Task Glossary
Attribute | Read/Write | Description |
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Name | RW | A short description. |
Planned Start | RW | The date at which the task is scheduled to start. |
Planned Finish | RW | The date at which the task is scheduled to finish. |
Manually Scheduled | RW | Celoxis will never change the start and finish of manually scheduled tasks. Read More. |
Duration | RW | The duration of the task. It can be entered in these formats. Read More. |
Planned Effort | RW | The total hours of effort required to complete the task. Read More. |
Schedule Type | RW | One of FixedEffort, Fixed Duration, Fixed Units. Read More |
Constraint Type/Constraint Date | RW | Task constraint. Not applicable for summary tasks and manually scheduled tasks. Read More. |
Resources | RW | Resources assigned on the task. It can be entered in this format. |
% Comp | RW | The percentage of work done. Read More. |
Planned % Comp | RW | The percentage that the task is expected to have completed by now. This value is an approximate value and will not be accurate if resources working on the task have working or non-working exceptions in the task duration. |
Priority | RW | The task's priority. |
Allow time logging | RW | Indicates if time can be logged against this task.. |
Actual Start | RW | The date on which the task is supposed to have started. When any update on the task is logged, it is deemed to have started. If actual start date was not specified, it defaults to the planned start date or the date of the update whichever is earlier. |
Actual Finish | RW | The date on which the task is supposed to have finished. When the task is marked as 100% complete, the actual finish date, if not specified, is update to the planned finish date or the date of the update whichever is earlier. |
Budget | RW | Task budget. Typically, Budget = Planned Cost + Buffer. |
Planned Non-Labor Cost | RW | The total estimated non-labor cost for this task. E.g. travel, food, software. |
Planned Fixed Cost | RW | The cost that will be incurred on the task regardless of whether time is logged or expenses filled. |
ID | R | The primary key of the task record in the database. |
WBS Code | R | The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) code of the task |
Projected Start | R | The date on which the task is expected to start based on the projected finish dates of its predecessors. |
Projected Finish | R | The date on which the task is expected to finish based on its current rate of progress. For summary tasks, it is max of the finish dates of its leaf tasks. |
Milestone | R | A zero duration task. Read More. |
Critical | R | Indicates task is on a critical path. Read More. |
Actual Effort | R | The sum of approved hours logged for this task. |
ProjectedHours | R | The total hours this task will require to finish based on the current rate of progress. Projected Hours = Actual Hours ÷ % Complete. For summary tasks, it is the sum of projected hours of its leaf tasks. |
Actual Billable Hours | R | The total hours of approved and billable time logged on this task. |
Actual Non-billable Hours | R | The total hours of approved and non-billable time logged on this task. This amount can be used to identify the "missed" billing opportunities for this task. |
Planned Cost | R | The total cost expected to be incurred on this task. Planned Cost = Planned Labor Cost + Planned Non-Labor Cost + FixedCost |
Actual Cost | R | The total cost incurred on the task so far. Actual Cost = Actual Labor Cost + Actual Non-labor Cost + Actual Fixed Cost |
Projected Cost | R | The expected total cost of a project based on its current rate of spend. |
Actual Labor Cost | R | The total of labor cost for each approved time entry logged on this task. |
Update (Last) | R | The latest comment or progress update entered against a task. |
Planned Labor Revenue | R | The sum of user's effort × user's bill rate for each resource assigned to this task. (Only available if you have user-based billing). |
Invoiced Hours | R | The total time for all its invoiced time entries. |
Invoiced Labor | R | The sum of the bill amounts for all its invoiced time entries. |
Invoiced Expense | R | The sum of all invoiced expenses for this task. |
Invoiced Revenue | R | Invoiced Labor + Invoiced Expense |
Baseline % Comp | R | The expected % complete of the task based on the baseline. |
Baseline Budget | R | The budget of the task when it was baselined. |
Baseline Cost | R | The planned cost of the task when it was baselined. |
Baseline Effort | R | The planned effort when the task was baselined |
Baseline Effort Variance | R | The difference between the planned and baseline effort |
Baseline Start | R | The task's planned start date when it was baselined. |
Baseline Start Variance | R | The difference between the task's planned and baseline start date. |
Baseline Finish | R | The task's planned finish date when it was baselined. |
Baseline Finish Variance | R | The difference between the task's planned and baseline finish date. |