Trying to figure out how to update every subtask status when the main task status changes
I'm trying to use custom functions to update every subtask status to match the main task when it changes, but I'm getting nowhere. I'm surprised this hasn't been asked before, since it seems like a fairly simple concept, anyone have any idea how it could
Project Approval Process Workflow
Issue: When a new Project is created, there is lack of process/workflow that provides their manager a process to approve or review. Suggestion/Idea: Similar to “Workflow”, we need “Workflow” ability at Project level, where based on the criteria of the
Project End Date
My company works on accounting, and as such we work on very strict deadlines for projects. We have generated both task and project templates for each type of project without any "durations" or "start after", as the only important thing for us is the specific
Introducing Projects 8.0 - Focusing on Ease-of-Use and New Features
Hello everyone! It's time for the reveal of the 8th version of Zoho Projects! This year our focus has been on minimizing the learning curve and improving the ease-of-use of the tool, so anyone new to Projects can hit the ground running and existing users
Power of Automation:: Streamlining Task Status Synchronisation with Project status.
Hello Everyone, Here we are again thrilled to share another requirement that has been accomplished through the implementation of custom functions. A Custom function is a user-written set of code to achieve a specific requirement. We should create a connection
Dealing with part timer users in Projects
Hi there Are there any plans to add user based working hours to Zoho Projects, so we can specify that someone only works Monday-Wed for example, with the ability to prevent a task being logged for a non working day, or a pop up alert.
Gallery Function for Updating Project Status
A custom function is a software code that can be used to automate a process. Gallery functions are a set of pre-defined custom functions in Zoho Projects. Users can automate these functions by establishing a Connection and by associating it with a Workflow.
Issue List Export
When viewing all Tasks, there are options to filter the list and export. With the Issue list, I can filter, but not export the list. Is there somewhere else to go to get an exported list of filtered issues?
Power of Automation - Automatically capture the last modified time of the task into a custom field
Hello Everyone! I wanted to share a custom function that we recently implemented to address a specific customer requirement. Here is the requirement The customer would like to get a field to capture the last modified time of the task. He created a custom
Dispute ticket
We want to move our dispute tickets onto that platform. We are also moving our tech bugs onto that platform. I want to get familiar with how it works. We want to come up with a workflow that is easy to manage and shows us the reasons for the refund
How to Transfer Zoho to Asia data center
Hello, I do not know why am I at india center as I am at Asia and my supposed to be team/org is RUMBLE ROYALE. Please help me transfer asap/
Web Tabs in Zoho Projects
Web Tabs are browser tabs that can be accessed within Zoho Projects. You can associate a web tab to specific projects and user profiles. By doing so, only the users of that particular project will be able to access the web tab. To create a Web Tab, you
Creating Zoho Projects' task should handle embeded images
Hello, I'm using Zoho Mail and Zoho Projects integration to create tasks. When creating a new task, only the text of the mail is copied in the description. It would be good to have images also carried over. I quite often get embeded image to illustrated
Email Alert when Task Log hours > Task Budget?
I've logged a ticket with support, but I thought I would also ask the community. Is it possible to generate an alert (ideally by email) when a task's work log hours exceed the task budget hours? I know there is a system setting to limit the work log hours
Live update/refresh My Tasks list
Would it be possible to make the My Tasks list easier to update/refresh changes made by others in the team? At the moment it needs the user to manually refresh a task list to pull any changes through and there is no prompt that they should refresh, so it may never be done during a day. It would be great if either the task list was more 'fluid' and updated/refreshed itself every few minutes, or there was a pop up prompt for the user to manually refresh the list. At very least it would be good to
Tip 37: Time Log Restriction in Zoho Projects
Timesheet in Zoho Projects helps you big time in entering log hours for the tasks and issues and approving them. Now, with the new Time Log Restriction option, you can set daily and weekly log hour limits. You can restrict users from entering extra log hours than the permissible limit. The limits are restricted to 24 hours per day and 168 hours per week by default based on business hours. To customize, navigate to Task & Timesheet settings under Portal Configuration in Zoho Projects setup and enable
Power of Automation::Automatically update a project's custom picklist field in accordance with changes in the task status.
Hello Everyone, Here we are again thrilled to share another requirement that has been accomplished through the implementation of custom functions. A Custom function is a user-written set of code to achieve a specific requirement. Set the required conditions
Sub-projects
Hi, Can we create a sub-project. Client1 1. project1 1.1 sub-project1 1.2 sub-project2 2. project2 2.1 sub-project1 2.2 sub-project2
Work agile in Zoho Projects! The much-awaited Zoho Sprints integration is in the making.
Let your teams work in both classic and agile methodology using our integration with Zoho Sprints. We made sure you get the best of both worlds with this integration. You can scale through teams irrespective of what methodology they use and make sure they work with speed and flexibility. And, you can do it all from one place- Zoho Projects. Why this integration is a benefit? This integration mostly helps in managing classic and agile practices together. Most organizations use a mix of both classic
How to map a contact from CRM to an "integrated field" in Projects with a function?
Hi! I have CRM and Projects integrated, and a function that creates a project automatically when a deal is modified in CRM. The function maps several fields from the CRM to Projects. I was wondering how to map the contact related to the Deal to an "integrated
Power of Automation::Automate the process of creating Tasks from Task template on project status update.
