Questions tagged [task-list]
Task list is a list of tasks where editors can assign tasks to users. Tasks have properties like start, finish date and current status of the task.
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Calculated Column Syntax Error
I'm trying to filter out Choice Types that are Optional and Not Optional. I am using a Task List on 2019 on prem. I've used different formulas but they end up with syntax errors and I cannot save it....
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SharePoint task list not sending email notifications when task updated
How to configure email notification for sharepoint task list when task updated or deleted.
task assigned user receivng email notifications when new task created, but when assigned user update the task ...
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Change the order of the fields on the email notification sent from a task list after it is assigned?
How do i change the order of the fields on the email notification sent from a task list after it is assigned? I need to set the order of the fields in email notification
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Timeline / Gantt chart for Sharepoint Online
I want to create a timeline / gantt chart for tasks in Sharepoint Online. I am coming from working in a SP 2013 environment, where there was a standard Task list which had a gantt functionality.
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Retrieve all list items assigned to me across all lists on a site
Approaching Sharepoint Lists with more imaginative power than competence, I expected that the intention of the Assigned To field would be connected to and reflected in the "Assigned to me" ...
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How to create workflow for sending mail for incomplete tasks
I have created one task list.In that list Status,Assigned To, Task column is there.one month time period will be given for every task from created date.If the status column is not changed as completed ...
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enable email notification task list sharepoint 2013
when I try to enable email notification from advanced settings i could not find it and i search about this problem and i find some powershell script to enable it but it's not working can you give me ...
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SharePoint Online : copy from existing list : issue with Column names
I have an issue working with SharePoint Online. Because I do not have any tenant-wide admin rights, I can just use SharePoint site's settings and interface (no PnP :( ) to fulfill my client's needs.
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How to create individual Planner Tasks (in seperate buckets) for each member of a Sharepoint Group with a trigger on Sharepoint Site
I'd like to create independet "Planner" tasks for each member of my team with a trigger on Sharepoint Site. For example, I create a common task on my Sharepoint Site with a trigger, then ...
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Reporting Options in SharePoint 2019 - SSRS and everything else
Having not touched SharePoint since SharePoint 2013, I was trying to understand what options are available/provided with SharePoint 2019 in regards to reporting along with SQL Server 2019.
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Flow for Automatic tasks creation for each sharepoint online members
I've a sharepoint group with currently 53 members. When I assign a task to all group members, it's only a single task and common for each member. I mean, once a member completes the task and clicks ...
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How to undo an accidental change in a project task list (SharePoint 2019)?
How can I undo changes made to a task title and restore previous text in a project task list (PWA app on SharePoint 2019), when there is no undo button and ctrl+z doesn't work?
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How can I have my 2016 SharePoint list auto-generate an email when a specific column is populated?
I want to have a "choice" column that allows the user to select the option to inform the other department that this list item has been added or changed. When there is something chosen into ...
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Create a Task List Template In SharePoint Online
I am working on a Project Management site and trying to standardize tasks. I have searched the internet and cannot find anything. The publishing features are enabled but I don't know what to do after ...
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InfoPath - Unable to select drop-down when focus on rich text box
I've inherited responsibility for maintaining a custom InfoPath form for a content type in a SharePoint Online task list. I believe all functionality is native to InfoPath.
The form has multiple ...
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Task Item added event receiver does not fire when item is added by Nintex workflow SharePoint 2016
I am trying to add an event receiver on the workflow task - list Item Added event, to get the Task ID and update it on another SharePoint List.
This is because once I add an Assign Flexi Task action ...
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Reassign Task in Outlook does not work
I have any issue with using Reassign Task option when using outlook.
I need this functionality so users can delegate the task to another user when they receive the task email.
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Its working if I send ...
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Getting Task List Comments Field value as blank while retrieval through SP 2013 PowerShell
I am referring below blog to copy one Task List item to another archival List in SP 2013 Portal. While copying the list items from source list the Comments field value for each item in source is ...
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MS Project file opening in read only mode
We had an MS Project file on SharePoint Online that is synced to the task list. Before I joined the company something happened (I realize it’s not helpful but nobody understands what happened) which ...
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WorkflowName field is null under task list
I have created a list workflow from SPD and assigned a task to the approvers group. The workflow is triggering fine but when i want to fetch some of the columns like WorkflowName is coming with blank.
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Performance on using hierarchical tasks in a huge task list
We combined multiple task lists into one to overcome different difficulties. This resulted in a task list with about 90.000 items.
Upon opening a hierarchical task view with an additional filter on an ...
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How to insert task list as web art in SharePoint Modern page
I have a site where a large number of task lists are present. I want to display those task list as webpart in different modern page.Please let me know if it is feasible.
Thanks in advance!
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How do we get the selected item(s) id from SharePoint Task List Gantt View?
As shown in above figure. I have created a list using Task list template and also created a Gantt View of that. I want the selected items ID from that gantt view? How do we get the selected item ID ...
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SharePoint Task List integrated to Group Calender showing tasks to all members
I have added a Task List as a calender overlay to a master calender. The task assigned to my name is shown across all the members name and it is weird. Test Q and Test A are assigned only to my name ...
