View: hours with parent task information

Last update: November 5, 2024

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  • User

This hour view displays the name of the task where the hours were logged as well as the name of the parent task.

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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:

Adobe Workfront planAny
Adobe Workfront license

New:

  • Contributor to modify a view
  • Standard to modify a report

Or

Current:

  • Request to modify a view
  • 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 view

Object permissionsManage permissions to a report

For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

View hours with parent task information

  1. Go to a list of hours.

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

  3. In the Column Preview area, eliminate all columns except for one.

  4. Click the header of the remaining column, then click Switch to Text Mode.

  5. Click Edit Text Mode.

  6. Remove the text you find in the Edit Text Mode box, and replace it with the following code:

    column.0.aggregator.displayformat=doubleAsString
column.0.aggregator.function=SUM
column.0.aggregator.namekey=hours
column.0.aggregator.valuefield=hours
column.0.aggregator.valueformat=doubleAsDouble
column.0.descriptionkey=hours
column.0.link.linkproperty.0.name=ID
column.0.link.linkproperty.0.valuefield=ID
column.0.link.linkproperty.0.valueformat=int
column.0.link.lookup=link.view
column.0.link.valuefield=objCode
column.0.link.valueformat=val
column.0.linkedname=direct
column.0.listsort=doubleAsDouble(hours)
column.0.namekey=hours.abbr
column.0.querysort=hours
column.0.shortview=false
column.0.stretch=100
column.0.valuefield=hours
column.0.valueformat=doubleAsString
column.0.width=150
column.1.descriptionkey=task
column.1.link.linkproperty.0.name=ID
column.1.link.linkproperty.0.valuefield=task:ID
column.1.link.linkproperty.0.valueformat=int
column.1.link.lookup=link.view
column.1.link.valuefield=task:objCode
column.1.link.valueformat=val
column.1.linkedname=task
column.1.listsort=nested(task).string(name)
column.1.namekey=task
column.1.querysort=task:name
column.1.shortview=false
column.1.stretch=0
column.1.valuefield=task:name
column.1.valueformat=HTML
column.1.width=150
column.2.description=Parent Task Name
column.2.link.linkproperty.0.name=ID
column.2.link.linkproperty.0.valuefield=task:parent:ID
column.2.link.linkproperty.0.valueformat=int
column.2.link.lookup=link.view
column.2.link.valuefield=task:objCode
column.2.link.valueformat=val
column.2.linkedname=task
column.2.listsort=nested(task:parent).string(name)
column.2.name=Parent Task Name
column.2.querysort=task:parent:name
column.2.shortview=false
column.2.stretch=0
column.2.valuefield=task:parent:name
column.2.valueformat=HTML
column.2.width=150

  7. Click Done, then Save View.

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