What are planned tasks?
Planned tasks allow you to categorize a project's tasks and review the progress of each category.
For example, if your project consists of project management, development and testing then those three are your planned tasks. You can set an estimate for each of them and then track tasks under those planned tasks. That way, when you check your project page, you'll see the progress of each one of them and have an overview how your project is doing.
NB! Planned tasks are available for Pro subscribers only.
Adding planned tasks
You can add planned tasks for your project in the project edit view. There is a "Planned tasks" section. It enables you to add/change/delete planned tasks. You can assign a task to a specific user or let it be tracked by any user. The estimated hours field is optional.
You can set the project esimate manually or let it be calculated based on planned task estimates.
Tracking planned tasks with the Timer Classic
All the planned tasks will appear in the timer for you to track. They are displayed in gray and when you hover over one, it will show that it is a planned task.
Clicking on the planned task will start a new task that belongs under that planned task. The current task view (on the picture below) also shows that this specific task belongs to a certain planned task.
Currently you can not change the planned task setting after you have created a task. If you want to change under which planned task it belongs, you have to create a new task and delete the existing one. The other option is to use the task edit view on the Toggl webpage.
Tracking planned tasks with the Timer Nano
When you have planned tasks under a project, Nano will show you these when you start typing a task description. On the picture below, you'll see the text "(Planned)" behind a task. That tells you that this is a planned task. Select that task to track under that specific planned task.
When a task belongs to a planned task, you'll see a respective planned task name under the project field.
Statistics
One big benefit of using planned tasks is the possibility to have an overview how each planned task is doing. You'll see a similar picture on your project page.
Clicking on the planned task will start a new task that belongs under that planned task. The current task view (on the picture below) also shows that this specific task belongs to a certain planned task.
Currently you can not change the planned task setting after you have created a task. If you want to change under which planned task it belongs, you have to create a new task and delete the existing one. The other option is to use the task edit view on the Toggl webpage.
When a task belongs to a planned task, you'll see a respective planned task name under the project field.
