Moving a project item in the graphical planner
Project items can be moved in the graphical planner. When you move a project item in the graphical planner, the No earlier than on the constraint start date-time is applied and the constraint start time is always on whole hours (for example 9:00 AM).
Procedure
1. Go to .
2. Select the Graphical planner tab.
3. Select a project item.
4. On the graphical planner, hover on the project item for the move cursor 
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.Move the project item to the left to schedule it at an earlier time, or to the right, to postpone it. This results in a constraint start date-time No earlier than being set on the project item. If the project item has a dependency that prevents the project item to be planned to start on the new start date, a warning message is displayed to remove the dependencies or to cancel the move.
Refer to the following example to familiarize with moving a project item in the graphical planner.
Example:
A project start date is set as 01-01-2016. The project item (Phase I) for this project is scheduled to start on 01-01-2016. According to the project calendar, 01-01-2016 is a non-working day. The Effort of Phase I is defined as 3 days.
It is evident that Phase I has started on 01-04-2016 since 01-01-2016 is set as a non-working day in the project calendar and the weekend is defined as non-working days.
Now, Phase I is moved to 01-05-2016 by selecting it and moving it to the right.
 | Project items will always be moved in the graphical planner to the nearest full hour. The drag&drop units are ignored when moving a project item because a constraint can be set on time. You will also find a tooltip displaying information of a new start date-time and a new end date-time of the project item, based on the specified effort, as you move the cursor in the graphical planner. |