How to create a Project view w/o checking every task

[Craino]

Greetings all,

So, I'd like to create a view of my current active projects.  I'm defining each project with a high level folder, then an unspecified number of subtasks/levels.

The problem I'm having is when I try to create a view, I can't get JUST projects to display.  I'm using the Advanced tab with the "IsProject" rule, but that appears to be on a task by task basis when what I was hoping for was displaying anything from the top level on down.

Any suggestions on how to define a collection of tasks/subtasks in MLO such that I can display it as a project via a view without having to click the Project checkbox every time I enter a new task?

[Dwight Arthur]

easy enough. As I understand it, you are looking at a task list (non-hierarchical) view with an IsProject filter and you are not getting all of the tasks in your project, only the ones with the Project box checked.

First, let me affirm that you should check the project box only for the high level parent under which all of the project tasks have been placed. If you do it this way, your view will show you a list of all of your projects but will not show you any of the tasks that comprise each of the projects. Here's the cure:

1. Go into the filter definition for your view

2. Find the Show Hierarchy button and set it to YES

3. Find the CONFIG button that lives to the right of the Find Hierarchy and click it

4. in the config popup turn on the checkbox for "include child items" and turn of everything else in that popup

That should do it. What this says is that you want to see all the subtasks in each of your projects but you do not need to see the parents, if any, of each project.

-Dwight

 

Starting with the All Tasks view,

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[Craino]

Awesome - thank you Dwight.  Exactly what I was looking for.

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