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You may want to add tasks to your projects to:
Tasks can be organized into multiple hierarchical levels. You can add up to ten levels of tasks. Tasks can also be moved and reordered.
To add a task to a project:
A dialog displays.
Click the Show more link that appears in the lower, right-hand corner of the dialog, to see all fields.
Hover over the Resources link in the Assigned To field to see who is currently assigned to a task.
For more information on assigning resources to a task, refer to Assigning tasks to team members.
Field name |
This field... |
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Code |
Specifies a code that can be used to represent the task |
Dates
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Defines a date range for the project. Defaults to the project’s start and end dates, but you can update this. These dates do not limit time entry in any way – that is, open tasks can be used from the moment they’re created, even if their start date is in the future. |
Time & Expense Entry |
Determines the billing status of the task: Billable Only, Billable & Non-Billable, or Non-Billable. If you select Billable & Non-Billable, resources will be able to choose which option applies to each task they work on in their timesheet. |
Cost Type |
Specifies whether the costs for the task are tracked as a capital expenditure (CapEx) or an operating expenditure (OpEx). If you don’t need to track tasks by cost type, you can mark them as Unclassified. |
Estimated Cost Estimated Hours |
Defines estimates for the task. These can be compared to actuals in Replicon reports. If allocations have been set up for a project, estimates are based on allocated hours, not the estimates you enter here. |
If you've added many tasks to your project, you might need to use the search field to find tasks and work with them.
You can add a partial term to the field, and it will display all tasks that include that string, along with all of their parent tasks. If you want to view sub-tasks of the list of tasks returned, click the Show Matching Sub-Tasks filter option, and enable the check box.
You can also click the Resource Assignment filter to show only tasks assigned to the resource you select.
We don’t recommend deleting tasks, as retaining them may be required for audit purposes. Tasks that are in use cannot be deleted, although they can be closed to prevent additional time and expenses from being entered against them.
To edit or delete a task:
An Edit Task dialog displays.
By default, tasks are listed in the order they were created. You might want to change the order in which a project’s tasks display to make it easier to find task (for example, by ordering alphabetically), or to represent the task’s priority or expected start or end date.
You can also move any task from one branch of a project to another. Tasks retain all of their sub-tasks when they are moved.
If you plan to transfer a project from Replicon to QuickBooks or Microsoft Project using Replicon’s integration tools, do not alter the order of tasks in Replicon as tasks cannot be transferred correctly if their order has been changed.
You cannot move tasks to different projects.
To move a task:
The black rectangles that appear when you drag act as guides, showing what level in the hierarchy the task will be moved to.
A task’s start and end dates do not affect team members’ ability to enter time against that task. Instead, the Allow time entry beyond start and end date of the task option available in timesheet templates can be used to block time entry. To prevent a user from entering time outside of a task’s dates, ask your administrator if they can clear this option in the user's assigned template.
No, tasks aren’t required. Resources can enter time against the project instead.
No, anyone on the project team can enter time against the project as a whole.
All existing team members will automatically be assigned to any tasks you add. But, if you add a new team member after creating tasks, the new resource will not be automatically assigned any tasks.
Therefore, if you want all team members to be assigned all or most tasks for a project, you will save time by adding the project team first.
Yes. To do this, enable the Allow Time Entry against Task Only check box in the Project Info dialog.
In Replicon, tasks and projects can be reported on independently; task-level values are not summed to arrive at project level amounts. However, you can set task-level summable values (such as estimates and actuals) to sum in reports, if you want to see whole-project values using task-level data.
You’ll probably want to choose to make estimates either at the project level or for individual tasks, not both. You can also prevent users from entering hours and expenses at the project-level, so that all amounts can be tracked for tasks only.