Project journal

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Project journal

You can use the project journal to document information about a project and read previous entries. Each entry shows the time, author, and subject. You can also create new entries and reply to existing entries.

View the project journal

1.Select Organizer > Show Organizer (Ctrl+R) if Organizer is hidden.

2.Select the Projects tab and search for the project.

3.Right-click the project row and select Show/change attributes. The project’s attributes dialog opens.

4.Select the Project journal tab.

5.In Sort on, you can select whether to sort entries by Time, Author, or Subject. Press the arrow button next to the list to change the sort order.

6.Use Expand all and Collapse all to show or hide the text of all entries.

Create an entry

To create and reply to entries, you need read and write permissions for project journal entries. In the standard configuration, these permissions are granted through the DSG_READ and DSG_WRITE roles.

1.Select the Project journal tab in the project’s attributes dialog.

2.Press New comment. A dialog opens.

3.Enter a subject in the Subject field.

4.Enter the text in the Comment field. Both fields are required.

5.Press OK. The entry is saved and displayed in the project journal.

 

Reply to an entry

1.Select the Project journal tab in the project’s attributes dialog.

2.Select the entry you want to reply to.

3.Press Reply. A dialog opens with the same subject as the selected entry.

4.Enter your reply in the Comment field.

5.Press OK. The reply is saved as a new entry in the project journal.