linking Activities with Relationships lists Create / Edit / Delete Gantt and Network. It does not list Display Trace Logic or the View how-tos. Do not invent that it did.

Oracle View Menu Show on Bottom: "Enables you to choose the type of layout you want to display in the bottom portion of the active window. The available options correspond to the currently active window." Corresponding toolbar: Bottom Layout Toolbar. Bottom Layout Options: "Enables you to customize the tabs that display in Activity Details." Enabled when the active window is Activities. Corresponding toolbar: None. Those rows fetched print no menu item named Display Trace Logic. Do not invent one. Do not collapse View Menu Bottom Layout Options (Activity Details tabs) onto Set Trace Logic preferences View, Bottom Layout Options (predecessor / successor counts). This Display how-to prints neither.

Oracle Bottom Layout Toolbar: "Shows or hides Trace Logic in the bottom layout." Enabled when active window is Activities. Corresponding menu: View > Show on Bottom > Trace Logic. That toolbar page fetched prints no menu item named Display Trace Logic. Do not invent that it did. This Display how-to prints "Click on the Bottom Layout toolbar" and does not print "Shows or hides Trace Logic in the bottom layout." Do not invent that the Display page printed the toolbar function sentence.

Add/Edit/Delete Activity Relationships privilege (Professional project profile): "Determines whether the profile will enable users to create, modify, and remove activity relationships assigned to projects." The Display Trace Logic how-to fetched does not print that privilege. Do not invent that it did.

The Professional Display Trace Logic how-to fetched does not print driving / non-driving, solid vs dashed, critical relationship lines, a red border, a blue border, a line-style / color picker, milestone diamond, status icons, or Standard View box sentences. Do not invent them.

Professional vs EPPM

Professional — the how-to above. With the Activities window active: View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic / Layout Options bar / Bottom Layout toolbar. Boxes = current Activity Network layout. That page fetched prints no Save, no blue border, no left = predecessors / right = successors, no red border, no line connecting boxes, no Bottom Layout Options levels, no driving / non-driving, and no Trace Logic detail window.

EPPM web — do not copy Professional View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic / Layout Options bar / Bottom Layout toolbar / "With the Activities window active" / boxes-equal-Activity-Network-layout onto EPPM.

Oracle EPPM About Trace Logic (G48897): "a graphical display of dependency relationships for an activity." "This alternative viewing format enables you to examine a path of relationships while still viewing the entire project." Selected activity "highlighted in blue." "Activity boxes with a red border represent critical activities." Left = predecessors; right = successors. "Solid lines represent driving relationships, while dashed lines represent non-driving relationships." You "view activity relationships in the Trace Logic detail window"; you "manage activity relationships using the detail windows or Gantt chart." Schedule questions (delayed predecessors, obsolete constraint, SS vs FS, negative float). That page fetched does not print View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic, Layout Options bar, Bottom Layout toolbar, "With the Activities window active", or "The activity boxes in Trace Logic display the same information as the boxes defined for the current Activity Network layout." Do not invent that it did. Do not invent that Professional printed highlighted in blue, red border, solid / dashed, driving / non-driving, Trace Logic detail window, or those schedule questions on this how-to.

Oracle EPPM Trace Logic Detail Window of the Activities Page (G48897): "Use this detail window to view activity relationships using trace logic." Getting Here: Navigation Menu → Projects → Activities; select an activity; click the Trace Logic detail window. Predecessor Levels / Successor Levels: "The number of predecessor [successor] levels to show for the selected activity." Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom to 100%, Zoom to Fit. "The selected box has a heavy blue border." "Activity boxes outlined in red are critical activities." "Solid red lines between boxes represent critical relationships." "Solid lines represent driving relationships, while dashed lines represent non-driving relationships." "Boxes with a black diamond in the corner represent milestones." "A status icon in the corner of the box identifies In Progress, Completed, and Critical activities." Boxes show "Activity Name, Activity ID, Start Date and Finish Date." "You cannot customize activity boxes in Standard View." Tip: "If you have more than one activity or a grouping band selected, the detail window will not be visible." That page fetched does not print View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic, Layout Options bar, Bottom Layout toolbar, or the Activity Network box-definition note. Do not invent that it did. Do not invent that Professional printed Trace Logic detail window, heavy blue border, Predecessor Levels / Successor Levels, Zoom to Fit, solid red critical relationship lines, milestone diamond, status icons, Standard View, or hidden if more than one activity.

Oracle EPPM Viewing Relationships with Trace Logic (G48897): "Use trace logic to follow activity relationships throughout a project." Projects → Activities; select an activity; click the Trace Logic detail window. "The selected activity is shown with its predecessor and successor activities." "Click another activity in the detail window to see its connections to predecessor and successor activities." Tips: drag the top edge upward to enlarge; "You can click and drag the detail window contents." That page fetched does not print View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic, Layout Options bar, Bottom Layout toolbar, or the Activity Network box-definition note. Do not invent that it did. Do not invent that Professional printed Trace Logic detail window, click another activity, or drag-to-enlarge.

Primavera Cloud is a different product. Do not copy Cloud Trace Logic onto P6 Professional or EPPM.

XER

None. Oracle's project XER map TOC has no DISPLAYTRACE / DISPLAY_TRACE_LOGIC / TRACE / TRACELOGIC / TRACE_LOGIC / VIEWTRACE / VIEWREL table. This how-to does not write TASKPRED. Do not invent a display %T. Do not treat a TASKPRED row as "the planner used Display Trace Logic."

TASKPRED is the relationship. Columns that match names Oracle used elsewhere (Oracle XER labels): pred_type (Relationship Type), lag_hr_cnt (Lag), comments (Comments), task_id (Successor), pred_task_id (Predecessor). The Display Trace Logic how-to fetched does not print those column names, a stored pred_type code, lag, or Comments. See TASKPRED (Activity Relationships) and FS / SS / FF / SF + Lag (Planner Language).

