In the
Task view, team members can easily see who should do
what tasks and when tasks should be done. It also enables team members to see
current task status, estimate the time required for a task, record the time
spent, and compare estimated to actual times.
You can open the
Task view by taking one of the following actions:
- Select
- Select
, and
chooseTask from the
StarTeam
tree node.
When you open the
Task view, existing tasks display. Double-clicking a
task or subtask opens the
Properties dialog box for the selected task.
All tasks displayed in the
Task view have the following characteristics:
- Are attached to the folder selected
from the
Server Explorer.
- Match the filter selected from the
Filter list box.
- Match the depth specified by the
All Descendants button.
Task View Toolbar and Context Menu Actions
The Task view toolbar and context menu allow you to complete the
following tasks:
- Apply predefined filters
for viewing lists of tasks
- Search (CTRL+F) for tasks
- Link (unlink) the view to
the selected
StarTeam
item
- Optionally show all
descendants to determine the depth for which the client displays information
- View in list or tree
format
- Select all items
- Select items using a label
or pre-defined query
- Determine which fields to
display in the view
- Perform up to fourth order
sorts
- Create, edit, copy, or
delete queries
- Save or reset current view
filters
- Create, edit, save, or
delete filters
- Create new tasks and
subtasks
- Add work records to tasks
or subtasks
- Open tasks in various
views, including History, Label, Link, and Reference views
- Modify and review task
properties
- Email a text
representation of the task's properties, along with additional text. The
information sent includes the fields displayed in the view.
- Compare the properties of
two tasks
- Set the lock status
- Mark the item or thread as
read or unread
- Add, edit, enable, or
disable custom fields
- Create URLs and HTML
representations and copy them to the Windows Clipboard and paste them into
email applications, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and so on to quickly
open the item in
StarTeam
- Create, attach, and detach
labels
- Flag and remove flags from
files
- Delete tasks
- Create, complete, and
cancel links
- Create desktop shortcuts
(.stx) to quickly launch the
Cross-Platform Client
- Set or clear the item as
an active process item