<Task> Element
There must be at least one task in each Tasks collection.
Element Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Data Type | ComplexType |
| Minimum Occurrences | 0 |
| Maximum Occurrences | Unbounded |
| Default Value | N/A |
| Abstract | False |
| Nillable | False |
| Element Constraints | Sequence |
Parent Elements
Child Elements
| Element | Required/Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
| <UID> | Required | The unique ID for the task. |
| <ID> | Optional | The position identifier of the task in the list of tasks. |
| <Name> | Optional | The name of the task. |
| <Type> | Optional | The type of task. |
| <IsNull> | Optional | Indicates whether a task is null. |
| <CreateDate> | Optional | The date and time that a task was added to a project. |
| <Contact> | Optional | The name of the individual who is responsible for a task. |
| <WBS> | Optional | A unique code (WBS) used to represent a task's position within the hierarchical structure of the project. |
| <WBSLevel> | Optional | The right-most level of the task. For example, if the task level was A.01.03, the right-most level would be 03. |
| <OutlineNumber> | Optional | The number that indicates the level of a task in the project outline hierarchy. |
| <OutlineLevel> | Optional | Indicates the exact position of a task in the outline. |
| <Priority> | Optional | Indicates the level of importance assigned to a task |
| <Start> | Optional | The date and time that a task is scheduled to begin. |
| <Finish> | Optional | The date and time that a task is scheduled to be completed. |
| <Duration> | Optional | The total span of active working time for a task. |
| <DurationFormat> | Optional | The format used to show the duration of the task. |
| <Work> | Optional | The total amount of work scheduled to be performed on a task by all assigned resources. |
| <Stop> | Optional | The date that represents the end of the actual portion of a task. |
| <Resume> | Optional | The date the remaining portion of a task is scheduled to resume. |
| <ResumeValid> | Optional | Indicates whether the task can be resumed. |
| <EffortDriven> | Optional | Indicates whether scheduling for a task is effort-driven. |
| <Recurring> | Optional | Indicates whether a task is a recurring task. |
| <OverAllocated> | Optional | Indicates whether an assigned resource on a task has been assigned to more work on the task than can be done within the normal working capacity. |
| <Estimated> | Optional | Indicates whether the task's duration is flagged as an estimate. |
| <Milestone> | Optional | Indicates whether a task is a milestone. |
| <Summary> | Optional | Indicates whether a task is a summary task. |
| <Critical> | Optional | Indicates whether a task has room in the schedule to slip, or if it is on the critical path. |
| <IsSubproject> | Optional | Indicates whether the task is an inserted project. |
| <IsSubprojectReadOnly> | Optional | Indicates whether the inserted project is a read-only project. |
| <SubprojectName> | Optional | The source location of the inserted project. |
| <ExternalTask> | Optional | Indicates whether the task is linked from another project or whether it originated in the current project. |
| <ExternalTaskProject> | Optional | The source of an external task. |
| <EarlyStart> | Optional | The earliest date that a task could possibly begin, based on the early start dates of predecessor and successor tasks and other constraints. |
| <EarlyFinish> | Optional | The earliest date that a task could possibly finish, based on early finish dates of predecessor and successor tasks, other constraints, and any leveling delay. |
| <LateStart> | Optional | The latest date that a task can start without delaying the finish of the project. |
| <LateFinish> | Optional | The latest date that a task can finish without delaying the finish of the project. |
| <StartVariance> | Optional | The difference between a task's baseline start date and its currently scheduled start date. |
| <FinishVariance> | Optional | The amount of time that represents the difference between a task's baseline finish date and its current finish date. |
| <WorkVariance> | Optional | The difference between a task's baseline work and the currently scheduled work. |
| <FreeSlack> | Optional | The amount of time that a task can be delayed without delaying any successor tasks. |
| <TotalSlack> | Optional | The amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying a project's finish date. |
| <FixedCost> | Optional | A task expense that is not associated with a resource cost. |
| <FixedCostAccrual> | Optional | Indicates how fixed costs are to be charged, or accrued, to the cost of a task. |
| <PercentComplete> | Optional | The current status of a task, expressed as the percentage of the task's duration that has been completed. |
| <PercentWorkComplete> | Optional | The current status of a task, expressed as the percentage of the task's work that has been completed. |
| <Cost> | Optional | The total scheduled, or projected, cost for a task. |
| <OvertimeCost> | Optional | The sum of the actual overtime cost for the task. |
