The link that the job was created with. A link determines how the current job is tied to the subsequent job. The following ...

The link that the job was created with. A link determines how the current job is tied to the subsequent job. The following options are available: None or Blank (there is no link to the next job), StartStart (the job must start at the same time the next job starts), EndEnd (the job must end at the same time the next job ends), EndStart (the job must end at the same time the next job starts), and StartEnd (the job must start at the same time the next job ends). Only when the link type is Hard are the times exactly the same. When the link type is Soft, there may be a time gap between the 2 jobs. In other words, the next job can start later than the link specifies. The following are examples of possible combinations of link type and link: EndStart and Soft (used between operations), EndStart and Hard (used between setup job and process job), StartStart and Hard (used between several operations resources in the same operation), and Ended and Hard (used for secondary operations).