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Calendar view missing from "My task"
Hi,
My Planner app was updated this morning and I am at a loss of words. The main feature I used and my colleagues used was the calendar view in the "Hub" section. However, this is no longer available.
I now no longer have access to the "Hub" section that allowed me to see a calendar view of all my tasks, in all my plans, in a single place. The new "My plans" section feels like a cheap version of the hub that is now just an inefficient to-do list with custom backgrounds rather than a great task visualizer. Also, I feel like there are some tasks missing since the update as the list is suspiciously low. The plans that aren't pinned are also no longer on the side bar, which renders them absolutely useless rather than a lower priority (as they were before).
Is there any way to go back to the old version of Planner? This update has rendered the app and website completely useless for me and my team. An absolute shame of an update for a software that multiple people are dependent on and often, due to institutional rules, stuck with. I am deeply disappointed by this update and will probably lose a few hours of work looking for and setting up another task management tool that actually works and is accepted by my institution.
- I agree, I also need this basic functionality back, without this the Planner is almost useless for me.
I just had my update yesterday and also missing the planner Hub :-( I agree with the reactions above, the planner is almost useless without this view.
I know, the "Hub" was the primary starting point for us. When we went into Planner, we would see a summary of what tasks were open in each plan and it helped as a navigation starting point.
Please bring it back!- HUB View - missing (From what is now called "My Plans"?) - HOW DO WE SEE PROGRESS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLANS THAT WE CREATED, THAT WE ARE IN CHARGE OF MONITORING COMPANY WIDE? THIS WAS THE WHOLE POINT.
- Group Distribution Email - Missing or hard to locate. ARE WE FORCED TO ALWAYS USE TEAMS WHEN SETTING UP A PLANNER TEMPLATE? SEEMS ODD.
- "Assigned to Me" - Missing the following?
- "Bucket" View
- "Group By" View
- Filter by "Keyword" I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME CREATING UNIFORM NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR TASKS / FLAGS, THAT ARE BASCIALLY USELESS HERE.
- "My Day" - should allow for you to view across all, not 1 item / Plan at a time. Seems sort of pointless. MAYBE THIS IS WHERE THE BUCKET VIEW SHOULD ALSO BE AN OPTION, ALONG WITH ALL OF THE PRIOR SORT AND FILTER OPTIONS?
- Bulk Updates Missing in Planner AND Planner in Teams
o Can’t bulk assign team members, to multiple tasks
o Can’t bulk assign due dates, to multiple tasks
At first, I thought this might be a money grab, and in the tiered pricing.
I don't see anything that seems to address all listed above. Extremely frustrating. I have no less than 20 Plans, with over 200 tasks each, and dozens of assigned team members, that I can no longer track, as part of my job responsibilities. Will this be fixed? SOON?
Our organization has some of the same issues / concerns, especially around the Hub and removing the ability to create a new group when copying a plan.
Why remove the one dashboard ("Hub") that provided a simple visual status of all plans in one location?
And, Copy Plan no longer has an option to create a new group? What?! Now, I have to create the group separately (I.e. in M365 Admin Center) then return to Planner and select the group? Why remove the ability to create a new group, which ADDS steps to the process? Inconvenient. Bad UX.
Candidly, these changes baffle me.
Microsoft Planner product team: Unless I missed something and these features still exist, please provide insight and/or guidance on how we can address or solution the issues. Is the Hub coming back in the future? Or, can we get this data in Power BI, etc.? When copying a plan, is the ability to create a new group from directly within Planner returning in the future?
More importantly, please provide the justification to your customers on why these decisions were made? Transparency is good. Communication can provide clarity.
Exactly, it is unbelievable. Unfortunately, I expected better. Hopefully, they clean it up pretty quickly.
It makes me sad, all the work by the users building out their templates, etc., and commitment to the platform, "*poof" gone....
Our team switched to ClickUp in the meantime and we quite like it!
Completely agree. Planner is now useless for us without this function. And now looking elsewhere
