Tasks by User - Current Report

The Tasks by User - Current report contains information about selected users' assigned tasks in currently active workflow statuses. You can choose to include incomplete and complete tasks as well tasks in upcoming levels.

Generate the report

  1. In the navigation pane, click Reports, and then expand Tasks by User.
  2. Click Tasks by User - Current.
  3. Select content items to include in the report, and then click OK.
    • All available report options are on the left. The number of selected items displays next to the Content option. To change your selection, click Content.

    Note: If you change your content selection after clicking View Report, click View Report again to refresh.

  4. Click Task Options, and then select or clear Incomplete – Overdue, Incomplete – Not Overdue, Complete, or Skipped tasks in the report results.

    Select Upcoming to include information about tasks assigned in a subsequent level of the Collaboration (submitted to writers), Review, or Approval status. For example, if a selected document has three review levels and is currently in level 1 of the Review status, selecting Upcoming would also include information about tasks assigned to Review levels 2 and 3. If that same document also had multiple approval levels, selecting Upcoming would also cause the report to include information about upcoming approval tasks, even though the document is still in Review.

  5. If Localization Workflow is enabled, the report can show localized tasks on the original documents results. Click Show localized tasks on original, if applicable.

  6. To filter content items to only those within a specific date range, click Choose a date, and then click Date Completed or Date Assigned (the date when an assigned task was completed or assigned). The default date range is the last 30 days from today's date. To change this setting, click , select a different preset date range, and then click Apply. If you select Custom Range, also select a start and end date, and then click Apply.

    • By default, tasks excluded because you are or were on leave of absence are not included in the report. To change this setting, click after Hide Excluded Tasks, and then select Show All Tasks or Show Excluded Tasks Only.

  7. Click View Report.
  8. In the Layout menu, do one of the following:
    • Select Task Type to display data by the types of tasks assigned to the selected users, such as Read/Complete, Review, and Approve.

    • Select Task's Status to display data by whether the assigned tasks are incomplete or complete.

    • Select Start/Publication Status to display data by the workflow status of the content items for which the selected users have task assignments.

    • Select Disclosure Overview to only display disclosures. The Data Type and Outcome columns contain disclosure specific data.

  9. Choose how you want to display information in the Summary pane. See Working with the Summary Pane for detailed instructions.
  10. In the Data pane, click to expand the headings (groupings) to view all report data.
  11. (Optional) In the Data pane, click , and then click Show/Hide Columns to select or clear column check boxes that you want to include in the Data pane. The following list includes the names of the available columns.

    Note: If you created custom attributes, the data associated with those attributes appears in the report as column names with the format User [custom attribute name] or Owner [custom attribute name]. For example, if you added a custom attribute named Hire Date, the corresponding column available in this report will be named User Hire Date or Owner Hire Date.

    Assigned Proxy Author Date ArchivedOwner Site Tasks: Read/Complete
    Assigned Proxy Department Date Assigned Owner Employee IDTasks: Reviewer
    Assigned Proxy Email Date CompletedProxy UserTasks: Submit for Review
    Assigned Proxy Site Date Last SubmittedRecurrence Tasks: Writer
    Assignee Task End Date Date to ArchiveReference #Time Spent
    CampaignDate User Started Review Interval Title
    Complete TasksDays in Current CycleStart/Publication Status Total Days in Workflow Step
    Content Approval Date Days Until DueSystem Date Approved Total Sessions
    Content Creation Date Due Date Task Action User
    Content Effective Date Due StatusTask Completed by Proxy User Department
    Content Language External Review DateTask Completed with Enhanced Validation User Email Address
    Content Next Review Date Incomplete TasksTask is ComplianceUser First Name
    Content Start/Publication DateLast Reviewed DateTask Paused User Job Title
    Content Version Original Creation DateTask Type User Last Name
    Current CycleOutcomeTask's CycleUser Number Two Attribute
    Current LevelOwnerTask's LevelUser Preferred Language
    Data TypeOwner DepartmentTask's StatusUser Site
    Date & Time Completed Owner Number Two AttributeTasks: Approver User Unique Employee ID
  12. Customize the Data pane to show only the data you need in the way you want it represented, see Working with the Report Data Pane for detailed instructions.
  13. (Optional) After setting up the Summary pane and Data grid, create a custom layout to save your changes for future use. See Working with Custom Layouts) for detailed instructions.
  14. To save the current selections of the report, click , type a name and description, and then click OK.

    Note: To access a saved report, click Reports, and then expand My Saved Reports.

    • (Optional) To make the report available to others, click Move to System Saved Reports. When the report saves, others can view the report in the Reports > System Saved Reports category.

  15. To print the current report results, see Printing Report Results for detailed instructions.

Note: If dashboards are enabled, a widget (compact view) is automatically created for the report. If personal dashboards are enabled, you can add the report widget to My Dashboard. If the Home dashboard is enabled and you are a global or site administrator, you can add the report widget to the system-wide or site dashboard.

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