TMGR: Grouping Feature Changes the Data You Entered (150016)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Team Manager

This article was previously published under Q150016

SYMPTOMS

When a Microsoft Team Manager task view is organized or grouped by a category, entering a value into the category's field for any task has no effect. Microsoft Team Manager replaces the value you enter with a value based upon the category value.

CAUSE

Microsoft Team Manager automatically categorizes new tasks based upon the category the task is inserted into. This behavior overrides any value you may enter.

Example

If you group the Task Organizer view by the Priority field, the following summaries are displayed, one for each category of Priority:
ID     TASK NAME            Work     Priority

   Priority: Lowest
   Priority: Very low
   Priority: Low
   Priority: Med. low
   Priority: Medium
   Priority: Med. high
   Priority: High
   Priority: Very high
   Priority: Highest
				
If you then create a new task at the bottom of this list, and assign a priority of Medium to this task, the result is as follows:
  ID     TASK NAME            Work     Priority

     Priority: Lowest
     Priority: Very low
     Priority: Low
     Priority: Med. low
     Priority: Medium
     Priority: Med. high
     Priority: High
     Priority: Very high
     Priority: Highest
  1  -  Test                 1 week     Highest
				
NOTE: Microsoft Team Manager automatically assigns the new task the priority equivalent to the category in which the task was placed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151969 TMGR: Can't Change Group Until Pointer Moves Off Inserted Task


Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:KB150016