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SharePoint Task List - System Account updating automatically
I have been noticing this spooky phenomena where the items on my task lists are being updated automatically by the System Account. The fields that are updated are Start and End dates and duration. ...
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How can i get the task id of a workflow?
How can i get the task Id of a workflow task?
I tried to get it by using paralel blocks, like this
With the parallel block, I do two things:
Create the task
Get the task ID with Rest API
To get the ...
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How to edit color of button
I have a edit form of a task list, i am using the content type "Workflow Task (Sharepoint 2013)", it has 2 buttons, one for Approve and other for Deny.
I need to change the color of the ...
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Task List Percent Complete Column not populating correctly
I have a task list where one of the columns is the " % Complete ", which I'm trying to populate based on where the progress is made in an accompanying workflow. However, the column keeps populating ...
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Task List: display View Selector in Calendar view
SP Online, classic view, Oslo.
I've added multiple views to this Task list and even customized each view to display more options in View Selector:
However, the Calendar view hides the View Selector:
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Creating user buttons to change task list view
On a sub-site I would like to add buttons above a task list so that the user can manipulate the view. For example a checkbox which when ticked includes completed tasks, or a button to change the date ...
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How do I embed a list from another SharePoint?
I am attempting to embed list content into a SharePoint page that is stored on a separate SP within our enterprise. The goal is to create a centralized dashboard for reps to see various dynamic tasks ...
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Trigger a user specific weekly task list update via email
I have a list of tasks assigned to multiple users and I am trying to trigger a weekly flow that emails a user and shows all of the uncompleted tasks that are assigned to them. I have started with a ...
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Format columns with numbers right aligned and with fixed decimals
I successfully added conditional coloring of cells in a column of a custom list using JSON.
So I have browsed several resources at M$ for formatting options.
E.g. column-formatting
I wasn't able ...
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How to update approval comments of a SharePoint task list
I am trying to perform an approval using REST API in SharePoint 2013. I am able to successfully Approve/Reject but unable to read or save approval comments.
I couldn't figure out what is the column ...
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how to migrate InfopathForms to ms PowerApps Forms
I have a requirement to migrate InfoPath forms to Microsoft PowerApps forms and I am facing below issues in PowerApps forms.
Issues:
How to Integrate PowerApps forms for a SharePoint online task ...
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Generate List of created Task Lists
I have two lists and I am trying to use a workflow to create a third:
List 1: (New-Hire List)
A list of New Hires that contains several fields to record their onboarding.
One of the fields is "...
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Set task name to a drop down list
does anyone know if you can set the task name column in a task list to be a drop down list of values. I have a predefined list of tasks that I would like a user to select rather than input themselves. ...
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How get task items according to current sorting using rest api
In a task list, we can move up and down items, now I want get items according to current sorting using Rest API, not by ID, Title or other fields.
By default when I get the items without order option,...
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Task List - Project Professional / Standard
We are facing the following issue:
We have a SharePoint 2013 farm and users have Office Pro Plus 2016 as well as Project Standard 2016 installed (both 32bit).
When opening a task list in SharePoint ...
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Task list issue, how do I solve it?
I've got an issue where all my SharePoint task lists have stopped sending automatic email notifications whenever a person is added to it. Why is this happening and how do i solve it?
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"Assigned To" automatic emails
I'm using the "Assigned To" field to automatically send an email alert when a new item is added to my task list.
I was wondering if there was a way to change the order of the fields in the body of ...
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How to view sharepoint task list an another site (SP 2019 on-prem)
The requirement is to view a sharepoint task list from a subsite(not another site collection) on root site and other subsite.
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Task list location
root.site/subsite1/lists/tasklist/allitems....
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Update Document List from Workflow Form
I have a Document Library and an approval workflow.
A user submits a document and gets reviewed by an expert. I have customized the workflow with an additional field called "Document Classification", ...
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Viewing SharePoint Tasks in Microsoft To Do
I have several SharePoint task lists synced to my Outlook but none of them display in my To-Do app. My outlook tasks that aren't synced from sharepoint are displaying in To-Do, its just the ...
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Referencing list items in templated task list
I'm currently looking at how make a task list templated, that all works fine and shows up as an app in the Add Apps area, however in the Task List I want to template there are columns where the ...
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Tasks do not disappear from My Tasks list
Has anyone an idea why tasks do not disappear from the My Tasks list?
In our SharePoint environment many task lists exit for our users. Most users use their own My Tasks list to maintain the tasks ...
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One big tasks list in Office365 SharePoint online
I want to use SharePoint to manage projects. Logically this means creating a project site per project, but I also need to display all of the tasks from the individual projects on the home page of the ...
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How to prevent the creation of a task item when the value of column Date is a Holiday
Using SharePoint 2016 on-premises and I have a task list where I would like to prevent the creation of new items when the value of column Date is a Holiday. How can I do this?
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Workflow - designer 2013 - email reminder not working
I want to add a workflow to a task list, so it sends out an email reminder 2 and 3 months prior to due date.
this is the workflow I created, but it's not working, nothing is happening. What's wrong ...
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Only Showing Timeline in Task List
I know how and find many ways how to hide the timeline from the task list but I don't find where I can just show the timeline and hide everything to the list.
Question: What can I do to show the ...
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