Novell Doc: Understanding Designer for Identity Manager

4.10 The Tasks View

Figure 4-18 The Tasks View

The Tasks view enables you to make and prioritize notes while you manage identities. This view is for your convenience. It can contain whatever you want. It won’t affect the functionality of your solution.

This view enables you to do the following:

Add tasks
Delete task
Set task properties
Set filter properties
Mark if completed
Provide a description
Set a priority
Sort on all fields

To add a task:

Open the Tasks view by selecting Window > Show View > Tasks.
Right-click in the Tasks view, then click Add Task.
Type a name in the Description field, select a priority, then click OK.

Or:

Click the Add Task icon located in the upper right corner of the tasks view.

To delete a task:

Right-click the task.
Click Delete.

Or:

Select the task so that the entire task is highlighted.
Click the Delete icon , located in the upper right corner of the tasks view.

NOTE:If you right-click the task description so only the task description is highlighted, then click Delete, only the task description is deleted. This is helpful if you want to redefine your task description.

4.10.1 Task Properties

To open the Task Properties page, right-click a task, then select Properties.

Table 4-9 Task Properties Functionality

Operation	Description
Description	Enables you to describe or name your task.
Creation Time	Indicates when the task was created.
Priority	Enables you to set the priority of the task to High, Normal or Low.
Completed	Eables you to indicate whether the task is completed.
On Element	Enables you to specify what element the task will be on.
In Folder	Enables you to specify the folder the task will be in.
Location	Enables you to specify the location of the task.

4.10.2 Filtering Tasks

Click the filter icon .
Select filters, then click OK.

Table 4-10 Filters Window Functionality

Operation	Description
User Filters	Enables you to select specific filters to filter your tasks.
New	Enables you to add a new filter to your user filters.
Remove	Enables you to remove an existing filter from your user filters.
Select All	Enables you to simultaneously select all your filters.
Deselect All	Enables you to simultaneously deselect all your filters.
On Any Element	Filters on any element.
On Any Element in the Same Project	Filters only on elements that are in the same project.
On Selected Element Only	Filters only on the elements you have selected.
On Selected Element and its Children	Filters only on the elements you have selected and the children of those elements.
On Working Set	Filters only on the working set you have selected.
Select	Enables you to add, edit, remove and select working sets.
Description	Enables you to filter by description.
Where Priority is:	Enables you to filter by priority.
Where Status is:	Enables you to filter by status.
Show Items of Type	Enable you to filter by type.
Select All	Enables you to simultaneously select all types.
Deselect All	Enables you to simultaneously deselect all types.
Restore Default	Enables you to restore set defaults.

4.10.3 Marking Tasks Completed

Right-click the task you want to mark completed.
Click Mark Completed.

Click the check box in the left column of the Tasks view.

NOTE:When you mark a task as completed, the task automatically moves to the bottom of your list of tasks.

You can set a priority for your task when you add a new task to your list. However, this is not the only location where you can set a priority.

4.10.4 Right-Click Options

Table 4-11 Task Options

Operation	Description
Add Task	Enables you to add a task to the Tasks view.
Go To	Enables you to go to a designated place.
Show In	Enables you to show the task in another view.
Copy	Enables you to copy tasks.
Paste	Enables you to paste what has been cut or copied.
Delete	Enables you to delete all selected tasks.
Select All	Enables you to simultaneously select all tasks in the Tasks view.
Mark Completed	Marks the selected task as Completed.
Delete Completed Tasks	Deletes all tasks that are marked as Completed.
Properties	Opens the Properties window.

4.10.5 Setting Task Priorities

Right-click a task.
Select Properties.
Select the new priority.

Or:

In the Tasks view, locate the column with the exclamation mark (!).
Go to the task on which you want to change the priority.
Click in this column.
The task’s current priority is displayed.
Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the current priority.
Select the desired priority.

4.10.6 Sorting Tasks

Click the Menu icon located in the right corner of the Tasks view.
In the drop-down menu, click Sorting.

The Sorting window enables you to sort your tasks in different ways, in ascending or descending order. You can sort by completion, priority, description, resource, path, location, and creation time.

Click Restore Defaults to restore the sorting defaults.