Is it possible to link a document, risk, or issue to a task using theMy Tasks view

[kix1956]

When viewing my tasks in the first cell to the right of the check box,
appears icons for the items linked to a task. If you click on one of
the icons you will access a function where you can elect to link items
such as issues, documents or risks. However if there is no item linked
to the task, then no icon appears in the cell and it appears that the
ability to access the link items function is not enabled. You can
accomplish a link by selecting the task and viewing the details of the
task, then selecting attachments and going through several additional
steps. I am curious if this is intentional behavior on Microsoft's
part, is this an error, or is this something configurable. The only
way around it that I can think of is to attach a dummy item to every
new task assigned to make it easier for staff to access the link
function. Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Ben Howard]

Hi,
This is intentionable behaviour. The reason the indicator is there is so
that team members have a very quick way to visually see if there are risks,
issues or documents associated with a task, rather than a way to add these
items quickly. If you need to add items, either persue the way you have
described, or do it through the project center or PWA home pages/link
section, which are more geared towards adding the items.

HTH