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Help: Icon column showing tasks not ready due to Task Constraint

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I am trying to add a column to a task view that will display an icon (red flag) if a task cannot be started because it is outside of the task constraint. I cannot figure out how to text mode this into existence so I can reduce my user support tickets of "why isn't this task showing up on my worklist" by about a dozen per week. 

 

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Display a red flag if all below are true

- Task not complete

- Task has a fixed start date & time due to task constraint (ie, must start on)

- The current date & time is before the fixed start date & time on the task

 

I would also love it if we could have it display a green flag if the opposite is true (task is not restricted by a fixed start date & time) but, would be very happy to have just the red flag. 

 

We are currently using the flag icon for the native "can start" but, this doesn't factor in fixed dates, it's only really helpful for pending predecessors.

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Unless I miss my guess, you cannot use wildcards in a valueexpression. (You can check with WF Support by opening a case to ask)

 

I recommend you just make two reports and put them in a dashboard. Then just filter in one report for tasks ready to start based on your three conditions (the green flag report), vs the three for tasks not ready (the red flag report).