TMGR: Summary Tasks Not Marked with Conflict Symbol (150107)

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The conflict symbol is a diamond containing an exclamation point placed to the left of the names of tasks that have a Yes in the read-only Conflict field. If a non-summary task has resources that cannot finish their assigned work by the date in the task's Deadline field, a Yes is automatically placed in the Conflict field, and the name of the task is marked with the conflict symbol.

NOTE: To insert the Conflict column in a task table, on the Insert menu, click Column, select Conflict from the list of fields, and then click OK.

The Conflict and Deadline fields cannot be used by summary tasks, and summary tasks are never marked with a conflict symbol to indicate problems with their child tasks. This can hide conflicts in a view like Task Organizer if summary tasks are collapsed.

To see all tasks so that you can see all conflict symbols, on the Standard toolbar, click the Show All Tasks button (by default this button has two plus signs on it). Alternatively, click the Vital Signs tab, click the arrow on the view banner, and then click "Tasks that Need Attention."