If more work must be done to complete an issue after the issue is submitted, you can convert the issue to a task.
For general information about converting issues, see Overview of converting issues in Adobe Workfront.
You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:
Adobe Workfront plan* | Any |
Adobe Workfront license* | Work or higher |
Access level configurations* | Edit access to Issues, Tasks, and Projects Note: If you still don't have access, ask your Workfront administrator if they set additional restrictions in your access level. For information on how a Workfront administrator can change your access level, see Create or modify custom access levels. |
Object permissions | View permissions to the issue Contribute permissions to the project You obtain Manage permissions to the task after the issue is converted For information on requesting additional access, see Request access to objects . |
*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.
Go to a project and click Issues in the left panel.
Click the issue you want to convert to go to the issue’s landing page.
Click the More menu on the issue, then Convert to Task.
If the issue is associated with an approval process or it is already associated with a resolving object, Workfront displays a warning at the top of the Convert to Project box to notify you that the approval is removed or the resolving object is overwritten during the conversion. For more information, see Overview of converting issues in Adobe Workfront.
Update the task name in the Task Name section. By default, the name of the task will be the same name as that of the original issue.
Click Destination Project, then start typing the name of the project where you want to place the new task in the Destination Project field and select it when it displays in the list. The issue’s project is selected by default.
Click Overview, then type a Description for the task.
A system or group administrator might change the order of the sections in the left panel of the conversion box by modifying your layout template.
(Optional and conditional) Click Options, select any of the options below.
The Workfront administrator or group administrator must enable these preferences before they are visible during the conversion of issues:
Keep the original issue and tie its resolution to this task
If unselected, the original issue is deleted.
Users without access or permissions to delete issues will not be able to delete the issue as they are converting it, regardless of the status of this setting. For information about access and permissions to issues, see:
Allow (User Name) to have access to this task
If unselected, the issue’s Primary Contact has no access to the new task.
Keep the planned completion date of the issue
If unselected, the Planned Completion Date of the new task is calculated from the Planned Start Date of the task. The Planned Start Date of the new task is set according to the system preferences for new tasks.
The options that display here depend on how the Workfront administrator configured them for everyone in the system. For more information, see Configure system-wide task and issue preferences.
Or, if the top-level groups in your organization configured them separately, the options that display here depend on which group is associated with the project you selected in step 6. For more information, see Configure task and issue preferences for a group.
(Optional) Click Custom Forms and attach a custom form for the new task.
Click Convert to task.
The issue is now a task on the designated project, if you decided to delete the original issue.
Or
The issue is now linked to the new task on the project you chose, and it will complete once the task completes, if you decided to keep the original issue.
Some issue fields transfer to the task. For information, see the View original issue information on projects and tasks section in this article.
(Optional) Continue editing the task as necessary.
You can view the original issue information in project and task lists and reports or in the Project Details area. For information about building reports, see Create a custom report.
The following table illustrates which issue fields are visible from the converted projects and tasks.
Issue fields | Project or task field | Project list or report | Project Details area | Task list or report | Task Details area |
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Issue Name | Converted Issue Name | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Primary Contact | Converted Issue Originator Name | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Entry Date | Converted Issue Entry Date | ✔ | ✔ |
If the Primary Contact of an issue changes or if the issue becomes unlinked from the project or task after the issue has been converted, the Converted Issue Originator Name does not update and it displays the original Primary Contact of the issue at the time the issue was converted.