Pending Work Items

Work items can be pended, which causes them to be hidden in the work item list until a specified date/time, or period of time has expired. The work item becomes visible again when the date/time occurs, or period of time expires.

Work items can be pended only if they have a state of Allocated, Pended, or Pend Hidden.

Note: This function is not available from supervised work views.

Note that even though pended work items are hidden by default, you can view pended work items, if desired (see Displaying Visible Hidden Work Items). If you do view pended work items, those that have been pended have a state of

Note: Do not confuse pended work items (which have a state of Pend Hidden), with work items that you have worked on and saved (by clicking the Close button on the form) — those work items have a state of Pended. For more information, see Saving Work Items .

Pend Hidden and a state icon of . For example:

You can also cancel a pend period (see the steps below). If the pend period is cancelled, the work item becomes visible and its state returns to the state it was prior to it being pended.

1. From a work item list, select one or more work items that have a state of Allocated, Pended, or Pend Hidden.
2. Click the button, or select Pend Work Item(s) from the Tools menu on the work item list.

   If the work item currently has a state of Allocated or Pended, the following dialog is displayed:

   

   If the work item currently has a state of Pend Hidden, an additional selection is displayed:

   
3. Choose the appropriate selection:
   1. Pend work item until a specific date and time - Select this to specify a date/time for the new pend period, or to set a current pend period to a different date/time.
   2. Pend work item for a period of time - Select this to specify a period of time for the new pend period, or to set a current pend period to a different period of time.
   3. Cancel pend period for work item - Select this to cancel the currently specified pend period.
4. Specify the new pend period using the fields on the Pend Work Item(s) dialog, then click OK, or just click OK if you are cancelling a current pend period.