Filtering Tasks

[Rachael]

I was just curious if there was a way to filter based
solely on the Task ID number, so that I could pick
arbitrary tasks throughout the project to show to
someone. I would appreciate any insight you might have.

Thanks,
Rachael

 

[John Beamish]

Yes but it's awkward.

Project | filtered for | More Filters and click on the New button.

Create a bunch of lines with And/Or set to r"; field name set to "ID",
test set to "equals" and Values set to "enter ID"? -- note: in this last
item, you must include the quotes and you must include the question mark.

If you have 5 entries in your filter you must make 5 entries when you run
the filter.

(Surely there MUST be a more logical way for you to select the tasks you
want to display?)

I was just curious if there was a way to filter based
solely on the Task ID number, so that I could pick
arbitrary tasks throughout the project to show to
someone. I would appreciate any insight you might have.

Thanks,
Rachael

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[John]

Racheal,
John's method will certainly work but as he noted it is very
inefficient. Here is a better suggestion. Insert a column for a spare
flag field (e.g. Flag1) in the view you are using. Put a "yes" on those
tasks that you want to show. Then simply filter on the flag field. You
can create several variations at once by using different flag fields.

John