Access requirements

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront planAny
Adobe Workfront license*

New: Contributor or higher

Or

Current:Request or higher

Access level configuration

View or higher access to Tasks, Issues, Documents

View or higher access to any objects for which you want to view documents Summary

Object permissionsView or higher permissions to a task, issue, or document

*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator. For more information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

View the Summary panel in a list of tasks or issues

  1. Go to a task or issue and select an item in the list.

  2. Click the Summary icon

    or

    Click the Open Summary icon in the Submitted section of the Requests area.

    After you open the Summary, it stays open as you click or select other tasks or issues and remains open until you manually close it.

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    You can only select one task or one issue at a time to view their details in the Summary panel.

    Summary panel

  3. (Optional) To close the Summary panel, do one of the following:

    • In a task or issue list, click the Open Summary icon

      Or

      Click the X icon in the upper-right corner of the Summary panel.

    • In the Submitted section of the Requests area, click the Close Summary icon

      Or

      Click the X icon in the upper-right corner of the Summary panel.

Percent Complete

Use the progress bar at the top of the Summary to update the percent complete for the task or issue that you’ve selected. Enter a number or drag the bar to the correct percentage.

Percent complete in Summary panel

Updates

Use the Updates section of the Summary to view recent updates and make updates on the task or issue you selected. Click See all to go directly to the Updates tab on the task.

Updates section in Summary panel

Documents

Use the Documents section of the Summary to see documents attached to the task or issue you selected. Click the thumbnail to open a document preview. To go directly to the Documents tab on the task or issue, click the Documents title.

Documents section in Summary panel

Details

Use the Details section of the Summary to view high-level work item details, make assignments, or add start dates. Click See all to go directly to the Details tab on the task or issue.

Details section in Summary panel

Subtasks

This section is only available for tasks. Use the Subtasks section of the Summary to view New, In Progress, and Closed subtasks on the task you selected. Click the Status drop-down menu to switch between statuses. To go directly to the Subtasks tab on the task, click the Subtasks ​title.

If you have not added any subtasks to the task, click Add one here to go directly to the Subtasks tab on the task.

Subtasks section in Summary panel

Hours

Use the Hours section of the Summary to log hours on the task or issue you selected. Click Log Time and enter your hours. To go directly to the Hours tab on the task or issue, click the Hours title.

The hour count in the Summary displays the hours you log. Other users will have different hour totals in the Summary depending on the time they log on the task.

If there are no planned hours on the task or issue and you have logged time, the hours bar displays red.

Hours section in Summary panel

Approvals

Use the Approvals section of the Summary to view approvals attached to the task or issue you selected. If you have not added any approvals, select an existing approval from the drop-down menu or click Create single-use approval process to go directly to the Approvals tab on the task or issue.

To go directly to the Approvals tab on the task or issue, click the Approvals title.

Approvals section in Summary panel

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