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Revert to old Planner?
As of today, the new Planner version has been rolled out for our organisation.
MS Planner is pretty much the most important tool for our project management.
With the update, we can no longer copy plans without deleting all tags.
In our organisation, the tags assign the responsible department to the respective tasks. This makes them extremely important.
"Template Plan":
Plan after we did a copy&paste:
Even the Tags have to be renamed:
Is there a way to revert to the old Planner?
Is Microsoft aware of this problem?
Kind Regards
Jonathan
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as per ususal, no voice from MS.
also cant sort the lists of plans in the My Plans view. forced view by last visited date.
This whole app is has taken a massive back step. Going to have to go back and pay for asana.
Yes, please enable the old web view for Planner till all view are implemented in the new Planner view.
Things I miss in the new Planner, some was implemented in the old one:
- My Tasks board view and grouping by due dates
- My Tasks visible labels and immediate view of notes/descriptions
- My Tasks schedule view
- My Tasks view searching across plans, not just tasks
- My Plans view searching across tasks, not just plans
What I really like:
- My Day as an addiitonal layer
- Grid view of all plans and search
Anyway, it's in this stage a step
Same here.
I've noticed over the years that Microsoft product updates are being released rapidly and frequently, sometimes without reaching feature parity with previous versions and let the customer figuring it out.
This leads to issues and frustration for our clients which translate in production impact. In some cases, they also remove customization options for administrators.
Having the same issue, can no longer view tags on tasks in "assigned to me" the list view is lacking. Also not having board view has created significant issues. I have no idea how to manage my workflow right now, will have to come up with a completely new system.
Board view won't be back till early 2025 which is very disappointing.I'd also like to revert to the old Planner. My issues are mainly two:
- The "Assigned to me" view, which I use 95% of the time, was worsened. On the old Planner I could choose a Board/Kanban view and group tasks by Due Date. This was perfect, because then I could view the tasks due today, due tomorrow, due this week and due in the near future (the green are on the image below). Now, I only have a overwhelming list view which doesn't help me focus on the tasks that are due soon. The Kanban/Board view is still available inside each Plan but this doesn't solve the problem because my tasks span multiple Plans. I need a unified view where I can see all my Assigned tasks in all Plains, and I need the Kanban/Board view so I easily prioritize by due date.
- On the old Planner (which was always on Board/Kanban view) I could simply click a task to view its details. Now, I can no longer click on the name of the card (on list view is all I have), I need to move my mouse cursor to the right side of the screen and then click on a tiny post-it icon. And for some reason, the comments aren't even loading.
Please let us go back to the old Planner!
Old - and better - version:New - and worse - version:
100% agree, losing the Board view with buckets in "Assigned to Me" (now "My Tasks") is has absolutely killed the usefulness of this app. Much harder to view and prioritise my workload quickly. Recently moved the whole company over to Planner from Trello. Wish we hadn't.
I agree with this completely, there are some good changes made however the Assigned to me or My tasks view has now taken a massive step backwards is now cluttered and confusing without buckets. There is also no Calendar view. Come On Microsoft please reinstate the Bucket View in the my tasks view, not too hard given it's there in each plan..........
Okay so what you have to do is go to a specific board and then one of the NEW filters is "Assignment" and then you can select yourself. I'm not sure if this is the end solution but it's something I've found!
