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Create a basic view

The video explains how to create and customize views in Workfront to display specific information about items in a list, such as projects, tasks, issues, and documents. 鈥 Views allow users to see details like name, description, status, and other fields relevant to the items. 鈥

The video emphasizes the flexibility of views in Workfront and provides step-by-step instructions for creating, customizing, and managing them.

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Views determine the information you see about each item in a list. The column displays information from various fields, such as name, description, and status. Views are used on all types of lists in Workfront, Tasks, Issues, Documents, and more. Each view is based on the information fields related to those objects. Once you know how to create a view for one type of item in Workfront, you鈥檒l be able to create a view for anything. Let鈥檚 start by taking a look at the views on the project page. Let鈥檚 expand the View menu to see what鈥檚 available. The list consists of built-in views that come with Workfront, custom views that you create, and views shared with you by your system administrator or other team members. The Standard view is the most commonly used when looking at a list of projects. For each project in the list, you see its name, the owner or project manager, the description, the start on date, the due on date, and the percent complete. When you switch to a different view, you鈥檙e not just changing which projects you鈥檙e seeing in the list, just the information about each project. This makes it easy to see different information about the same list of projects. Workfront recommends you build views that contain fields you want to review frequently and have easy access to edit. Using the inline editing feature saves time because you don鈥檛 have to open each individual item in the list to make updates. So, if you want to add a description, you can just click in the description field and do it. Click at the bottom of the screen to save it. You like the Standard view, but you really want to see the project status too. You can make your own custom view using the Standard view as a base. To do this, you just need to go to any view and click the Edit icon. In the View Builder window, click Add Column. Type Status into the field. You want the project status, so make sure to choose the status field name that鈥檚 under the project field source. The column is added at the far right, so you can drag and drop it into the spot you want. The preview shows the order in which the columns appear whenever someone selects the view. And you don鈥檛 want the description field, so just click the X on the tab to remove it. Now let鈥檚 save this view. Because this is a built-in view, it鈥檚 not a view that you can edit. But you can save it as a copy on your own. You鈥檒l need to give it a new name because all you did was take the Standard view and add the Status column. You name it Standard plus Status. Then click Save as a New View. The new view now appears in the View menu. Now let鈥檚 create a view from scratch. When you create a view, you start with a need. So think about a common need for yourself, your team, or your organization. For example, your team wants to see the total project budget, the total cost so far, and the overall health of the project in the same view. Start by going to a project list to create a view. Remember, views in Workfront are specific to the type of item. So before you make a project view, you need to make sure you鈥檙e looking at a list of projects. You click on the View dropdown menu and then select New View. You decide to name it Health View. Pro tip. It鈥檚 a good idea to name the view before you start creating it. This helps you remember what you want to focus on. Workfront starts you off with some suggested columns. You don鈥檛 need description, so remove it. That gives you plenty of room for the columns that you want to see. You want to add these columns. Budget, Actual Cost, and Progress Status. Start by clicking on Add Column, then find Budget, making sure to select the option under the project field source. Then add the Actual Cost. Then add Progress Status. You move these three columns to the place that description used to occupy. With Actual Cost selected, you can rename the column header. Change it to Cost to Date. Click Save View. Now you can share this view with other users. And if you no longer need the view, you can remove it.

Key takeaways

  • Customizing Views: Users can edit existing views or create new ones by adding, removing, or rearranging columns to display specific information, such as project status or budget.
  • Inline Editing: Some fields in a list view can be updated directly without opening individual items, making it faster to make changes. 鈥
  • Creating Views from Scratch: Users can design views to meet specific needs, such as tracking project health, by adding relevant columns like budget, actual cost, and progress status. 鈥
  • Sharing and Managing Views: Custom views can be shared with team members for collaboration or removed when they are no longer needed.

鈥淐reate a basic view鈥 activities

Activity 1: Create a task status view

As a project manager, team lead, or resource manager, you want to keep track of how task work is progressing. With this view, you get several status indicators of a task all in one row of the list or report.

