Outlook Tasks Display Requested By

[Weapon-X]

We using a shared Tasked folder & cannot see who is posting which tasks.

Enabled view of "owner" tab but it just displays the host of the tasks name
& not the publisher of the individual tasks. Enabled display of "request by"
tab but this is empty, please help?

 

[Brian Tillman]

We using a shared Tasked folder & cannot see who is posting which
tasks.

Enabled view of "owner" tab but it just displays the host of the
tasks name & not the publisher of the individual tasks. Enabled
display of "request by" tab but this is empty, please help?

You should stick to your original thread and not start a new one.

Did you try adding the From field from the "All Mail Fields" drop-down (even
if this isn't a mail item)? It might contain the data you seek. I still
think, however, that my earlier suggestion (in your original thread) is the
better (i.e., create a policy that states the requestor MUST include contact
information or the request will not be honored).

 

[diner]

Good morning Mr. Tillman,

I am an avid user of Tasks (MS Office 2003). I cannot figure out how to
complete the "Requested By" field in Tasks.

Please help - I am completely flummoxed.

Thank you,
diner

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am an avid user of Tasks (MS Office 2003). I cannot figure out how
to complete the "Requested By" field in Tasks.

I've been experimenting with tasks because of your question and I haven't
found any particular use for the "Requested By" field, since it doesn't
display on a Task form, as far as I can tell, only when displaying a table
view of the Tasks folder and only when you add it to the view with Field
Chooser. I don't see any way to populate that field when creating a new
task or assigning a task to a person. I tried sending a "Task Request" to
my home address because I figured that Outlook might fill the field in with
the sender information, but it didn't. However, I tried it within an
Exchange domain where both sender and recipient were on the same Exchange
server and then it was filled in with the sender of the task. So,
apparently Exchange is required or I didn't send it correctly to my home
address.

All that said, if you display it in the view, you can enter information
there if you enable in-cell editing. While viewing your Tasks folder in a
table view (like Simple List), right-click an empty area of the view and
choose Other Settings. Check the box labeled "Allow in-cell editing", then
click OK. You should then be able to put what you'd like in the Requested
By field.