@task 2009 December Update

The @task 2009 December Update includes new features and enhancements designed to expand product usability and team collaboration across the enterprise.


New @task Features for Professional & Enterprise

Configure @task to Work the Way You Want With New Custom Status Functionality Idea Share Icon

New customizable statuses, priorities, and issues enable organizations to align existing company workflows within @task using a simple drag and drop—accelerating adoption success. This was the highest-voted recommendation in the @task Community Idea Share. The new customization applies to these seven areas of @task:
  • Project Status
  • Project Priority
  • Task Status
  • Task Priority
  • Issue Status
  • Issue Priority
  • Issue Severity
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Easily adopt your company’s work processes within @task.
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Customized, color-coded statuses, priorities, and issues can be applied to @task reports. (e.g. new, color-coded as blue, is represented as blue on the pie chart).


Access to this feature is available for system administrators through the new Workflow Setup section in the Setup area of @task.

New Document Storage Option Provides Expanded Capacity for Centralized Document Sharing and Collaboration
 

Extended Document Storage provides the following benefits:
  • Supports the need to store many, large documents
  • Enables more collaboration, without concern for storage limits
  • Storage and transmission is secure and encrypted
  • Provides virtually limitless scalability and capacity

Contact your @task account manager for pricing information.
New @task Team Member License Boosts Adoption and Team Productivity Across the Enterprise Idea Share Icon

@task’s Team Member license allows companies to cost-effectively streamline collaboration and increase team efficiency among cross-functional project contributors—boosting overall team productivity.

@task’s Team Member license enables project team members to:
  • Track time and expenses on tasks and projects
  • Update task status, including approvals
  • Create notes and attach documents to issues, tasks, and projects
  • Submit and track issues

For more information on Team Member licenses, click HERE.

New @task Enhancements for Professional & Enterprise

New Password Options Enhance System Security  

@task system administrators now have additional security options for creating passwords—ensuring appropriate levels of system security and access based on customer needs.

Password security options are found in Setup>>System>>Settings>>Preferences>>General Preferences>>Passwords.

New Login Page Style and Login Procedures for Improved Product Usability
and Security
 

The login page style has been improved to enhance look and feel and user experience—making @task the most engaging solution on the market.

The new “forgot password” process makes system access easier by allowing users to reset their own password.

@task has introduced a configurable lockout policy to ensure additional system security. The lockout period may be customized by the system administrator in Setup>>System>>Settings>>Preferences>>General Preferences>>Passwords.
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Unrestricted Resource Visibility for All Project Stakeholders with Resource Grid Export to Excel Idea Share Icon

The Resource Grid can now be exported to an Excel (.xls) file. This provides visibility to resource demand and availability data to any non-@task user—both inside and outside the organization.
New Floating Milestone Header Enhances Report Readability and Usability Idea Share Icon

The Project Milestone Report and View now have floating headers to display milestone column headings as users scroll down a page. This feature provides improved report readability and usability.
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Project Milestones and Views have floating headers to improve readability.

Streamlined Collaboration with Predecessor Task Notifications
 

@task now issues automatic email notifications to team members when predecessor tasks have been completed. Team members instantly know when to begin work on their assigned tasks, enabling team efficiency and collaboration.

New Centralized Workflow Management Area Streamlines Process Creation
 

A Workflow section has been added to Setup in @task, including everything in the Event Notifications section and the following capabilities:
  • Application Events
  • Custom Statuses
  • Email Templates
  • Event Handlers
  • Notification Settings
  • Reminder Notifications
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The new section of @task provides a single product pane to configure and customize all @task product workflows and will expand to reflect the additional workflow capabilities that will be included in future releases of @task.
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