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MattEl5
MattEl5
Level 3
June 18, 2026
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Parent task in a project report

  • June 18, 2026
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Hi folks, trying to get a Project report to display a column pulling in a specific task start date.

Its a parent task (because the child starting task for the section can change but we want to see when Data team starts).

the task name starts with “Data | “  - the rest of the task name might change as they put in the audience name or date etc, so trying to use a contains.

Heres what i tried from a previous post by ​@NicholeVargas switching out the “Strategy Comp” for “Data | “. 

displayname=Strategy Comp
listdelimiter=<p>
listmethod=nested(tasks).lists
textmode=true type=iterate
valueexpression=IF({numberOfChildren}>0&&CONTAINS("Strategy",{name}),{actualCompletionDate})
valueformat=HTML

But it is pulling in the start date of the project rather than the related task. 

See my version below, i was hoping to isolate the Task rather than project, but im not getting anything. 
 

valueexpression=IF({numberOfChildren}>1&&CONTAINS("Data",{name}),{task}.{actualStartDate})
valueformat=HTML
 

Thanks for the help & any ideas! 

      2 replies

      MattEl5
      MattEl5Author
      Level 3
      June 18, 2026

      ​@skyehansen  please see above, if you have any ideas! thanks! 

      NicholeVargas
      Adobe Employee
      NicholeVargasAdobe Employee
      Adobe Employee
      June 18, 2026

      Rather than using && statements in your valueexpression, I recommend using a secondary IF statement! This should work for you, ​@MattEl5 

       

      displayname=Strategy Comp
      listdelimiter=<p>
      listmethod=nested(tasks).lists
      type=iterate
      valueexpression=IF({numberOfChildren}>0,IF(CONTAINS("Data",{name}),{actualStartDate}))
      valueformat=HTML

       

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