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[Solved] Scheduling of project tasks with start date and duration

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(@helmut200115gmail-com)
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Hello dear forum,
I am trying the following in PowerQuery: similar to MS Project, but in the simplest form.
There is a table with various tasks in a project. The table contains:
Task name
Task start date
Task duration in days
A sequence of tasks (1-n)

The end date of the first task is calculated as Start date 1 + Task duration 1 and becomes the start date of the second task. The end date of the second task (Start date 2 + Task duration 2) in turn serves as the start date of the third task, and so on.
Only the first task has a predefined start date (milestone).
I tried it with ChatGPT first , but the biggest nonsense came out. 😟 
I am grateful for any help!
Helmut


 
Posted : 06/12/2025 10:19 pm
Riny van Eekelen
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@helmut200115gmail-com

Probably not very difficult, but to avoid that we are providing a solution that probably doesn't exactly fit your situation, please share a file that represents the table you are dealing with and indicate what result you would like to achieve.


 
Posted : 06/12/2025 11:41 pm
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@riny Hi
I have added the file to the original post


This post was modified 6 months ago by Helmut Stoll
 
Posted : 07/12/2025 12:47 am
Riny van Eekelen
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See attached. Perhaps a bit clunky but it works and it doesn't require any complex M-coding.

Would this work for you?

 


 
Posted : 07/12/2025 1:27 am
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@riny 

Hi, great job and pretty fast.  It looks perfect 

I will test and maybe have some additional modifications and questions. 

Have a nice weekend 

Thanx

Helmut


 
Posted : 07/12/2025 4:05 am
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