TASK.driving_path_flag is labeled Longest Path, not this how-to. The cited TASKPRED map has no driving column. Oracle did not name an XER table or column for predecessor/successor level settings or for the Activity Network box definition this how-to mentions.

Layouts travel as .plf, not in a project XER. See Filters and Layouts Are a View, Not the Schedule.

A Viewer parse of one XER cannot reconstruct whether the planner used Display Trace Logic, View activity relationships in Trace logic, Set Trace Logic preferences, Move around in Trace Logic, Display the Activity Network, Display the Gantt Chart, View Gantt, View Network, View Activity Details, View Activity Table columns, or EPPM Trace Logic detail window.

Microsoft Project

Desktop Project has three different objects. None is P6 Display Trace Logic.

Task Path — Gantt Chart Format tab > Task Path. Microsoft: "display a task path to highlight how tasks link to each other." Picks: Predecessors ("Tasks that link to and come before the selected task"); Driving Predecessors ("Tasks that come before the selected task and directly impact it. When the driving predecessor task moves, the selected task also moves."); Successors; Driven Successors ("When the selected task moves, the driven successor task also moves."). Remove Highlighting clears it. That is Gantt-bar highlighting, not P6 View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic / Layout Options bar / Bottom Layout toolbar.

Task Inspector — Task tab > Inspect Task. Microsoft: "use the Microsoft Project task inspector to see how changes to one task affect the rest of the project." A per-task pane of drivers. See Check Schedule.

Network Diagram — View > Network Diagram. Microsoft: "a graphical way to view tasks, dependencies, and the critical path." "Boxes (or nodes) represent tasks, and dependencies show up as lines that connect those boxes." Closer to P6 Activity Network (Show on Top) than to this Show on Bottom Display how-to.

Quote Task Path, Inspect Task, and Network Diagram. Microsoft pages fetched print no View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic, no Layout Options bar, no Bottom Layout toolbar, no "With the Activities window active", and no "The activity boxes in Trace Logic display the same information as the boxes defined for the current Activity Network layout." They are not the same command as P6 Display Trace Logic. Do not map P6 Display Trace Logic to MSP Task Path / Task Inspector / Network Diagram as the same command. Do not claim MPXJ writes a real MPP.

Don't

• Treat this as the Trace Logic view object, View activity relationships in Trace logic, Set Trace Logic preferences, Move around in Trace Logic, Display the Activity Network, Display the Gantt Chart, View Gantt, View Network, View Activity Details, View Activity Table, the Activity Network view, Show Relationships, Assign / Change / Remove predecessor or successor, TASKPRED, EPPM About Trace Logic / Trace Logic Detail Window / Viewing Relationships with Trace Logic copied onto Professional, or MSP Task Path / Task Inspector / Network Diagram.
• Collapse Gantt activity bars / Network hierarchy table / four begins-on box sentences / Details Predecessors or Relationships tab / Table Predecessor Details onto this how-to's View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic / Bottom Layout toolbar.
• Copy the Trace Logic object page (step forward/backward, lower layout, red border, line connecting boxes, schedule questions, zoom, Bottom Layout Options levels) onto this how-to.
• Collapse View activity relationships in Trace logic blue border / only the selected activity's relationships / left = predecessors / right = successors onto this how-to's View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic / Bottom Layout toolbar / boxes-equal-Activity-Network-layout note.
• Collapse Set Trace Logic preferences View, Bottom Layout Options / predecessor and successor counts onto this display, or onto View Menu Bottom Layout Options (Activity Details tabs).
• Collapse Move around in Trace Logic Activity Table / Gantt Chart / Activity Usage Spreadsheet / Activity Network / Trace Logic window onto this how-to's "With the Activities window active."
• Collapse Display the Activity Network View, Show on Top, Activity Network / Top Layout toolbar onto this how-to's Show on Bottom, Trace Logic.
• Invent that this how-to printed a blue border, red border, critical, a line connecting boxes, "only the selected activity's relationships", driving / non-driving, solid vs dashed, Zoom, Bottom Layout Options, Apply, Assign, Remove, Go To, Double-click, Relationship Type, Lag, Comments, finish to start, FS / FF / SF / SS codes, Save, or a menu item named Display Trace Logic.
• Invent that Viewing activity relationships listed Display Trace Logic, that Working with activity relationships listed Display Trace Logic, that Working with Trace Logic collapsed Display / Move around / Set preferences / View, or that Linking Activities with Relationships listed this Display how-to.
• Invent that the Display how-to printed Add/Edit/Delete Activity Relationships, or that it printed the Bottom Layout Toolbar "Shows or hides Trace Logic" sentence.
• Copy Professional View, Show on Bottom, Trace Logic / Layout Options bar / Bottom Layout toolbar / "With the Activities window active" / boxes-equal-Activity-Network-layout onto EPPM, or copy EPPM Trace Logic detail window / highlighted in blue / heavy blue border / red border / solid / dashed driving / solid red critical relationship lines / Predecessor Levels / Successor Levels / Zoom to Fit / milestone diamond / status icons / Standard View / hidden if more than one activity / click another activity onto Professional.
• Invent a DISPLAYTRACE / DISPLAY_TRACE_LOGIC / TRACE / TRACELOGIC / TRACE_LOGIC / VIEWTRACE XER table, or treat a TASKPRED row or TASK.driving_path_flag as "the planner used Display Trace Logic."
• Claim a Viewer reconstructed that the planner last used Display Trace Logic from an XER.
• Map P6 Display Trace Logic to MSP Task Path / Task Inspector / Network Diagram as the same command.
• Claim MPXJ writes a real MPP.