Tasks
The Tasks page displays all tasks that have been assigned to your resource. The assignment are made in Business Central in Job Tasks.
Setup
In the Settings page in the Administration area the visibility of the Tasks page can be controlled. If the Do not filter option is set, the Tasks page will not be displayed.
Creating tasks
Tasks can be created in Business Central only. To do so, navigate to a Job Task with a budget for services in a Job. Using the Assist Edit or the Line Menu, the Assigned Resources action can be used to open the page Assigned Resources. The page displays all resources and the time periods, for which they have been assigned to the Job Task. In order for a Resource to be assigned to a Job Task, there must be at least one Job Planning Line with Line Type Budget and a Service Billing Type. The Service Billing Type is set in the item. Items that are used for Services have a Service Billing Type.
Enter the following values to create a task for a user.
- Resource No.
Specifies the resource to be scheduled. This field must always be filled. - Name
Shows the name of the resource. - Scheduled Start Date
. Indicates the earliest date the resource will perform the task. - Planned End Date
. Specifies the latest date, on which the resource will execute the task. - Job No.
Shows the project no. for which the assignment is made. The Job cannot be changed. - Job Tasks
Shows the project task no. for which is being planned. The Job Task cannot be changed. - Job Planning Line No.
Shows the Job Planning Line number, for which planning is in progress. If there is more than one Job Planning Lines, planning on that level is potentially very helpful.
The creation of tasks in the Time Tracking App is currently not possible.
Duplicate assignments are prevented. A resource cannot be scheduled twice for a Job Task or Job Planning Line in the exact same time period. Assignment in different time periods is of course possible.
Display of tasks
If the user's resource is entered in Resources Assigned in Business Central and the status of the Job Task is open, the assignment is displayed as Tasks in the Web App.
Grouping and sorting
Tasks are grouped by job (project). For each Project, all Tasks, that are assigned to its own Resource and whose Project Task has the status Open, are displayed. The groups are sorted by project number. Tasks are sorted by start date. The grouping can be changed to Customer in the user settings. With this grouping, the tasks are displayed per customer and sorted by Job and then Start Date.
Without date
The field controls whether tasks without start and end dates are displayed. Tasks that have a start date, end date or both are not affected by this setting.
Search
In the search you can search for Customer, Project No., Project Description and Project Task. The search is not deleted when leaving the page. This makes it possible to create a Time Recording and come back to the tasks without having to re-enter the search.
Planned date
If a date is inserted here, all tasks will be filtered by it. The system checks whether the Planned date is within the start and end dates of the task. If the start or end date is not specified, the earliest or latest possible date is assumed. If both start and end dates are missing, the task will be excluded. t can be used as a shortcut for the current date (today).
| task | start- enddate |
|---|---|
| Mo | Datum des Montags in dieser Woche |
| Die | Datum des Dienstags in dieser Woche |
| h | aktuelles Datum (heute) |
| task 1 | 01.12 - 31.12 |
| Task 2 | - 31.12 |
| Task 3 | 01.12 - |
| Task 4 | - |
- Planned date: 01.12.2022
All three tasks are displayed. - Scheduled date: 12/31/2022
. All three tasks will be displayed. - Scheduled date: 11/01/2022
Task 2 will display. - Scheduled date: 01/01/2023
Task 3 is displayed. - Scheduled date: 08.12.2022
All three tasks will be displayed.
Create Time Recording.
In each task there is a New Time Recording button. Before the time recording can be created a date must be selected. In the dialog for the date selection are also a Cancel and Save button as well as the option Open new time recording. With Save a new time recording is created. If the option Open new time recording is selected, the Time Recordings page is opened immediately and the new time recording is displayed.
If you switch to the Time Recordings page while creating the time recording, you have the option to switch back to the same scroll position in the Tasks page. This allows you to seamlessly continue working and create more Time Recordings from the tasks. The Back button at the top next to the plus button, switches to the original position in the tasks.