23 My Assignments

This chapter explains how to configure the columns in the My Assignments node.

23.1 Overview

This node configures some aspects of what your users see when they click the My Assignments tab in Web Client's home page. (If a user's Preferred Start Page user preference is set to My Assignments, it will already be displayed when that user opens Web Client.) You can set the order of the columns, and you can rename the column names; the default columns are called Name, Status, Due Date, % Complete, Related To, Actual Hours, and Flag.

23.2 Columns

To change the order of the columns:

1. Under System Settings, double-click My Assignments. The Configure My Assignment Table opens.

2. Click the Order Columns icon. The Order dialog opens.

3. Select a column name and use the Up or Down buttons to move that name in the list. ("Top-to-bottom" in the list is equivalent to "left-to-right" in the user interface.)

4. When you are finished, click OK. The dialog closes and you see the numbers in the Order column reflect the new order. A user will have to open or restart Web Client to see the columns in the revised order.

To change the name of a column:

1. Under System Settings, double-click My Assignments. The Configure My Assignment Table opens.

2. Click in the field of the Column Name that you want to change. The field becomes editable.

3. Enter the new name. You can change other column names in this procedure.

4. When you are finished, click Save. A user will have to open or restart Web Client to see the new column names.

To create a new column:

1. Under System Settings, double-click My Assignments. The Configure My Assignment Table opens.

2. Click New. A new row (representing the eventual column in Web Client user interface), is created.

3. Enter a name in the Column Name field.

4. In the Column Data Source field, use the drop-down dialog to select a data source for the column. You can choose a Class—Activities or Gates—and enter a Find value, using the Down or Up buttons to "find next" or "find previous," respectively. When you have selected a data source, click OK.

5. Use the Order Columns icon to adjust the order of the new column with the others (and to activate the Save button). When finished, click Save to complete the procedure. A user will have to open or restart Web Client to see the new column.

To remove a column:

1. Under System Settings, double-click My Assignments. The Configure My Assignment Table opens.

2. Select the row that you want to remove. (It is easiest to click in Data Type or Order column of the row.)

3. Click the Remove Column icon. The row will be removed.

   
   

   Note: Default Columns cannot be removed, they can only be made non-visible by deselecting the check box in the Visible column.

   
   

4. When you are finished removing columns, click Save.