Add a Scenario

Add scenarios to your project to simulate alternative scheduling situations. Model different scheduling decisions and outcomes to determine the most effective solution. When creating a scenario, you can set the source of the scenario's data to be the current schedule, an existing baseline, or from a past scenario. This enables you to perform what-if planning on different instances of your project schedule. The source of a scenario cannot be modified after the scenario is added.

The default status of a new scenario is What-if. Open a scenario to view or update its data. Newly created scenarios are opened automatically.

To add a scenario:

  1. Navigate to the project Activities page
  2. On the Activities page, select Actions , and then select Add Scenario.
  3. In the Add Scenario dialog box, enter the following information:
    • Name: The name of the scenario.
    • Source: The source of the scenario data. Select Current Schedule, Scenario, Baseline, or From History.
      • If you selected Current Schedule as the source, continue to Step 4.
      • If you selected Scenario as the source, use the Scenario list to choose an existing scenario with data you want to copy.
      • If you selected Baseline as the source, use the Baseline list to choose an existing baseline with data you want to copy.
      • If you selected From History as the source, use the Scenario Date picker to choose the date of the project data captured by the scenario. Select a date in the past to use project data from that date. The default value is the current date and time.
  4. (Optional) Enter a description for the new scenario.
  5. Select Add.
  6. All changes made to this page are saved automatically.

Tips

If you do not see a newly added scenario on the Activities page or in the Manage Scenarios dialog box, select Refresh.

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