Built-in Status Icons in Views

Last update: November 7, 2024

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You can add the built-in Status Icons field as a column in your views to enhance visibility into key points about your objects. Using Status Icons, you can see at a glance when the following conditions exist:

  • An object has documents attached
  • An object is associated with an approval process
  • An object has additional notes associated with it
  • An expense is billable or reimbursable
  • A task is on a critical path
  • A user belongs to a company, a team, or is personally located in a different time zone

Consider the following:

  • Most of the indicators in the Status Icons field are quick links to the actual object or area of the object that they represent.

  • If any of the items represented by the icons are missing from the object, the icon representing the missing item appears dimmed in the Status Icons column instead of a colored image.

    task_status_icons.png

    For more information, see the Overview of Status Icons and Flags section in this article.

  • In some views, the Status Icons field is named Flags or View Icons.
    You cannot customize the look and feel of the icons that are included in the Status Icons field.

  • You cannot edit the number of icons in the Status Icons field.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

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

Adobe Workfront plan*Any
Adobe Workfront license*

New:

  • Contributor or higher

Current:

  • Request or higher
Access level configurations*

Edit access to Filters, Views, Groupings

Edit access to Reports, Dashboards, Calendars to add columns to a report

Object permissions

Manage permissions to an existing view

Manage permissions to a report to add columns to it

*For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Add the Status Icons field to a view

Some built-in views and reports already have the Status Icons field included.

You cannot add the Status Icons field to all views.

To add the Status Icons field to a custom view that you build from scratch:

  1. Go to a list of any of the following objects:

    • Tasks
    • Issues
    • Projects
    • Template Tasks
    • Templates
    • Expenses
    • Documents
    • Users
      Only these objects have the Status Icons field available.
      For information on object lists, see Get started with lists in Adobe Workfront.

  2. From the View drop-down menu, select New View.

  3. Click Add Column.

  4. In the Show in this column box, start typing any of the following field names, then select it when it appears in the list:

    • Status Icons
    • Flags
    • *View Icons *(only in Document views).

    The built-in icons are listed under any of these names.
    A Template view contains both the Status Icons and the Flags fields. In this case, the two columns contain identical icons.
    Document views contain a View Icons field.

  5. Click Save View.

  6. (Optional) Specify a new name for your view, then click Save View.
    This adds the Status Icons column to your View.

  7. (Optional) Mouse over an icon to understand what it represents.

  8. (Optional) Click an icon to go to the area of the object represented by it.
    Not all icons are links to objects.
    For a complete list of attributes for each icon, see the Overview of Status Icons and Flags section.

Overview of Status Icons and Flags

The following table lists all the Status Icons available in Workfront, the type of objects that can be associated with them, as well as what happens when you click them.

You must have permissions to at least View the objects in order to be able to click some of the following icons and access those objects.

Status Icon or FlagDescriptionObjectOn Click
condition_update_icon_on_target.png or Screen_Shot_2018-08-17_at_9.49.36_AM.png
condition_update_icon__in_trouble.png or
condition_update_at_risk.png or Screen_Shot_2018-08-17_at_9.49.23_AM.png 		Indicates that the Condition of the project is On Target (green), In Trouble (red), or At Risk (yellow).
For information about project Condition, see Overview of Project Condition and Condition Type.		ProjectsClick to open the tasks list of the project.
notes_icon.png Indicates that the object has notes (updates) in the Updates tab.Projects
Tasks
Issues
Templates
Template Tasks		Click to open the Updates tab of the object.
document_icon.png or new_documents_icon.png Indicates that the object has documents attached.Projects
Tasks
Issues
Templates
Template Tasks		Click to open the Documents tab of the object.
open_issu_icon.png or new_open_issues.png Indicates that there are open issues on the project or the task.Projects
Tasks		Click to open the object.
approval_icon.png or new_approval_icon.png Indicates that there is an approval on the object.Projects
Tasks
Issues
Templates
Template Tasks		Click to open the object.
expenses_icon.png You can add an Expenses Icon column in your view to display this icon. This indicates that the project or the task has expenses associated with them.

Projects

Tasks

Click to open the Expenses tab of the project or the task.
task_progress_status_icon_on_time.png
task_progress_status_late.png
task_progress_status_at_risk.png

Indicates that the Progress Status of a task is one of the following:

  • On Time (green square)
  • Late (red circle)
  • At Risk (blue diamond)
  • Behind (yellow triangle)

For information about the Progress Status of tasks, see Task Progress Status overview.

TasksClick to open the task.
task_critical_path_icon.png or new_critical_path_icon.png Indicates that the task is currently on the Critical Path.
For information about tasks on a Critical Path of the project, see Overview of the project Critical Path.		TasksClick to open the task.
milestone_icon.png Indicates that the task is associated with a milestone. Your system administrator can customize the color of the diamond in your environment.
For information about milestones, see Create a milestone path.		TasksClick to open the task.
issue_source_link_icon.png Link to the source object of an issue. The source object of an issue is the object where the issue was logged. A task or a project can be source objects for issues.IssuesClick to open the source object (task or project) of an issue.
resolving_object_icon.png Indicates that there is a resolving object which ultimately resolves the issue. In this case, you cannot complete the issue. It is completed when the resolving object completes.
For information about resolving objects, see Overview of Resolving and Resolvable Objects.		IssuesClick to open the resolving object of the issue.
view_doc_icon.png View a document.DocumentsClick to download the document.
Download a document.DocumentsClick to download the document.
Indicates the type of document.DocumentsClick to download the document.
user_belongs_to_company_icon.png Indicates that the user is associated with a Company.UsersUnavailable
user_with_team_icon.png Indicates that the user is associated with a Team.UsersClick to open the user profile.
resource_grid_icon.png Shortcut to the Allocation tab of the user.UsersClick to open the Allocation tab of the user and learn to what work items the user is assigned.
Screen_Shot_2018-07-26_at_2.31.40_PM.png Indicates that the user is in a different time zone than that of the system.UsersUnavailable
billable_expense_icon.png Indicates that an expense is billable.
For information about expenses, see Manage project expenses.		ExpensesUnavailable
expense_reimbursable_icon.png Indicates that an expense is reimbursable.
For information about expenses, see Manage project expenses.		ExpensesUnavailable
reimbursed_expense_icon.png Indicates that an expense has been reimbursed.
For information about expenses, see Manage project expenses.		ExpensesUnavailable

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