Hello Everyone, Here we are again to share another requirement that has been accomplished through the implementation of custom functions. A Custom function is a user-written set of code to achieve a specific requirement. Set the required conditions needed
Project Templates Possible?
Used to be easy to turn projects into templates when I checked this out a couple of years ago. The new interface is nice, but I can't see how to make templates anymore. When I set up a project it asks if I want to use a template, so I made a project I'd
Power of Automation:: Automate the process of updating project status based on a specific task status.
Hello Everyone, Today, I am pleased to showcase the capabilities of a custom function that is available in our Gallery. To explore the custom functions within the Gallery, please follow the steps below. Click Setup in the top right corner > Developer
How to deactivate the "Create a priviate copy of this layout" for users/profiles
Hi, I searched how to deactivate the access for user to the check box "Create a priviate copy of this layout" but didn't find it by myself in ZProjects nor in the community topics. I tried to manage profiles like this but it didn't work : And no better
Power of Automation - Automatically activate the Roll up functionality whenever a project is created
Hello Everyone! I wanted to share a custom function that we recently implemented to address a specific customer requirement. The customer needed a way to automatically activate the Roll up functionality whenever a project is created Here is the code for
Bulk Edit Work Hours field
Hello, is there a way to bulk edit the "Work Hours" field? I mean this: I can't find an option. Thank you
Cant BCC comments
Whats the reason why we cant bcc to add to comments? We are getting this error: We are unable to process this email. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? We suspect the below reasons to be the cause of failure : 1. You might have mis-spelt the email address. 2. You might have added the email address in BCC I used the copy option within the comments to copy the email address. It works fine if I cc, just not bcc.
Tip#28: Project Timeline Gantt in Zoho Projects
Hi Folks! As part of the tips and tricks series, we are back with a tip on Project Timeline Gantt. Here’s how you can use Project Timeline Gantt 1. Prioritize your projects based on percentage completed and focus on the projects that are currently in your pipeline. Hover over the project name to know percentage completed. 2. Visualize your projects on the Gantt plotted for 3 consecutive years - previous year, current year and next year. You can adjust the timeline view from fit to max. 3. Navigate
Project Billing with the Staff Hours Method in Zoho Projects
The Staff Hours Billing Method in Zoho Projects allows you to bill your clients based on the actual time spent by each team member on a project, at the rate set for each user. This is useful for projects where different skill sets are needed and service
Recording project risks
Does Zoho projects include the facility to record risks and issues related to a project? If not, is there the facility to get round this by creating a custom entity? I can only find old posts saying this functionality may be added in the future or to purchase the bug tracker module separately? Many thanks
Power of Automation::Automate the process of cloning a Task on specific status update.
Hello Everyone, Here we are again, filled with excitement to share yet another requirement that has been accomplished through the implementation of custom functions. In general, a custom function is a user-written set of code to achieve a specific requirement.
Please Allow Us to Edit Task Field Priority Statuses
In Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk we can set the options for the pick list Priority. Just as in Zoho Bugstopper we can set them for severity, Please allow us to do the same for Zoho Projects task priority. We use (4) priorities and would like them to be consistent across our Zoho applications. Thank You
Announcing ZUG USA Meet-ups - Interact with Zoho Projects & Sprints Experts
We regret to inform that the scheduled meet-ups in USA have been postponed. We will announce a revised schedule once it is finalized. We are excited to announce the Zoho User Community initiative to engage with you in person and take you through Zoho
Power of Automation - Automate the task start date based on project start date
Hello Everyone! I wanted to share a custom function that we recently implemented to address a specific customer requirement. The customer needed a way to automatically update the start date of the task same as project start date. After some experimentation,
Timesheet Rejection Notification
Time Log - In our Organization we have several "Approvers" (Admin user) of time log hours. During the month the "approver" checks all the time log of our employees wich are in "Pending" state and approves/dissaproves them. if the log is rejected - a reason
How to Make Zoho Projects archive completed projects or adding start date of each task automatically
Hello Everyone I have two questions and they are very important. 1- I completed projects and still able to see them in viewing mode, How can I make zoho archive them or aleast move them to completed project (unactive). 2- I want to make zoho add the start
Power of Automation::Automate the process of re-opening the Milestone once Task is re-opened.
Hello Everyone, Here we are again with another requirement that was fulfilled utilizing the Task custom functions. In general, a custom function is a user-written set of code to achieve a specific requirement. Set the required conditions needed as when
Work orders or similar
We currently use tasks as work orders. It works but its not ideal. Can we make this better? We create a task for a specific date and assign it to our techs. They get to the job site and start a timer. When they leave, they stop the timer, add a description,
Project ownership and assignment question
On our project management process, we have the following requirement. Project has a project owner. This is currently used for admin purposes. Project is assign to a team. Currently we dont use team, because we dont want all users of a team to see all
Zoho Project With Teams
Hello, I can't integrate my project into Teams. My space is on a".eu" domain. I can fill in information when I select "domain.com" but I can't click on "Proceed" by selecting a domain in.eu Have you ever had this case before? Thank you.
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