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Trouble with comment order in Updates

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We're currently facing a problem where our end users will reply to an existing update thread, but since the original thread post isn't always the latest one posted, it's not always at the top of the Updates tab. This results in our team checking the tab for updates and missing important communications (usually from end users/clients) because the latest update isn't always at the top of the tab. We have reports that pull the latest update posted in a given project, however this is a very fragile system; if a client posts an update, and then a member of our team also writes in with an internal status update, the client's post gets swallowed into the void. Has anyone else had issues with this, and if so how did you work around it? Maddy Martin Workfront Technology Specialist Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation
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Hi Maddy, I'd encourage you think of the "Updates" tab as a place you can go and search through all the history and even respond but nothing more. If there are important notes, such as "Entered by equals project sponsor (client)" or "Entered by company is not Fairway", then you'll need to use reporting to ensure they're not lost. A custom "Notes" dashboard could be embedded in your project as a custom tab to ensure those notes are exposed in meaningful ways. Another favorite is to add the ""https://wf-pro.com/textmode/text-mode-views/#latest-update" Latest Update " text mode to a project report so you can see the last note text, who entered it and when. In "https://youtu.be/JqIEE2o6v5M" WFPro Live 2 , we talk about Notes because it's critical that you don't miss them. I'd suggest watching this segment of the video: Topic 1: Notes (23:45) - Let's review WFPro Notes, a package that gives everyone in your instance the ability to search through user-entered notes like never before. I'll also show you how to install the (free) package in your instance so you can begin using it right away. I hope you can return and let us know how it works out! Thanks, Narayan Narayan Raum Workfront Delivery Lead - SunTrust Bank https://wf-pro.com for Text Mode & Solutions

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Hi Narayan! Thank you for your response! I LOVE the code you have on your WFPro website, and we use that particular Latest Update string in almost all of our workers' dashboard reports. Thank you for the link to the video - I'll definitely give it a watch and learn from the coding you've got. : ) Maddy Martin Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation

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@Narayan Raum great idea to bring this back into the thread! It was a little off topic so I wasn't sure at first. But you provided great info worth sharing! Thank you again. : ) Hi Narayan! I have a quick question for you relating to text mode reporting. I'm trying to improve our reports and I know that text mode is going to be absolutely essential, but the only coding experience I have is some HTML and CSS from about 8 years ago (so I would consider myself a beginner). In the WFPro Live 2 video you sent me, I see that you specifically include HTML, CSS, and DIV tags. Would you consider those to be the most important/fundamental coding languages to learn in order to improve my text mode reporting? Or is there another language you feel is more important? I believe I've read that JSON and NEST are also at play, so I'm considering learning Javascript down the road, but only if it will provide adequate value and real-world improvements to my reports. I'm up for the challenge, but Javascript seems daunting compared to simple HTML. Do you have any insight on this that you can share? I'd like to focus on the most important and fundamental languages first, then I can venture into Javascript (but only if needed). Thank you so much for your feedback and time! Maddy Martin Workfront Technology Specialist Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi Maddy, My opinion is that your HTML and CSS experience from 8 years ago is likely to come back to you like riding a bicycle. However, even if you need to brush up, I wouldn't recommend going and taking courses because the HTML and CSS that I recommend you use is pretty much limited to: HTML - DIV, BR, HR, FONT, TABLE, OL, UL and SPAN tags. Now I might be forgetting some that I use, but these are the only ones I use frequently to get the job done. CSS - Fonts, Backgrounds and Borders. It''s basically a combination of colors and styles that get the job done. Most of what I do is readily available on the internet with basic CSS searches. Regarding Javascript, I don't believe Workfront supports it in reporting anyway. I'd be happy to hear otherwise, but at this time, I stick to basics so that I don't get myself into hard-to-maintain solutions. Regarding JSON/REST, I'd only worry about this if you plan on writing your own code to talk to Workfront's API. If you're going to be working within the reporting of Workfront only, then this can wait. Finally, I think it would be appropriate if you wanted to copy/paste some/all of my feedback into the community post for others to see. I'd hate to see some of this feedback lost in direct messages for only our benefit! Thanks, Narayan Maddy Martin Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation

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Hey Maddy, Thanks for posting this back to the community. I suggest you bookmark the "https://ddh.my.workfront.com/report/public/view?publicToken=cJC39KazDMyl5tJVSWFgiyVNJctelp14yRATPbVzoMoKFXEYuICk2BnLtAKI0nYbLFABYDMZIB5C3yHVZojbm8VPRSqmMsK-&endcap" Text Mode Library , which is continuously growing and is sure to include examples of HTML/CSS in the near future. Thanks, Narayan Narayan Raum Workfront Delivery Lead - SunTrust Bank https://wf-pro.com for Text Mode & Solutions