Task List Fields

Depending on your settings, the following fields might appear on the page as table columns, spreadsheet rows, or in detail windows. Fields that are generic across the application, such as Name, may not be included here.

Dates

Completed Date

The date when the task was completed.

Current Committed Due Date

The current due date of the task commitment.

Due Date

The date by which the task is expected to be completed.

Original Committed Due Date

The original due date of the task commitment.

Proposed Due Date

The date proposed for the task due date. Proposed Due Dates do not affect task Due Dates until they are accepted.

Start Date

The date when the task is set to begin.

If the task is set to allow non-work days, the date is calculated as Due Date minus Duration plus 1 day.

If the task is not set to allow non-work days, the date is calculated as Due Date minus the sum of Duration plus Non-Work Days, plus 1 day.

This is a read-only field.

Durations

Duration

The total amount of expected time required to complete the task, in days.

Slack

The amount of time a task can be delayed before it affects the start date of its most immediate successor. This is a read-only field.

General

Activity

The activity to which the task is assigned. The activity must have a Type of Activity Dependent or Resource Dependent.

Assigned User

The person responsible for the task.

Commitment Count

The number of commitments on a task.

Company

The name of the company that owns the task.

Constraint Count

The number of constraints assigned to the selected task or task milestone.

Constraint Impact

Indicates whether the selected task or task milestone has any constraints assigned.

Flag

Identifies tasks that are important to the user. Select a flag on a task to mark it as important. This field cannot be removed from the view.

ID

The unique identifier assigned to the task.

Predecessor Count

The number of predecessor hand-offs assigned to the task.

State

Indicates if a task is in any of the following states:

The task's dates are outside of its assigned activity Start and Finish dates.

The assigned activity is complete but the task is not.

The task is complete but the assigned activity is not.

The task is overdue.

The task is committed and the number of commitments.

The task is pending and should be recommitted.

This field is read-only and cannot be removed from the view.

Status

The current status of the task. Valid values are New, Pending, Committed, and Completed.

This is a read-only field.

Status - Completion

Indicates the completion status of the activity and its assigned tasks.

Status - Dates

Indicates the overall date status of the activity's assigned tasks.

Outside Activity: A task's dates are outside of the activity's Start and Finish dates.

Inside Activity: All of the tasks' dates are within the activity's Start and Finish dates.

No Tasks Assigned: No tasks are assigned to the activity.

This is a read-only field.

Successor Count

The number of successor hand-offs assigned to the task.

Task Check - Commitments

Tasks that contain commitments to due dates.

Task Check - Due This Week

Tasks that are due within the calendar week from Sunday to Saturday.

Task Check - Overdue

Tasks that have not been completed by their due date.

Task Check - Pending

Tasks that have a due date but are not committed, or tasks that are committed but the due date has been changed.

Task Check - Planned Outside Activity Dates

Tasks with due dates that occur before the activity start date or after the activity end date.

Task Check - Scheduled on Non-work Days

Task Check - Tasks with Slack

Task slack is the amount of time a task can be delayed before it impacts the start date of the most immediate hand-off successor.

Task Check - Unaccepted Proposed Due Date

Tasks that have a proposed due date value that has not yet been accepted.

Task Check - Unassigned

Tasks that do not have a user assigned.

Task Check - Unplanned

Tasks without a due date.

Type

The type of task. Valid values are Task and Task Milestone.

Use Only Work Days

Enables the user to allow only the project calendar's work days and ignore non-work days when determining the value for Start and Due Date.

Visibility

The visibility of task. Valid values are Private and Public.

WBS

The WBS that the activity is associated with.