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JulieCh14
November 5, 2025
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Highlight Missing Predecessors

  • November 5, 2025
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Hello! When in a Project's Task list, I am looking for a way to highlight when a child task is missing a predecessor. My users sometimes forget to add predecessors and I want to give them a Task View that highlights when that happens so they can easily see it & fix it. I am not sure if there is a column rule I can configure? or if this is a text mode solution? 

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Kurt_Jones
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Kurt_JonesCommunity Advisor
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November 6, 2025

Julie,

 

I think I have a solution for you.  Create a unique view you can switch to, make sure the Predecessor field is put on the view.   Edit the view and click on the Predecessor column.  Click Advanced Options toward top right then click the button for adding a rule.  Use what I did below.  Rule basically says if there is no pending predecessor then make that field red.  Since every task should have a predecessor, any blank predecessor would make this red...its a hack but I think will give you quickly what you need to find the errors.

Let me know if you have questions.

 

 

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JulieCh14Author
November 6, 2025

thanks! I tried this but the problem is when the a task is completed it turns the predecessor column red. Also, the parent tasks are red.

Kurt_Jones
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Kurt_JonesCommunity Advisor
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November 7, 2025

Julie,

This is definitely a hack to try to help you see the items that don't have something in the Predecessor column.  There isn't a straight-forward way to find this, thus the hack.  If you want to add a second rule like below what it will do is turn the field green if pending predecessors for a task have been completed, maybe making it easier to spot any issues in the red.  Yes, it will turn any item red, including parents, that don't have pending predecessors.

 

 

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