A simple task management application

Description

Allows users to create and assign tasks from anywhere on the wiki. Each task has a task number generated automatically, a name, project, description, status, severity, reporter, assignee and a due date. The application homepage lists all the existing tasks.

Application Home Page

To access the application, click on the "Task Manager" link from the Applications panel.

 To get started, simply click on "Add New Entry" from the homepage.

To view a task, click on it.

Administration section

The application has an administration section. It allows you to add projects and customize the fields used by the application.

My Due Tasks Panel

The application has a panel that allows users to easily access their due tasks. 

Kanban Board

This application also provides a macro that you can include in a page to have your tasks organized in a Kanban Board.

How can you use it?

Simply, just by writing the following line in a page:

Parameters:

• user [optional, default=$xcontext.userReference] define the user for who tasks are assigned
• space [optional, default=TaskManager] define the space to look for tasks
• project [optional, default=] define the project to look for tasks

Tested on

This extension has been tested with the following configurations.

Prerequisites & Installation Instructions

We recommend using the Extension Manager to install this extension (Make sure that the text "Installable with the Extension Manager" is displayed at the top right location on this page to know if this extension can be installed with the Extension Manager). Note that installing Extensions when being offline is currently not supported and you'd need to use some complex manual method.

You can also use the following manual method, which is useful if this extension cannot be installed with the Extension Manager or if you're using an old version of XWiki that doesn't have the Extension Manager:

1. Log in the wiki with a user having Administration rights
2. Go to the Administration page and select the Import category
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to upload the downloaded XAR
4. Click on the uploaded XAR and follow the instructions
5. You'll also need to install all dependent Extensions that are not already installed in your wiki

You will have to import the Task Manager Application in your wiki. To do so, follow these steps:

• Click on the "administration" link at the top right corner.
• Step 1 : Import the application
  • Click on the "import" tab.
  • Upload the Task+Manager+Application-10M1.xar file.
  • Click on its name once you can see it in the list of files available for import.
  • Click on "import" -> the application is now available in your wiki.
• Step 2 : Now you need to tell the wiki where to find the languages resources.
  • In the administration menu, click on the "Preferences" tab.
  • Click on the "Programming" sub-menu.
  • Scroll in this menu until you can see "Internationalization Document Bundles:" written.
  • In that field, copy-paste the following text : "TasksCode.Translations,"
  • Save the page.
• Step 3 : setup your Task Panels
  • Go to the http://<server>/xwiki/bin/view/Panels/PanelWizard page
  • Select your favorite layout. You need to have at least one column to use the task panels.
  • Drag & Drop the tasks panels from the panel list in the center to the side column of your choice.
  • Click on "Save the new layout" at the bottom of the page. You're done !
• Your application is now available on the following page: http://<server>/xwiki/bin/view/Tasks/

Release Notes

v2.4.1

• TASKMAN-57 Remove explicitly set icon theme

v2.4

• TASKMAN-55 Show My Due Tasks panel by default
• TASKMAN-46 When Progress reaches 100% the Status should automatically be changed to "Done"
• TASKMAN-40 No French translations if installed via EM
• TASKMAN-39 If fields are empty, don't display them in view mode
• TASKMAN-38 Mark as hidden newly created Statuses and Priorities
• TASKMAN-35 Although we have some default values for Priority and Status fields, we don't display them in Administration
• TASKMAN-33 Create missing french translations
• TASKMAN-5 Kanban-Board

v2.3

• TASKMAN-34 Improve display on tablet
• TASKMAN-32 Update all documents with the new xar format
• TASKMAN-31 When creating a new task, there is no reporter displayed
• TASKMAN-30 Add missing icons for Task, Description, Dependencies and Key fields
• TASKMAN-29 French label displayed when default language is english
• TASKMAN-28 Change the name of homepage from 'TaskManager Home' to 'Task Manager'
• TASKMAN-27 Change the icon from applications panel
• TASKMAN-26 Remove tabbed information (comments, attachments, etc) from the home page
• TASKMAN-25 Default date is somewhere in 2013 instead of current date
• TASKMAN-24 Custom created severities/statuses aren't properly displayed when adding a new task
• TASKMAN-22 Add a field for dependencies on other tasks
• TASKMAN-19 Improve the My Due Tasks panel
• TASKMAN-18 Adjust the single task edit UI
• TASKMAN-17 Adjust the single task view UI

v2.2

• TASKMAN-21 The Due Tasks Panel does not display any tasks
• TASKMAN-13 The Task Manager title isn't translated in the Applications panel
• TASKMAN-10 Rename 'Page' column with the appropriate entity name in Administration
• TASKMAN-9 Remove 'Space' column from Administration livetables
• TASKMAN-8 Rename 'Severity' with 'Priority'
• TASKMAN-6 Improve fields naming
• TASKMAN-4 Field names should have the same characters capitalization in the livetable
• TASKMAN-3 TaskManager.WebHome's parent should be Main.WebHome and not AppWithinMinutes.WebHome
• TASKMAN-2 Hide internal pages

v2.1

• Internationalization of the application
• Added translations for the French language

v2.0

• Application completely rewritten using Application Within Minutes feature

Dependencies

Dependencies for this extension (org.xwiki.contrib:application-task 2.4.1):

• org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livetable-ui 6.2.1
• org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-sheet-ui 6.2.1
• org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-uiextension-ui 6.2.1