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Task List

TIBCO Designer allows you to create one or more task lists and include them with your project. Each task list can describe either a project or a project component and consists of a number of tasks. As the tasks are updated by their owners, the task list itself is updated.

The advantage of task list resources is that they are always saved and opened as part of the project.

To use a task list, follow these steps:

1.	With the top-level folder selected, select the Project Tracker palette if in palette mode.

2.	Drag a Task List resource from the palette panel into the design panel.

3.	Supply information about the task list name and subject, a description, and the owner of the list, then click Apply.

4.	Select the task list. A new set of icons appears in the tool bar.

Table 6 Task List Icons

Icon	Description
	Add task list. Adds a task list to the currently selected task list. Task lists can contain both tasks and task lists.
	Add task. Adds a task to the currently selected task list. You can later convert the task to a task list if desired.
	Delete task. Deletes the selected task
	Move up. Moves the selected task or task list up in the hierarchy.
	Move down. Moves the selected task or task list down in the hierarchy.
	Convert to task list. Converts a selected task into a task list. This is useful when you realize that a task you created actually consists of a number of subtasks.

5.	Drag tasks and task lists into the design panel as needed.

6.	For each task or task list, you can specify the following information:

−	Task Subject

−	Description

−

Owner

−

Completed

7.	Then click the Details tab to specify the following information:

You can only specify Detail information for tasks, not for task lists. When you have completed all tasks in a task list, the task and task lists are checked in the task hierarchy.

−	Planned Start Date

−	Planned Completion Date

−	Estimated Worktime (hours)

−	Actual Start Date

−	Actual Completion Date

−	Actual Worktime (hours)

−

Progress

If you do not choose the format month/day/year for the dates, a "bad value" error results.

8.	The task list is now saved with the project. Each time a developer wishes to make a change to one of the tasks, she may do so and the task list will be updated appropriately.

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