Create a task view named 鈥淭ask Status View鈥 with the following columns:

  • Task Name
  • Assignments
  • Duration
  • Percent Complete
  • Status
  • Progress Status
  • Status Icons

Answer 1

An image of the screen to create a task status view

  1. In a task list report, go to the View drop-down menu and select New View.
  2. Name your view 鈥淭ask Status View.鈥
  3. Remove these columns: Pln Hrs, Predecessors, Start On, and Due On.
  4. Click Add Column.
  5. In the Show in this column field, type 鈥渟tatus鈥 then select 鈥淪tatus鈥 under the Task field source.
  6. Click Add Column again.
  7. In the Show in this column field, type 鈥渟tatus鈥 then select 鈥淧rogress Status鈥 under the Task field source.
  8. Click Add Column again.
  9. In the Show in this column field, type 鈥渟tatus鈥 then select 鈥淪tatus Icons鈥 under the Task field source.
  10. Click Save.

Hover over each of the icons in the Status Icons column to see what they represent. If they are grayed out, it means the task has no notes, documents, approval processes, etc. If an icon appears in color, there is at least one of that item associated with the task. You can click on the note or document icons to go to that item.

Activity 2: Create a milestone view

If you use milestones, this view is the easiest way to see milestones by name in your task list, and add or remove them from a task using in-line edit.

Create a task view named 鈥淢ilestone View鈥 with the following columns:

  • Task Name
  • Assignments
  • Duration
  • Pln Hrs
  • Milestone: Name
  • Start On
  • Due On
  • Percent Complete

Answer 2

An image of the screen to create a milestone view

  1. In a project task list, go to the View drop-down menu and select New View.
  2. Name your view 鈥淢ilestone View.鈥
  3. Click on the Predecessors column to select it.
  4. In the Show in this column field, click on the 鈥渕inus鈥" icon in the Task >> Predecessors field, then type 鈥渕ilestone name鈥 and click on 鈥淣ame鈥 in the list.
  5. Click Save.

An image of a task list using a milestone view

Activity 3: Create a duration types and task constraints view

This view will allow you to examine and edit all the durations types and task constraints in your project.

Create a task view named 鈥淒uration types and task constraints view鈥 with the following columns:

  • Task Name
  • Assignments
  • Duration
  • Planned Duration
  • Pln Hrs
  • Predecessors
  • Start On
  • Due On
  • Duration Type
  • Task Constraint
  • Constraint Date

Change the Field Format on the Start On and Due On columns to display both the date and the time.

Answer 3

An image of the screen showing the duration types and task constraints view

  1. In a project task list, go to the View drop-down menu and select New View.
  2. Name your view 鈥淒uration types and task constraints view.鈥
  3. Remove the % Complete column.
  4. Click Add Column.
  5. In the Show in this column field, type 鈥渄uration鈥 then select 鈥淧lanned Duration鈥 under the Task field source.
  6. Move this column between the Duration and the Pln Hrs columns.
  7. Click Add Column again.
  8. In the Show in this column field, type 鈥渄uration type鈥 then select 鈥淒uration Type鈥 under the Task field source.
  9. Click Add Column again.
  10. In the Show in this column field, type 鈥渃onstraint鈥 then select 鈥淭ask Constraint鈥 under the Task field source.
  11. Click Add Column again.
  12. In the Show in this column field, type 鈥渃onstraint鈥 then select 鈥淐onstraint Date鈥 under the Task field source.
  13. Select the Start On column, then click on Advanced Options.
  14. Under the Field Format drop down select 鈥10/17/60 3:00 AM鈥.
  15. Select the Due On column, then click on Advanced Options.
  16. Under the Field Format drop down select 鈥10/17/60 3:00 AM鈥.
  17. Click Save.

Activity 4: Create a project template active status view

Anyone who manages project templates will appreciate seeing the active status (True or False) of each template in a list. Even better - the field is in-line editable!

Create a project template view named 鈥淪tandard+active status鈥 with the following columns:

  • Name
  • Owner
  • Duration
  • Planned Hours
  • Planned Cost
  • Flags
  • Group Name
  • Is Active

Answer 4

An image of the screen to showing a project template active status view

  1. In a project template list, go to the View drop-down menu and select New View.
  2. Name your view 鈥淪tandard+active status.鈥
  3. Click Add Column.
  4. In the Show in this column field, type "is " then select 鈥淚s Active鈥 under the Template field source.
  5. Click Save View.
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