Link a Segmentable Activity With Another Segmentable Activity

You can link a segmentable activity with another segmentable activity using the same link types that you use to link a regular activity with a segmentable activity.

Follow these steps to route a linked segmentable activity.

1. Run the multiday routing plan where the segmentable activities fit to the filters.
2. Set a Bulk routing plan running for a scheduled time to cover all the linked segmentable activities that you want to route.
   Note: Only Bulk routing supports routing linked segmentable activities. Immediate routing ignores all segmentable activities that have links.

Results:

Supported Link Types and Constraints

Here are the link types and constraints supported for links between segmentable activities:

• Simultaneous (Segmentable and Segmentable activities): no constraints available
• Segmentable activity Finish to Segmentable activity Start:
  • Same Day: earliest (as of calendar means) segment of a latter activity should start the same day as the latest (as of calendar means) segment of former activity finishes
  • Same Provider: all segments of latter activity should be done by the same resource(s) participated in doing of any segment of former one
  • Different Providers: all segments of latter activity should be done by the different resource(s) then participated in doing of any segment of former one
• Segmentable activity Start to Segmentable activity Start:
  • Different Providers: all segments of latter activity should be done by the different resource(s) then participated in doing of any segment of former one
  • If you try to add unsupported activity link type and/or constraint, a warning is displayed and no link is added.
• For Segmentable Activity Finish linked to Segmentable Activity Start:
  • Same Day: earliest (as of calendar means) segment of a latter activity should start the same day as the latest (as of calendar means) segment of former activity finishes
  • Same Provider: all segments of latter activity should be done by the same resource(s) participated in doing of any segment of former one
  • Different Day: An activity that needs technical break between - first segment of a latter activity should start at least a day after the last segment of the former activity finishes
  • Different Providers: all segments of latter activity should be done by the different resource(s) then participated in doing of any segment of former one
• For Segmentable Activity Start linked to Regular Activity Start (or vice versa):
  • Different Providers: all segments of latter activity should be done by the different resource(s) then participated in doing of any segment of former one