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.

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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 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 permissions Manage permissions to a report

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

View issues with approval information

  1. Go to a list of issues.

  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, and click Switch to Text Mode, then Edit Text Mode.

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

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    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
    
  6. Click Done > Save View.

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

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