Where has Close tasks to update gone in Project Server 2013?
By blurg64
Close Task to update was an interesting feature that was used by the Project Manager to stop the selected tasks from showing up in resource task and timesheet views, therefore stopping users from recording time against those tasks.
In Project Server 2013, the close task to update capability has changed, to leverage a new ‘Locked’ capability which behaves in a similar manner, basically you can choose to lock a task through PWA and once locked and published, the task will no longer show up in the Task and Timesheets views.
To use the locked field you first need to add it to a view, in this case I have added it to the Task Summary view for a Project.
When you open a project and choose that view you will see the new Locked field on the right hand side. By default all tasks will be set to ‘No’.
To lock a task, edit the project and change the value.
When you publish the schedule the tasks that are locked will no longer appear in the task and timesheet views as can be seen in the table below.
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