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Help with Calc Field for Project Report

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Just checking out discussions for couple reports I am struggling with and see another post by @Randy Roberts‚ using same calc I use from @Doug Den Hoed‚

I'll just copy/paste first line- TY =)

I have a column (in a project report) that lists the current task(s). Thanks to @Doug Den Hoed (AtAppStore Inc.)‚, via WF-Pro for providing this in another thread. (Super helpful)!!!

***Can there be another column that will display who the current task is assigned to??

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I think it's something like this:

IF({numberOfChildren}=0,IF({canStart},IFIN({status},"CPL","FLG","",CONCAT("• ",{name},{assignedTo}.{name}," "))))

I just added {assignedTo}.{name} to the concatenation. Same column.

Because a collection can't be sorted, it has to be in the same column so the task and assignee line up.

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Thank you for quick reply @Randy Roberts‚ !

I couldn't get it to work...column appears blank. Sometimes there is more than one task ready to start and assignments would be different...idk if that's the problem?

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I'm sure it's just a syntax thing, we should be able to concatenate the task and assignedTo name.

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Here's the solution:

displayname=Current Task w Assignee

listdelimiter=<p>

listmethod=nested(tasks).lists

textmode=true

type=iterate

valueexpression=IF({numberOfChildren}=0,IF({canStart},IF(CONTAINS("CPL",{status}),"",CONCAT("• ",{name},"-",{assignedTo}.{name}))))

valueformat=HTML

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Hmm. I'd expect likewise Randy.

Tegwyn, starting closer to home, I suggest you try this first, which I'd expect (messily) to bring back the ID of the primary assignee (from the Task, mind you) as a suffix behind each of the Task names:

IF({numberOfChildren}=0,IF({canStart},IFIN({status},"CPL","FLG","",CONCAT("• ",{name}," ",{assignedToID}," "))))

If that then works, one more baby step would be to try to hit the assignedTo object itself and return the (very same) ID:

IF({numberOfChildren}=0,IF({canStart},IFIN({status},"CPL","FLG","",CONCAT("• ",{name}," ",{assignedTo}.{ID}," "))))

If that (syntax) then works, like Randy, I'd expect his previous suggestion to work (but we know it already fails), so perhaps it is not "reachable", being in a collection (e.g. too many hops). If so (even if there is some elusive syntax that would do the trick), as a workaround, if you happen to already have a custom form on every Task of interest, you could add a calculated parameter (e.g. "Current Primary Assignee") with a formula of "Assigned To:Name" on each task, and then, having brought what you need "closer" (kinda) on the Task, try this:

IF({numberOfChildren}=0,IF({canStart},IFIN({status},"CPL","FLG","",CONCAT("• ",{name}," ",{DE:Current Primary Assignee}," "))))

Good luck: I'm interested to hear how you make out.

Regards,

Doug

yikers - but I understand (mostly...lol)....and see reply from Randy also....let you know how it goes

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Check it out! that worked....thank you both very much!