21.2 Project enhancements
This page describes all project enhancements made with the 21.2 release to the Preview environment. These enhancements will be made available in the Production environment the week of May 10, 2021. For a list of all changes available with the 21.2 release, see 21.2 Release overview.
New interface for creating and editing recurring tasks
As part of the redesign of the New and Edit Task boxes, we have added the ability to make a new task recurring as well as to edit the parent of a recurring task. This functionality was not included in the New and Edit Task box redesign released earlier.
For more information, see Create recurring tasks.
This feature is now included in the Planner Fundamentals for the new Workfront experience, Part 2: Plan a Project learning path on Workfront One.
New buttons available in Projects header
To allow you to quickly filter the list of projects on the Projects page, there are two new buttons in the header that allow you to quickly apply the Projects I’m On or Projects I Own filter.
This feature is now included in the Planner Fundamentals for the new Workfront experience, Part 1: Create a Project learning path on Workfront One.
Move or delete a story or issue from the Scrum board
You can now move a story or issue off of your Scrum board by clicking the More icon on a story or issue card and selecting Move to. If you have future iterations defined, you can move the item to another iteration. You can also move the item to your team’s backlog.
You also have the option to delete a story or issue directly from your Scrum board by clicking the More icon on a card and selecting Delete. When you delete a story or issue, it is moved to the Recycle Bin for 30 days and can be recovered only by the system administrator.
For more information, see Manage stories and issues on the Scrum board.
New Edit Issue Box
As part of updating the look and feel of the new Workfront experience, we have redesigned the Edit Issue box. You can access the new Edit Issue box from an individual issue or when editing a single issue from a list.
In addition to an updated look and feel, the following changes are also available in the Issue Task box:
- You can customize your Layout Template once and reflect those customizations in both the Details page and the Edit Issue box.
- Individual custom form names are now available on the left panel inside the Edit Issue box and you can quickly access each form from there.
- We have added the Planned Hours field to the Assignments section to make it easier to update the time it might take resources to complete the issue.
- We have removed the commenting functionality from the Edit Issue screen to eliminate redundancy with the Updates section.
Relocated the Save and Cancel buttons for the Edit and New Object boxes
Based on user feedback, we have moved the Save and Cancel buttons to the lower-left corner of the Edit Object and New Object boxes for projects and tasks.
Prior to this enhancement, these buttons were located in the upper-right corner of these boxes.
For information about editing projects or tasks, see the following articles:
Custom forms enhancement
For a better experience when you fill out a custom form, we have improved the way that long custom field labels display. When there is enough horizontal space to show them in their entirety, these labels are no longer truncated.
For information about filling out custom forms, see Edit information in custom form fields.
The Primary Contact of an Issue is now visible from the Project Details area
When converting an issue to a project, the issue’s requester is transferred to the project and visible in the Converted Issue Originator field. You can view this field in the Project Details area, as well as in project reports and lists. This information is also visible for tasks, only in reports and lists.
You must enable this field in your Layout Template to be able to view it in the new Adobe Workfront experience for projects.
For information about converting issues, see Overview of converting issues in Adobe Workfront.
View information about a group that you want to assign to a portfolio, program, or team
When you are assigning a group to a portfolio, program, or team, we’ve made it easier to ensure that you have the right group—you can click the info icon next to the name of the group to display a tooltip containing the hierarchy of groups above it, along with the group’s administrators. Depending on the details configured for the group, you might also see the group’s Business Leader and description.
This is the same functionality that was released recently to help you identify a group that you need to assign to a project, as explained in Edit projects.
For more information, see the following articles:
Text formatting in custom fields now displays in all Workfront Classic lists and reports
Users can now see text formatting such as bold, bullet lists, and hyperlinks in custom fields when viewing lists and reports.
Previously in Workfront Classic, text formatting was visible only in Project, Task, and Hour lists.
For information about formatting text in a custom field, see Create a custom form.
For information about displaying information in lists, see Get started with lists.
New Edit Task box
As part of updating the look and feel of the new Workfront experience, we have redesigned the Edit Task box. You can access the new Edit Task box from an individual task or when editing a single task from a list.
In addition to an updated look and feel, the following changes are also available in the Edit Task box:
- You can customize your Layout Template once and reflect those customizations in both the Details page and the Edit Task box.
- Individual custom form names are now available on the left panel inside the Edit Task box and you can quickly access each form from there.
- We have added the Duration, Duration Type, and Planned Hours fields to the Assignments section to provide consistency when updating assignments across various duration types and the time or duration they spend on the task.
- We have removed the commenting functionality from the edit task screen to eliminate redundancy with the Updates section.
For information about the new Edit Task box, see Edit tasks.
New Task box
As part of updating the look and feel of the new Workfront experience, we have redesigned the New Task box. You can access the New Task box when you add a task to a project by clicking New Task at the top of the task list.
In addition to an updated look and feel, the following changes are also available in the New Task workflow:
- A smaller New Task screen is available when you first click on New Task in a project list with a limited number of fields to update to save you time when you quickly want to add tasks to projects. You can access the complete new task form which contains all task fields that we have renamed to Create Task.
- You can customize your Layout Template once and reflect those customizations in both the Details page and the New Task box.
- We have added the Duration, Duration Type, and Planned Hours fields to the Assignments section to provide consistency when updating assignments and the time or duration they spend on the task.
For information about the new New Task box, see Create tasks in a project.
Deactivate teams that are no longer in use
You can now deactivate teams you no longer use. When you deactivate a team, it no longer shows up in most typeahead, search fields, or common menus within Workfront. However, historical data associated with the team is retained.
For more information, see Deactivate a team.
Update to setting that allows users to delete tasks and issues with logged hours
To offer you a cohesive experience across all objects, we changed the way the “Allow users to delete tasks & issues with logged hours” setting works in Workfront. Now, when your Workfront or group administrator disables the Task & Issue preference, you can no longer delete projects that contain tasks or issues with logged hours.
Prior to this change, disabling the setting prevented users just from deleting tasks or issues, not projects.
For more information, see Configure system-wide task and issue preferences.