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How do I change the ID number on a Work Package to change its' position in the list?

Added by John Critchfield almost 8 years ago

How do I change the ID number on a Work Package to change its’ position in the list?

Or is there another way to re-order or change the position of items in the Work Program List?

For this expected feature to be missing seems like poor design.

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RE: How do I change the ID number on a Work Package to change its' position in the list? - Added by Jan Weber almost 8 years ago

IDs are unique, so you cant change them.

But there are plenty of options to sort your packages, creation date, priority, etc like
Maybe if you are just an normal user u dont have the right to do so. But im not even shure if you can control this feature with the rights.

RE: How do I change the ID number on a Work Package to change its' position in the list? - Added by John Critchfield almost 8 years ago

IDs are unique, so you cant change them.

That seems foolish! It does not allow for insertion of Work Package items. It does not allow for re-arranging Work Package items.

But there are plenty of options to sort your packages, creation date, priority, etc like

That does not address the problem of inserting an itemor re-ordering or rearranging the list from an incorrect order of Work Program items to a correct ordering of Work Program items. One would have to remove all work program items, create them in another tool, and painstakingly re-entering them into the Work Program area in the same order as intended, without error. Because any error means removing them and re-entering them again!!!

RE: How do I change the ID number on a Work Package to change its' position in the list? - Added by Oliver Günther almost 8 years ago

Hi John,

if you want arbitrary re-ordering of work packages into custom lists you can define, have a look at the backlogs plugin.
In a future version of OpenProject, this plugin will be integrated into the work packages list, but currently the work packages module always follows the sorting order you requested there, it’s not possible to reorder items arbitrarily within that list.

Best,
Oliver

RE: How do I change the ID number on a Work Package to change its' position in the list? - Added by K Joubert almost 8 years ago

Hi Johan,

I suggest you add a custom field for work packages (Administration / Custom fields), call it “No” Format Integer, min-max 1 and 3, make it required. Then go to work package types (Administration / Work Package Types / Form Configurations) and add it to all the types you usually use. Make sure you save.

When you now add a new task or phase or something it will ask you to give it a number which will be a number you assign. You can also change this number when you want to reorder.

Simply remove the ID from the columns and add the new custom field (No) to the columns in its place and then order based on this custom field, you can now order and add work packages into any position!

I hope this helps

Regards
K

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