Understanding People Tab: Top Priority, Project, Committed Date

[Farzaneh]

Hi Workfront Community,

I have a question regarding the Top Priority, Project, and Committed Date fields in Workfront, specifically in relation to how they appear in the People tab within a Project for team members.

I’ve noticed that the task showing as "Top Priority" for some team members does not have a high priority set for them (the priority is set to "Normal"), as well as the Project. In other words, the priority for the tasks in question is not high, and the projects associated with these tasks do not seem to be the main point of focus. but I’m not sure how the system is populating these fields. 

Is there a specific configuration in Workfront that automatically populates the Top Priority, Project, Committed Date fields for users, or is this something that needs to be manually set at the project or task level? I also cannot find a way to manually set or adjust the Top Priority field under the user profile.

Any insight into how these fields are populated and managed in Workfront would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[KellieGardner · Accepted solution]

Hi Farzaneh -

When a user hits "work on it" on a task/issue, Workfront automatically sets a commit date to the object that aligns with the Planned Completion Date.

The top priority that shows in the people tab (or through reporting when using this column) will usually align to the most recent item the user hit "work on it" for.

I did some testing to see if the priorities area of Home had any impact on what populates in that column, and it doesn't appear to change when a user designates something as a priority through Home. It appears to be consistent with the most recent item a user has committed to doing. 

[Farzaneh]

Thank you, Kellie.