Updating a Task

As an assignee, you update a task in PPM to add information about work you have done on that task, including hours of work done, dates of that work, and how much work is remaining before the task is complete. When you update a task an "update history" entry is created. You can view these entries from the Update History tab of the Task Detail window.

Project managers can update tasks on behalf of external resources assigned to the tasks (external resources cannot log into PPM).

Note: In PPM, there is a difference between updating a task and editing a task. For more information, see About Task Edit and Task Update.

You can update your tasks from several places in PPM:

The Workspace Tasks List—Use the workspace-level Task List within your workspace to update (or edit, if applicable) tasks.
The Global Tasks application—Use the global Tasks application to update tasks from more than one workspace.
The Timesheets application—Use the Timesheets application (if enabled in your enterprise) to add hours to your tasks.
The Calendar—Use the Calendar application to update tasks.

To view the update history for a task:

In the workspace list, right-click on the task and click Task Details. From the global Tasks application, click on the Actions icon and click Task Details.
In the Task Details window that appears, click Update History.

This opens a table that list all updates made to the task. The Update History table has the following columns:

Entry Date
Actions
User
%
Hours worked on
Work
Note: If the task update reduced the amount of work done on the task, the reduction amount appears as a negative number in the table.
Created by
Update Notes