The item view is the area on the right hand side of the main screen (or it will fill the screen on a mobile platform, if you select an entry). It displays a detailed view of a single entry in the diary. The entry that it shows is whatever entry you most recently clicked on in any of the other views (including the tree view, day view, week view, month view, summary view, search results or query results).
The following functions are available on the toolbar:
Function |
Description |
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Edit this entry. |
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Mark a task or appointment as complete. |
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Open the help page. |
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Open the extended toolbar (shows the controls
below) |
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Goes back to the last entry (if you click on
a link in the dependencies section of the entry details). |
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Delete this entry. |
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Adjust the completion for the task. |
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Switch to Link mode. In Link
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Starts a session
for this task/appointment. |
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Converts a repeating task instance to an
single non-repeating task. |
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(Premium Version Only) Create a manual plan for this
task. |
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(Premium Version Only) Lock all of the plans
for this task for today. |
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(Premium Version Only) Lock all plans for
this task. |
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(JXCirrus Project Only) Set a time-only baseline for this task. |
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(JXCirrus Project Only) Set a time and date
baseline. |
The entry details area shows the full details of the entry that you clicked on most recently.
Value | Applies to | Description |
Title (at the top of the entry) | Everything | The title of the entry (as well as the icon showing the entry type). |
Priority | Tasks | How urgent the task is. |
Start After | Tasks | The time after which you can start work on this task. |
Due By | Tasks | The date that this task is due on. |
Predicted End | Tasks | When the system thinks the task will be complete. |
Duration | Tasks, Appointments, Journal Entries | How long the task/appointment/journal will go for. |
Time Spent | Tasks, Appointments | The actual amount of time spent (from sessions). |
Completion | Tasks, Appointments | How far through the task/appointment you are. |
Baseline Time | Tasks | (Diary++ only) What was the original baseline duration. |
Baseline State | Tasks | (Diary++ only) How you are performing against the baseline. |
Depends On | Tasks, Appointments | Does this depend on any
other tasks/appointments. You can follow these
links by clicking on them. |
Blocks | Tasks, Appointments | Do other tasks/appointments depend on this. |
Person | Tasks, Appointments | Which person is allocated to this task/appointment. |
Time Type | Tasks, Appointments | Which time type will the person be using to work on this. |
Time | Appointments, Journal Entries | What is the start and end time of this entry. |
(Other Variables) | Everything | All other variables specified in the Object Spec will be shown here. |
Predicted Times | Tasks | This shows a list of the next 5 times that the system has planned for this task. |
Planned Times | Tasks | This shows a list of the next 5 times that the user has planned manually for this task. |
Spent Time | Tasks, Appointments | This shows the 5 most recent sessions spent on this task. |
If the task is a top level task and the child tasks use multiple people, then a table is shown giving the per person breakdown, and the person dependant tasks.
There is also a link titled "Show Details" - If you click on
this, it will give you a bit more information about some of the
workings that the system performs while it is planning out the
time for a task. Use this if you are having a bit of trouble
working out what on Earth the system is thinking.
In addition, there is a "Show Related" link. Clicking on this
will show:
If you are using the Diary++ add on, then it is possible to set up commands for a task. If a task has commands, then they will be listed directly above the details of the entry.
The 4 buttons on the toolbar are:
If you have a task that you have started, then it will be shown above the selected item. It also shows the amount of time spent on this session.
If there are any alerts or warnings, then these are shown in a list right at the top left of the main screen.