View: display task indentations in a task list

Last update: February 20, 2025

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In this task view, you can add code to the Task Name column to display the tasks indented according to the Work Breakdown Structure of the project.

View task indentation

Access requirements

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

Adobe Workfront planAny
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 permissionsManage permissions to a report

*For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Display task indentations in a column of a task list

  1. Go to a list of tasks.

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

  3. Click Add Column and start typing “Task Name” in the Show in this column field then select it when it displays in the list.

  4. From the new column, click Switch to Text Mode > Edit Text Mode.

  5. Remove the text you find in the valuefield= line and replace it with the following code:

    displayname=Task hierarchy
valueexpression=IF({indent}<1,{name},IF({indent}<2,CONCAT(' - ',{name}),IF({indent}<3,CONCAT(' - - ',{name}),IF({indent}<4,CONCAT(' - - - ',{name}),CONCAT(' - - - - ',{name})))))

  6. Click Done, then Save View.

  7. (Optional) Update the view name, then click Save View.

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