View and update Percent Complete for tasks
You can update the percent complete of a task to indicate the progress that you have made on the task towards completing it.
Access Requirements
You must have the following access to manually update tasks:
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| Adobe Workfront plan | Any |
| Adobe Workfront license* |
New license: Standard Or Current license: Work or higher |
| Access level configurations | Edit access to Tasks |
| Object permissions | Manage permissions to the task |
*For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.
Areas where you can update the percent complete of a task
You can update the percent complete for a task in any of the following areas:
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In a task list: You can update the percent complete of a task when the Percent Complete column is displayed.
For more information about inline editing, see Inline edit items in a list in Adobe Workfront. -
In the Milestone view: You can update the percent complete of a task when using the Milestone view on a project list or a project report. For more information, see Use the Milestone view.
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In the task header: You can update the percent complete of a task in the task header. For information, see Edit tasks.
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In the Summary panel of a task: You can update the percent complete of a task at the top of the Summary panel when viewing the task in the following areas:
- Task list or report
- Timesheet
- Workload Balancer
For more information, see Summary overview
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Home: You can update the percent complete of a task or issue from the Summary panel in the Home area, or from the My Work widget.
For information, see Getting started with Home.
Considerations about updating the percent complete of a task
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When you mark a task as 100% complete, the task Status updates to Complete.
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The following scenarios exist for parent tasks:
- You cannot update the percent complete of a parent task to 100% when the Summary Completion Mode of the project is set to Automatic and the subtasks are not completed.
- You can update the percent complete of a parent task to 100% when the Summary Completion Mode of the project is set to Manual and the subtasks are completed or incomplete.
For more information, see Edit projects.
Update the percent complete of a task
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Go to any of the following areas in Workfront:
- A task list
- A list of projects and apply the Milestone view
- A task, by accessing the task page
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Locate the Percent Complete field for the task whose percent complete you want to update.
note tip TIP The Percent Complete field always displays at the top of the Summary panel. -
Click inside the Percent Complete field and type a number between 0 and 100
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Click and drag the Percent Complete bar to the necessary number to indicate how much of the task you completed, when available.
note note NOTE When you indicate that 100% of the task is completed, the status of the task is also updated to Complete. -
Press Enter in your keyboard to save the percent complete.
The Percent Complete of the project is also automatically updated.