To view the tasks within an estate management case

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The procedure to view the tasks within an estate management case is as follows:

  1. Using the Advanced search spy-glass (), select Estate Management Case as the Search for and Search by category, and enter the Case reference as the search criteria 1.
  2. With the Results tab in current focus, double-click on the row containing the exact record match, or return to the Criteria tab and refine the search filters. The Estate Management Case Details window is displayed.
  3. Click on Tasks. All ad hoc tasks assigned to the estate management case are displayed in the Tasks summary table, together with those included in the underlying workflow structure 1. Certain fields are worthy of special note and are captured in the table below 2.
  4. Optionally, click on Switch View. Two alternative selections are displayed: Status View and SLA View.
  5. Click on Status View. All inherent tasks are displayed as a series of cards, subdivided by progression status: Pending, Live, Complete and On Hold.
  6. Click on an individual task card to reveal further information: Assigned to, Planned start date, Actual start date, End date 3.
  7. Click on Close.


Tip

1 By default, all estate management tasks are sorted chronologically by their actual start date; to aid analysis, rows can be reordered by clicking on any of the available headings.

Note

1 Additional search criteria may need to be employed (e.g. start date ranges, target inspection date ranges, company, status, inspection type) to ensure that the correct estate management case is returned; an alternative Search by category of Contact or Contact Group may be selected to extend the available search fields.

2 Use the summary table Menu option to hide or reveal additional columns of information.

3 To return to the default view, with all tasks listed chronologically, click on Switch View a second time and select Grid View.


Field

Description

Task Reference

The unique internal reference number for the estate management task.

Description

An explanation of the estate management task to be conducted.

Task Type

The building block component around which the task is constructed.

Assigned To

The allocated owner of each estate management task, specifically any combination of individual end user accounts and role memberships.

Mandatory

This denotes the compulsory status of an estate management task.

Recurrent

The task is configured to repeat at a predetermined frequency and duration.

Planned Start Date

The anticipated start date for the estate management task, taking into account any predecessor task dependency.

Actual Start Date

The actual date on which the estate management task was formally started.

SLA Target Date

The SLA target completion date for the estate management task, derived from the component definition.

End Date

The date on which the estate management task was completed, as appropriate.

Status

The current progression status for the estate management task i.e. Pending, Live, Complete, Cancelled, On Hold, Bypassed.

SLA Status

A colour code indicator to summarise the status of each estate management task relative to the target date (Green - Amber - Red). Green = The task is on track; Amber = The warning days limit set for the task has now been reached; Red = The target date set for the task has expired.


See related topics...

Estate management task administration overview

To add a task to an estate management case

To define the automatic task path for an estate management inspection type

To add a task to an estate management inspection type

Using the search facility