View: add a list of task successors in a column

You can add a column to a task view to show a list of the successors of the tasks. The Task Successors column includes the number of the successor as well as the name.

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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:

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Adobe Workfront plan Any
Adobe Workfront license*

New:

  • Contributor to modify a filter

  • Standard to modify a report

Current:

  • Request to modify a filter

  • Plan to modify a report

Access level configurations

Edit access to Reports, Dashboards, Calendars to modify a report

Edit access to Filters, Views, Groupings to modify a filter

Object permissions Manage permissions to a report

*For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Add a list of task successors in a column

To add this column to a task view:

  1. Go to a task list.

  2. Expand the View drop-down menu, and click New View.

  3. Click Add Column.

  4. Click Switch to Text Mode, then click Edit Text Mode.

  5. Remove all text in the Edit Text Mode box, and replace it with the following code:

    code language-none
    displayname=Task Successors
    listdelimiter=
    listmethod=nested(successors).lists
    textmode=true
    type=iterate
    valueexpression=CONCAT({successor}.{taskNumber},' - ',{successor}.{name})
    valueformat=HTML
    
  6. Click Done, then Save View.

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