View: issues with approval information
The following issue view shows the approval process, step, names of the approvers, and the status of the issue before the approval was granted. Some of these fields are not accessible through the standard interface builder.
Access requirements
You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:
*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.
View issues with approval information
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Go to a list of issues.
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From the View drop-down menu, select New View.
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In the Column Preview area, eliminate all columns except for one.
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Click the header of the remaining column, then click Switch to Text Mode.
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Mouse over the text mode area, and click Click to edit text.
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Remove the text you find in the Text Mode box, and replace it with the following code:
column.0.descriptionkey=name 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=string(name) column.0.namekey=name.abbr column.0.querysort=name column.0.shortview=false column.0.stretch=40 column.0.valuefield=name column.0.valueformat=HTML column.0.width=220 column.1.descriptionkey=assignedto column.1.linkedname=assignedTo column.1.listsort=nested(assignedTo).string(name) column.1.namekey=assignedto column.1.querysort=assignedTo:name column.1.shortview=true column.1.stretch=0 column.1.valuefield=assignedTo:name column.1.valueformat=HTML column.1.width=150 column.2.descriptionkey=role column.2.linkedname=role column.2.listsort=nested(role).string(name) column.2.namekey=role column.2.querysort=role:name column.2.shortview=false column.2.stretch=25 column.2.valuefield=role:name column.2.valueformat=HTML column.2.width=150 column.3.description=Approval Process Name column.3.linkedname=direct column.3.listsort=string(name) column.3.name=Approval Process Name column.3.querysort=name column.3.shortview=false column.3.stretch=35 column.3.valuefield=approvalProcess:name column.3.valueformat=HTML column.3.width=220 column.4.description=Approval Step Name column.4.linkedname=direct column.4.listsort=string(name) column.4.name=Approval Step Name column.4.querysort=name column.4.shortview=false column.4.stretch=0 column.4.valuefield=currentApprovalStep:name column.4.valueformat=HTML column.4.width=220 column.5.description=Previous Status column.5.linkedname=direct column.5.listsort=string(name) column.5.name=Previous Status column.5.querysort=name column.5.shortview=false column.5.stretch=0 column.5.valuefield=previousStatus column.5.valueformat=HTML column.5.width=220 column.6.linkedname=direct column.6.listsort=HTML(approversString) column.6.namekey=approver.plural.abbr column.6.querysort=approversString column.6.shortview=false column.6.stretch=0 column.6.valuefield=approversString column.6.valueformat=HTML column.6.viewalias=approver.plural column.6.width=200
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Click Save View.