Schedule Data Block

The schedule data block is where all information regarding schedule dates is contained. Some of the key fields inside this data block are:

Schedule ID

Planned Start Date

Planned Finish Date

Early Start Date

Early Finish Date

Late Start Date

Late Finish Date

Actual Start Date

Actual Finish Date

You can add and edit this information directly inside the Schedule data block. However, this will only allow you to modify one CBS line item at a time.

The following Step by Step shows you how to add the Schedule data block, save a Scheduling view, and add various dates for a specific CBS item.

Schedule Data Block

From the Workspaces page of the Steel Structure Job, remove each data block from the page, except for the Tasks and Task Details data blocks, by right clicking on the context menu.
For each data block you plan to remove, select Remove Data Block
Once the data blocks are removed, click the Add Data Block button.
Drag and drop the Schedule Data Block to the right of Task Details.
Select Module [your initials] – [description.]
In the schedule data block, type your Initials.01234 in the Schedule ID field.
Click the right arrow to move to next set of columns in the schedule data block.
Double click into each field and enter the following:
- Start = 10/05/2020
- Finish = 10/15/2020
- Early Start = 10/01/2020
- Early Finish = 10/15/2020
- Late Start = 10/07/2020
- Late Finish = 10/15/2020
- Entering dates on any terminal CBS item will auto-populate the parent’s dates. If there are multiple terminal items under one parent, any start dates will take the earliest and any finish dates will take the latest
- Once all the initial schedule dates are entered, the schedule data block also allows for the project to track actual dates
Click the Right Arrow to move to next set of columns in the schedule data block.
- You will leave these columns blank for this Step by Step