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Showing related tasks in a task report

  • August 12, 2025
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We have a Project with a section of Events our photo and video teams will be shooting at and a section of the finished deliverables that need to come from those Event shoots.

Project

- Events

-- Event A

-- Event B

- Production Work

-- Deliverable 1

-- Deliverable 2

-- Deliverable 3

-- Deliverable 4

 

I am trying to show the relationship in the report. Something like:

Event nameEvent DetailsShot listsAssociated Deliverables
Event ADate, TimeShoot stuff

Deliverable 2

Deliverable 3

Deliverable 4

Event BDate, TimeShoot stuff

Deliverable 1

 

I assume we will need to relate tasks via a Custom Field. I was trying to add a field to a form at the Deliverable task with the URL/ID/Name of the Event it is associated with. Then in the report, I was using the listmethod :

 

valueexpression=IF({DE:Associated Event}=???,{name},"") listdelimiter=<p> listmethod=nested(project.tasks).lists valueformat=HTML displayname=Deliverable type=iterate

 

I do not think I can pass in the context of the Event Task row in the report, though.


I think the logic needs to be : valueexpression=IF({DE:Associated Event}={Task Row ID/Name} , {Task Name of the DE:Associated Event} ,"")

 

1) Is this possible without Fusion? We do have it, so I can go that route if needed, but was trying to keep at a report level.

2) Is there way to use the row Name/ID as a contextual queue for an expression?

 

Thanks in advance.

Best answer by skyehansen

If I'm reading this correctly, you're right. There's no way to pass a variable into the "???" portion of your valueexpression. You would be much better off just making a deliverables report (i.e. task report filtering ONLY deliverables) and grouping by deliverable name plus a FEW details.

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skyehansen
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skyehansenCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
August 12, 2025

If I'm reading this correctly, you're right. There's no way to pass a variable into the "???" portion of your valueexpression. You would be much better off just making a deliverables report (i.e. task report filtering ONLY deliverables) and grouping by deliverable name plus a FEW details.