Project management

Managing projects

The
Manage Projects
 screen provides a central location where you can view and update projects and tasks for all of your clients. You can filter and sort the list to more easily find the projects and tasks you want to work with, and select the Field Chooser button to select which fields to display or hide in the screen.
To open the
Manage Projects
 screen, choose
Actions
 >
Manage Projects
.
note
  • This screen is available only if you are licensed for the Project Management module.

Updating projects and tasks

If you have the appropriate security privileges, you can use the Projects tab and Project Tasks tab to update project and task information.
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If you do not have security privileges, the information on these tabs is read-only.
Projects tab
Right-click a project or task in the grid and choose from the context menu to edit or delete it. From the context menu you can:
  • add a new project to one or more clients
  • extend, edit, and delete selected projects
  • generate the next project
  • print the projects grid
  • print a routing sheet for selected projects
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  • You cannot delete projects that are already assigned to sheet entries.
  • You can edit multiple project records at once. Hold down the SHIFT or CTRL key and select the projects you want to edit, then right-click and choose
    Edit Selected Projects
     from the context menu.
Project Tasks tab
Right-click the task grid and choose
Edit Task
 or
Delete Task
 from the context menu.
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You can edit multiple tasks at once. Hold down the SHIFT or CTRL key and select the tasks you want to edit, then right-click and choose
Edit Selected Tasks
 from the context menu.
Solutions
If you have selected a solution for a project and/or task, you can click the solution’s icon in the grid to launch the application. You also have the option to start the DT Practice desktop timer whenever you launch a solution by marking the
Start Timer for Projects
 checkbox in User Preferences (Setup > User Preferences > Time & Expense Entry tab) so that you can track time spent on the project or task.

Sorting and filtering project and task information

In the
Manage Projects
 screen, you can sort and group the grids to quickly find the information you need, and use the
Filter
 and
Search
 fields to narrow down the list of information even further.
  • Mark the
    Open Projects only
     or
    Open Tasks only
     checkbox if you want to see only open items in the list. Clear the checkbox to see all projects or tasks.
  • Select the Field Chooser button, and mark or clear the checkboxes for fields you want to show or hide in the
    Manage Projects
     screen.
  • To sort projects or tasks in ascending or descending order by a particular column, select the column heading. Select the heading again to reverse the order. Select it a third time to remove the sort and restore the original order.
  • To group projects or tasks by a particular item (for example, by due date), click and drag the column heading to the shaded area above the grid. You can group by one or more headings. To ungroup the grid, drag the heading(s) back to the row of column headings.
  • To filter projects or tasks by a particular field, you first may need to select the Show Filter button to display the
    Filter
     field. Select the field name from the
    Filter
     field, select a method from the
    Method
     drop-down list, and DT Practice applies the filter automatically.
    The
    Filter
     list contains fields in the grid as well as any saved filters. To create a new filter, select the More button and use the
    Project Filters
     dialog to specify the criteria for your filter.
  • To search the
    Manage Projects
     screen, enter a keyword (for example, the project’s ID) in the
    Search
     field, choose a search option from the drop-down menu (Begins with, Contains, or Ends with), and select the Search button to perform the search.

This article applies to:

  • Product: DT Practice