The difference between dates in manage - subjects and manage - tasks
When managing a project, there are a number of ways in which you can make changes to dates for a particular subject's evaluation. You can either use Manage - Tasks or Manage - Subjects, but there are differences between how the dates are handled. This topic details these differences and expands on subject data modifications.
In Manage - Tasks, you can change the dates manually for a single task or multiple tasks and this will not affect the dates set in Manage - Subjects. The reason for this is that you could potentially have different dates for two or more fillout tasks within a single subject. Another example would be to have subjects with different start dates within a project going throughout the year.
Therefore, dates in Manage - Tasks may not be identical to dates in Manage - Subjects.
In Manage - Subjects, dates define the start and end date of all fillout tasks for a particular subject. The dates can be changed by a project manager or project administrator as they see fit.
When the dates in Manage - Subjects are modified, changes applied will affect the individual fillout tasks for the subject in question.
Task start dates will never be in the past when using subject addition logic.
For Subject management (SM) tasks, task owners see the same dates as those available via Manage - Subjects and not the individual fillout task dates. If an SM task owner modifies the dates of the fillout for a particular subject, it will update all individual fillout tasks for that subject. However, if the dates of an individual fillout task are updated, the SM task owner will not see or be aware of the new dates.
Modifying subject dates
Subject start and end dates can be modified after a project is published
- Go to Projects and manage your project
- Navigate to Manage - Subjects - Subject Info
- Select one or multiple subjects
- Single subject - use the filter conditions to search for the subject you wish to modify, then select the Manage link next to it.
2.** Multiple subjects** - use the filter conditions to search for the subjects you wish to modify, then select the Manage button at the bottom of the list. - All subjects - leave all the filter conditions blank (default) and select the Manage button at the bottom of the list.
- Single subject - use the filter conditions to search for the subject you wish to modify, then select the Manage link next to it.
- Modify the Start and End dates
- Select Apply Change
For more information on modifying task dates, consult the following topic: Modify task dates.