Inactive acti

[Sébastien Becker]

Hello all,

I am a beginner in MLO.

I do not know why but some of my actions are considered as inactive when they are not completed.

Can somebody explain me why?

How transform an inactive action in an active action?

Thanks,

Sébastien

[J Smith]

Have you moved the Start Date to the future?

J

[Dwight Arthur]

Hi Sébastien,
First of all, you will get better help if you tell us what kind of device you are using to run MLO. I'm going to assume that it's a Windows PC - if that's wrong please come back and clarify.

Looking at your MLO screen, there should be a sidebar on the right showing task properties. If so, skip to the next section. If not, follow these steps

• First, make sure that you have selected the task that you want to analyse. Click on it.
• Second, hold down ALT and hit f2 a few times. You will see a sidebar flicking into and out of the view. Stop clicking f2 when it is in the view
• There is a gray header bar in the sidebar that says "properties. It should be near the top. If it's at the bottom then you are viewing the task note. click on the Properties bar to bring it to the top

OK, now you have the task properties. You should see section headers with names like General, Project, Format and so on. Find one called "Task Statistics". If the Section under the Task Statistics is collapsed, click on the header to expand it.

Now look about six or so lines down in the task statistics section and you will see Action: Inactive Action (unless you have selected an active task, if so try again with an inactive one.)

Here is the payoff: The next line tells you why the task is inactive. Most of the time the answer will be self explanatory. If you get one that you don't understand, or can't figure out how to clear, come back here and show us the exact message and you should get some good advice from somebody.

Good luck!
-Dwight

[J Smith]

I will find that useful too - Even after many months of use I occasionally have had task that seem to fail to be active for no obvious reason.

Thanks Dwight.   :)

J