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How Can I Apply Both A Filter and Highlight in a View
I have a view set up with the Incomplete Tasks filter applied. I also want to then highlight slipping tasks by applying the Slipping highlight option. It appears however that project doesn't let you do both a filter and a highlight. Is there a workaround for this?
Also, When I apply the Slipping Highlight, it ends up including completed tasks as well. This is the built in Slipping option and the criteria are shown in the screenshot. Apparently I need to modify the criteria somehow so that completed tasks aren't showing up in highlight filter:
- JBLT83 --
Yes, you are correct that you can only apply one filter at a time. And you are correct that you would need to either edit the Slipping Tasks filter to eliminate completed tasks, or you would need to create a new filter for this purpose. Hope this helps.
- JBLT83 --
Yes, you are correct that you can only apply one filter at a time. And you are correct that you would need to either edit the Slipping Tasks filter to eliminate completed tasks, or you would need to create a new filter for this purpose. Hope this helps.Dale_HowardMVP Bummer. I'll have to make a feature suggestion to microsoft that they'll probably never implement. So there's no workaround huh.
- John,
My comment from the peanut gallery; Dale did give you a workaround, edit the existing filter or create a new filter to do what you need.
John
JBLT-77 Your query has already been answered perfectly, but let me add this method as an alternative to consider if you are familiar with the custom field formulas. You can both highlight tasks and mark them with indicators at the same time. In order to do this, you can write formulas testing the same conditions as the filters and define indicators for them. See an example below:
In the demo picture above, the formula in the task custom flag field named STARTING SOON tests the same condition as the highlight filter Tasks Starting Soon.
ismet_kocaman well what I’m actually trying to do is based on a filtered view I already have set such as Incomplete Tasks filter, I want to highlight among those tasks that meet certain conditions, for example tasks behind schedule, etc. Project should allow both highlights and filters to be applied. I’ve submitted this requirement as feedback but who knows if it will ever get implemented.
- >> Project should allow both highlights and filters to be applied.
Pls consider the fact that certain tasks that should be highlighted may have already been hidden (that is, filtered out) by the regular filter in some scenarios. As it has already been suggested, the best solution seems to combine the filtering conditions in a single filter.
