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Tasks are map topics that have been assigned Task Info such as Start and Due dates, Durations, Progress, Resources, etc. This information is displayed on the topic using icons and text. Tasks on your map can come from a variety of sources. You can:
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features Use the Task Info task pane to define or edit the information for tasks. Some Task Info can be edited interactively on the map itself. You can copy or move this information to another topic. Read Hint You can use these additional Task Management features:
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Select the topic(s) you want to define the Task Info for.
On the Task tab, click Show Task Pane. | Or | On the Status Bar, click the Task Panes button , then click Task Info. |
In the Task Info pane define any or all of the Task Info for the selected topics.
Pick a Priority. A corresponding icon is automatically added to the topics on the map. (You can also do this by clicking Priority on the Task tab.)
Select the task's Progress. A corresponding icon is automatically added to the topics. (You can also do this by clicking Progress on the Task tab.)
Pick the Start
date and Due date from
the calendars, or select the month, day or year and enter a new value.
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Enter the Duration in hours, days, weeks or months (this is the number of days the task is expected to require). The default duration for a task with a Start date and Due date is 1 day. Changing the Duration will change the Due date
To enter an Effort value for the task, follow these steps.
Choose Resources
from the drop-down list, or enter new resources. If you have multiple
entries in the Resources field,
separate the names with a comma or a semicolon.
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Select Milestone
to denote a milestone task . A Milestone task needs only either a
Start Date or Due Date. If it has both, the Due Date is used for Gantt display. Other Task Info on milestone
tasks is ignored by the Task and Resource Management functions. (You
can also do this by clicking Milestone
on the Task tab.)
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Category information can be entered by using Tags. The Category information for maps from previous versions of MindManager is automatically converted to Tags.
Priority and Progress are shown by icons. Other Task Info is displayed
in a small window below the topic text.
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The default set of workdays (the Map Calendar) for each new map is defined by the Task Info options calendar. You can define a different set of workdays for the current map using the Calendar & Display option in the Task Info pane.
You can only assign Task Info Start and Due dates marked as workdays (and not marked as holidays) on the Map Calendar.
The Map Calendar lets you specify which days should be considered as work days only for this map. These settings override the workdays already defined in the Task Info options. You select which days of the week are used as workdays, and add or remove holidays (non-work days) from the calendar using the Add and Delete functions.
Under Task Management, in the Task Info panel, you can not only change the calendar options for the current map, but also decide how to highlight topics depending on the status of their tasks, and choose whether to display specific features.
Select the appropriate checkboxes and assign a color if you want to highlight topics whenever the status of a task is:
You can choose to highlight roll-up branches only.
Lastly, you may choose whether critical paths display or not in map and Gantt views, and even whether task info should display at all—with the option to show years or not.
You can edit the Task Info in several ways:
Select the topic and make changes in the Task Info pane. | Or | Select the task on the Gantt chart and then make your changes in the task list of the Gantt view. | Or | Edit Task Info directly on the topic:
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When you edit the Task Info on topics that are linked to tasks in Outlook, SharePoint, or the Mindjet Tasks online, the properties on their associated linked tasks are also changed.
You can copy text-based Task Info (start date, due date, duration, effort, resources) from one topic to another.
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If you drag a start date or due date to a topic that already has this info assigned, the date will change.
If you drag a resource to a topic that already has one or more resources assigned, the new resource will be added to the list.
Under Task Management in the Task Info panel, you can change the calendar options for the current map, decide how to highlight topics depending on the status of their tasks, and choose whether to display specific features. By default, task info display is enabled, and the topics highlighted are those including tasks that are past-due (pink), at-risk (yellow), and completed (green), but you can disable task highlighting and edit how task highlighting displays. Task highlighting is governed by Smart Rules settings. For more information, see Smart Rules.
You can choose to display task information, such as start and end dates, number of workdays, and whether the task is a milestone. By default, task information is displayed. For long projects, you can include the year in task dates.
A task is considered at risk if its elapsed duration, expressed as a percentage, is greater than the At-Risk Threshold and its Progress (both expressed as percentages). By default, the at-risk threshold is 75%, but you can modify it.
If the Task Info pane isn’t open, click Show Task Pane on the Task tab.
Click Calendar & display options.
In the Calendar & Display Options dialog, click View Task Highlighting Rules.
Select the task highlighting rule, and move the Enable slider to the left.
If the Task Info pane isn’t open, click Show Task Pane on the Task tab.
Click Calendar & display options.
In the Calendar & Display Options dialog, click View Task Highlighting Rules.
Select the task highlighting rule, click Edit.
In the Edit Rule dialog, modify any of the Effect settings.
If the Task Info pane isn’t open, click Show Task Pane on the Task tab.
Click Calendar & display options.
Specify the at-risk threshold in the Threshold box.
To remove all Task Info text from a topic, right-click the topic and then click Remove All Task Info Text Items. (This does not remove Progress and Priority icons.)
To remove a specific Task Info item, right-click the item and then click Remove {item name}.
If you remove the Start Date or Due Date, the Duration is also removed.
In the Task Info pane, select or clear the Show Task Info checkbox
In the Task Info pane, select or clear Show Years in Task Info to choose whether to include the year in the displayed dates.
Use the Show / Hide command to show or hide Task Info on your map.
To shift an entire set of project tasks forward—or push them all back—while retaining all task timing relationships:
In the Task tab Scheduling group, click Move Project.
The Move Project dialog opens, with the project's current start date displayed
Edit the date.
Check the Move Milestones box to include project milestones in the project move. (To retain the current dates for all milestones, uncheck the box.)
Click OK.
All tasks in the project will shift earlier or later depending on the new start date.