Re: [Planner Dev] Planner enhancement - use resource patch against CVS 011 20040316.

[Kurt Maute <Kurt Maute us>]

Hi All,

On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 13:47, Richard Hult wrote:
> tor 2004-03-18 klockan 19.27 skrev lincoln phipps openmutual net:
> 
> > If count <= 10 then proceed as normal else popup question
> > asking "Do you really want to view 'x' tasks ?" and buttons
> > of YES NO/Cancel
> > 
> > If count >= 50 then ask further "Are you sure you want to
> > view 'x' tasks ?" and buttons of YES NO/Cancel
> 
> Hm, this whole thread makes me think that we're attacking the problem
> from the wrong angle.
> 
> Popping up loads of dialogs feels like a workaround in a way. I think
> that, ideally, there should be a simple way to assign resources directly
> in the task view instead. The task view is where you should do all the
> "bulk" work, like setting all durations, naming all tasks, etc. 

If we added a resource column to the task list and allowed resource
selection by way of a dropdown list box, it would be easy to quickly
assign resources to tasks.  This is the way that MSP does it, and though
I don't think we should necessarily emulate everything in MSP, this is
something that works well.

On the other hand, I like the sound of what Lincoln has been working on,
but I think I'd limit its use to assigning the same resource(s) to
multimple tasks at the same time.  In other words, if I want to select a
bunch of tasks that Joe is going to work on, then click an assign
resources button an choose Joe from the list in the popup.  Joe then
gets assigned to all of the selected tasks.

BTW... I like the term 'assign' over 'use', but we could also use
'allocate' as well ... just to complicate the matter ;)

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Kurt Maute <Kurt Maute us>