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The Project Issues portlet displays information about issues that belong to the project. The information that appears depends on the display format and customize options you choose.

In the Project Issues portlet, you can:

Display enables you to choose the format in which you want to display project issues. The display option you choose applies for all users who can access the Project Issues portlet. You can choose one of the following options:

Filter indicates the name of the filter currently applied to the portlet. By default, all issues display, but you can customize the portlet to apply a custom filter. If a custom filter is applied, the filter description appears in this field, and only those issues that meet the filter criteria appear for both the List and Chart format.

Customize lets you specify how you want to filter, group, and sort issues. For viewing issues in List format, you can specify the columns of information you want to display. For viewing issues in Chart format, you can specify chart type and color options. The customize options you choose apply for all users who can access the Project Issues portlet. Refer to Customizing the Project Issues portlet for more detailed information.

Tip: You can also customize the Project Issues portlet when you customize the Project Workspace; the same options appear in both places. To customize the Project Workspace, click Customize at the top of the workspace. On the Content tab, in the Project section, click Customize in the Project Issues section. In this section, you can also choose whether or not you want to enable Team Members and Invited Users to access the Project Issues portlet.
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Displaying Issues in List format

By default, all issues display in the List format, but you can customize the list to display only the issues you want to see. You can also select the columns of information you want to display, and choose how to group and sort issues in the list.

Add enables you to create a new project issue. You can select the issue form you want to use to create the issue, then subsequently use the Add Issue page to record basic issue information, such as responsible manager, owner, priority, and a description.

Expand All/Collapse All shows or hides the contents of each group of issues. To show or hide the contents of a single group of issues, click or beside the grouping band. You can specify grouping options when you customize the issues list. If you do not have any grouping options selected, these links are not enabled.

To edit or delete an issue, click the Issue Name. Modify details as necessary, or to remove the issue from the project, click Delete Project Issue. With the required security privilege, you can additionally assign issue codes to the issue. You can also relate items such as documents or issues to the issue. When finished editing an issue, click Save.

To sort the list of issues, click the link to one of the column headings at the top of the portlet. You can choose to sort issues by any column except for the Description, E-mail, or Issue Count columns. The first time you click a column heading link, the list of issues sorts in ascending order. Each time you click the column heading link, the sort order changes to either ascending or descending. For more information, see Tips on the right side of this page. Note that you can also specify sorting options when you customize the portlet.

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Field Definitions

Issue Name
Displays a name or description of the issue.
Priority
The priority or importance of the issue. Priority levels include: top, high, normal, low, lowest.
Owner
The resource responsible for the selected issue.
If you have edit privileges, you can select a different owner. The list of available resources you can select from depends upon your resource access security privileges.
Resolution Date
The date the selected issue was resolved.
Status
The current status of the issue: open, closed, or on hold.
E-mail
Launches an e-mail dialog prepopulated with issue details.
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Displaying Issues in Chart format

The Chart format enables you to graphically display issue count information based on your customized group and filter selections. When you customize the portlet, you can change these group and filter options. You can additionally customize the portlet to specify chart type and color options. To view group by and issue count details, move the mouse over each bar or slice in the chart.

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Show Legend enables you to display interpretive information about a chart. This link displays only when you choose to display a histogram or stacked histogram chart, and you have customized the portlet to include two grouping levels.

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