Configure the Activity Leveling Priority

To assist with overallocation conflicts during leveling, you can configure priorities that specify the order in which activities are delayed in the schedule. Use the Activity Leveling Priority field to assign a priority to activities in your project. You can sort priority rankings in ascending or descending order. The sort order helps the leveler determine which activities to move first in the project schedule during the leveling process. The default value is 10, and the priority range is 1 to 100.

To configure activity leveling priorities:

  1. Navigate to the Activities page
  2. Apply a view that displays the Activity Leveling Priority column. Add the needed column to the current view, if it is not yet available.
  3. In the Activity Leveling Priority list, select a priority value.
  4. All changes made to this page are saved automatically.

Tips

  • You can also establish leveling priorities using various other project activity fields. When this is done, the leveling order is created based upon the values assigned to the selected field and the chosen sort order. For instance, you can sort activities by remaining duration in descending order so that those activities with the longest remaining duration are the first to be moved around in the project schedule during the leveling process.