Task View

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:

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:

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