Specific Task report

[AC-again]

I am trying to create a task report that shows all current projects that have this task. I am only able to show the task if I select a filter for the Task Name and select each project from the pulldown option when adding filters to the report. 

[Lyndsy-Denk]

For a more immediate solution, if you can use "Contains" instead of "Equal to," you should be able to filter all tasks of that name.

Better yet, use milestone paths. When you have milestones in place, you filter your task report on all tasks with a certain milestone. I use this to plot an asset's deploy date on a calendar.

[AC-again]

The issue that I have is that "Contains" is not an option in the pulldown menu.

 

[RandyRoberts · Accepted solution]

Lyndsy is correct in that "contains" is the proper filter modifier if you're using the wizard. In text mode, you would use "cicontains" so it's not case sensitive.

When you use the wizard (not textmode) and the "equals" modifier, it automatically, and in the backend changes "name" to "ID" so you don't end up with a gazillion returns in your payload. If you actually want to match the name and not the ID, you should not use "equals".

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[AC-again]

Once I switch back to "Task - Name" I was able to see "Contains" in the pulldown and the report worked as expected. Thanks.

[RandyRoberts]

um… that's a dropdown selector in a web browser. We're talking about a Workfront report.