| <OvertimeWork> | Optional | The amount of overtime scheduled to be performed by all resources assigned to a task and charged at overtime rates. |
| <ActualStart> | Optional | The date and time that a task actually began. |
| <ActualFinish> | Optional | The date and time that a task actually finished. |
| <ActualDuration> | Optional | The span of actual working time for a task so far, based on the scheduled duration and current remaining work or percent complete. |
| <ActualCost> | Optional | The costs incurred for work already performed by all resources on a task, along with any other recorded costs associated with the task. |
| <ActualOvertimeCost> | Optional | The costs incurred for overtime work already performed on a task by all assigned resources. |
| <ActualWork> | Optional | The amount of work that has already been done by the resources assigned to a task. |
| <ActualOvertimeWork> | Optional | The actual amount of overtime work already performed by all resources assigned to a task. |
| <RegularWork> | Optional | The total amount of non-overtime work scheduled to be performed by all resources assigned to a task. |
| <RemainingDuration> | Optional | The total amount of non-overtime work scheduled to be performed by all resources assigned to a task. |
| <RemainingCost> | Optional | The amount of time required to complete the unfinished portion of a task. |
| <RemainingWork> | Optional | The remaining scheduled expense of a task that will be incurred in completing the remaining scheduled work by all resources assigned to a task. |
| <RemainingOvertimeCost> | Optional | The remaining scheduled overtime expense for a task. |
| <RemainingOvertimeWork> | Optional | The amount of remaining overtime scheduled by all assigned resources to complete a task. |
| <ACWP> | Optional | The costs incurred for work already done on a task, up to the project status date or today's date. |
| <CV> | Optional | The difference between how much it should have cost to achieve the current level of completion on the task and how much it has actually cost. |
| <ConstraintType> | Optional | The constraint on a scheduled task. |
| <CalendarUID> | Optional | Refers to a valid UID in a Project Calendar. |
| <ConstraintDate> | Optional | Indicates the constrained start or finish date as defined in TaskConstraintType. |
| <Deadline> | Optional | The date entered as a deadline for the task. |
| <LevelAssignments> | Optional | Indicates whether the leveling function can delay and split individual assignments (rather than the entire task) to resolve overallocations. |
| <LevelingCanSplit> | Optional | Indicates whether the resource leveling function can cause splits on remaining work on a task. |
| <LevelingDelay> | Optional | The amount of time that a task is to be delayed from its early start date as a result of resource leveling. |
| <LevelingDelayFormat> | Optional | The format for expressing the duration of the delay. |
| <PreLeveledStart> | Optional | The start date of a task as it was before resource leveling was done. |
| <PreLeveledFinish> | Optional | The finish date of a task as it was before resource leveling was done. |
| <Hyperlink> | Optional | The title or explanatory text for a hyperlink associated with a task. |
| <HyperlinkAddress> | Optional | The address for a hyperlink associated with a task. |
| <HyperlinkSubAddress> | Optional | The specific location in a document within a hyperlink associated with a task. |
| <IgnoreResourceCalendar> | Optional | Indicates whether the scheduling of the task takes into account the calendars of the resources assigned to the task. |
| <Notes> | Optional | Notes entered about a task. |
| <HideBar> | Optional | Indicates whether the Gantt bars and Calendar bars for a task are hidden. |
| <Rollup> | Optional | Indicates whether the summary task bar displays rolled-up bars or whether information on the subtask Gantt bars will be rolled up to the summary task bar. |
| <BCWS> | Optional | The cumulative timephased baseline costs up to the status date or today's date; also known as budgeted cost of work scheduled. |
| <BCWP> | Optional | The cumulative value of the task's timephased percent complete multiplied by the task's timephased baseline cost, up to the status date or today's date; also known as budgeted cost of work performed. |
| <PhysicalPercentComplete> | Optional | The physical percent of the total work on a task that has been completed. |
| <EarnedValueMethod> | Optional | Indicates the type of earned value method to use. |
| <PredecessorLink> | Optional | Defines the predecessor task of the task that contains it. |
| <ActualWorkProtected> | Optional | Specifies the duration through which actual work is protected. |
| <ActualOvertimeWorkProtected> | Optional | Specifies the duration through which actual overtime work is protected. |
| <ExtendedAttribute> | Optional | The value of an extended attribute. |
| <Baseline> | Optional | The collection of baseline values of the task. |
| <OutlineCode> | Optional | The value of an outline code. |
| <TimephasedData> | Optional | The time phased data block associated with the task. |
See Also
XML Schema for the <Task> Element
XML Structure for the <Task> Element