Availability
Overview
The My assignments screen is designed to help Birdview users focus on the work at hand. While the Activity center provides access to any project or activity the user can view or edit, My assignments are confined to activities assigned to you and you only.
Activities are NOT shown on the My assignments page of the assignee, by default, if they:
- are completed (change active/completed filter to show),
- belong to completed projects (change active/completed filter to show),
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- belong to projects put on hold,
- the "work is done" checkbox is selected on the activity details for the assignee (with Active filter on – see note below), and/or
- are in a dependency relationship and the master activity has not been completed (unless the extra setting "Show activities with unfinished predecessors" is enabled - see Visibility options below).
The page offers wide sorting options allowing you to manipulate the list of activities assigned to you. The page is limited to show the last 200 activities.
Legend:
| Active assignments tab | Search | ||
| Completed assignments tab | Grouping options | ||
| Add a new activity control | Visibility options | ||
| Type of activity (P=project, I=Issue, etc.) | Stopwatch (Timer) | ||
| Activity name | Manual time entry | ||
| Project name | I'm done | ||
| Customer name | Unread messages counter | ||
| Assignments dates | Parent/child relation | ||
| Logged time |
Accessing My assignments
The My assignments screen is accessible from everywhere. The access button is located on the top bar on the far right and in the main menu on the left.
On the screen, you can:
Move columns,
Adjust their width,
and Freeze them.
Grouping
My assignments page lists the activities that you are assigned to and whose status is either treat-as-open, treat-as-hold (on the Active tab) or treat-as-completed (on the Completed tab). The activities can be grouped by:
Start date,
End date,
Priority,
Project,
Customer name,
Importance (WBS).
You can also collapse and expand these groupings to focus on activities that matter to you at this time.
Show
Displaying some activities can be enabled/disabled as and when required using the visibility options menu () on the toolbar:
| Filter option | Comments |
| Activities without dates | Use it to display activities without a start and/or end date. |
| Activities with unfinished predecessors | Use it to display activities whose predecessor(s) is unfinished. |
| Activities with an active/paused timer | Use it to display activities for which the timer is currently active or on pause. |
I'm done
To mark your work on an activity as done, hover over the assignment (activity) name and click the checkmark on the left. On clicking the checkmark, the activity will disappear from the Active tab.
If an activity has two or more assignees, it will close when the last of its assignees clicks I'm done.
Time tracking
You can log time for an activity either manually or using the stopwatch.
To log time manually:
Hover the pointer over the activity you want to log time to.
Click Add time entry
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As a time log entry box opens, select the date and type in a value in a decimal format (e.g., "2.5", up to two digits after the decimal point) or using "h" and "m" (e.g., "2h 30m").
Click Add time.
To log time using a stopwatch:
Hover the pointer over the activity you want to log time to.
Click
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The stopwatch starts counting.
To pause the stopwatch, click on it.
To resume the stopwatch, click on it again.
To record a stopwatch reading, click Add time. The recorded time log will appear under the activity Dates.
To cancel the recording time and reset the timer, click Reset on the dialog box.
The More actions menu on the right of the stopwatch contains commands to stop and reset the timer and to add time.