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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000799" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Generating Network Messages</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2054999">
         <Level1>Generating</Level1>
         <Level2>network messages</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2055004">
         <Level1>Network Messages</Level1>
         <Level2>generating</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>For each activity LN carries out the following
		  checks:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>If the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000023" role="glossary">project</Link> is a subproject, LN checks that the
		  earliest start date of an activity is not before the start date of the
		  subproject.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The desired start date
		  for an activity must lie between the earliest and latest start date.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>On the basis of the
		  progress of the preceding activities, LN checks whether the activity can start.
		  During this process, it signals whether the previous activities are before or
		  behind schedule.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>LN checks that the actual start date does not
		  lie before the earliest (computed) start date or after the latest planned start
		  date of the activity.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If the project is a
		  subproject, LN checks
		  that the earliest finish date of an activity does not lie AFTER the completion
		  date of the subproject.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The desired finish date
		  for an activity must lie between the earliest and latest finish
		  date.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>LN checks that the computed finish date of the
		  activity does not lie AFTER the latest planned finish date.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>LN checks that the actual finish date does not
		  lie before the earliest (computed) finish date or after the latest planned
		  finish date of the activity.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>LN reports any deviations between the project's
		planned and actual progress, or inconsistencies in the network
		planning.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000178" role="manual">Network planning</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>