Projects Tab

Description

The Projects tab shows the task lists you can see. It allows you to perform the following:

• Add a task list
• Edit a task list
• Open a task list
• Delete a task list

Add

This function allows you to add a new task list (project).

To add a new task list, click on the “Add” button at the upper right corner of the page.

The “Add” panel will appear.

Field	Description
Name	Unique name of task list.
Description	A brief description of the task list.
Roles	List of roles that are granted read-only access to the task list. User who have the selected roles would be able to view the task list, assuming they have the appropriate privilege to access the Task Manager.

The “Properties” section consists of two fields, “Name” and “Description”. Key in an unique name for the new task list in the “Name” field. Provide a brief description for the new task list in the “Description” field.

If the name of the task already exist or the name is not entered, the relevant error message will appear when saving the task.

The “Roles” section allows you to select the roles to grant them access to the task by selecting the roles listed. Alternatively, you can use the search function to serach for the roles required. You can choose to select all, select none, or invert selection by clicking on the respective icons at the upper right corner of the panel.

Click on the “Save” button located the the upper right corner of the “Add” panel to proceed with saving the changes made. Clicking on the “Cancel” button aborts the action and retains the task’s properties prior to opening the “Edit” panel.

Refresh

After performing actions on the browser/tab, the list is reloaded to display the list of tasks. The manual “Refresh” button is available and is particularly useful if there are others making changes on the same page.

The “Refresh” button is found on the upper right corner of the page. Clicking on it reloads the list.

Edit

This function allows you to edit the properties of the task.

To edit a task, click on the “Edit” icon under the “Actions” column corresponding the desired task. If you are not the owner of the task, the icon will not appear.

The “Edit” panel will appear.

In the “Properties” section, make the changes in the fields as desired. In the “Roles” section, change the roles as desired. Click on the “OK” button to save the changes. To abort the action, click on the “Cancel” button.

Open Project Editor

This function allows you to open the Project Editor to edit or create the actual task list. User will need the mod-task-manager privilege to be able to access this function.

To open the Project Editor, click on the “Open” icon under the “Actions” column corresponding the desired task.

The “Project Editor” page will appear.

Refer to Project Editor for more details.

If the user does not have the mod-task-manager privilege, an error page will appear.

Click on the “Elixir Ambience” at the bottom of the page to go back to the main Ambience page.

Delete

This function allows you to delete a task from the Projects tab.

To do so, click on the “Delete” icon under the “Actions” column corresponding the desired task. Do note that only owner of the task can delete the task.

There is an option to undo the deletion. A notification with an “Undo” button appears right after clicking on the “Delete” icon.

Upon clicking on the “Undo” button, the deleted task is restored and is added back to the list of tasks. Do note that the notification will disappear after five seconds.

Search

There is a cross-field search function for the list of tasks. It is located at the upper left corner of the page.

This provides an easy way to search through the tasks. It is case-insensitive and displays files that have the entered search value in any of the values of the fields below:

• Name
• Description
• Owner
• Roles
• Last Modified