Bulk edit time estimates | Voters

Bulk edit time estimates

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MJ Linane

I would like to be able to set the estimated time for a number of my tasks at one time.

March 20, 2019

Vasil Enchev

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Select your tasks, type one estimate, it applies to all of them. Roughly 2 to 3 weeks before it reaches Workspaces.
First cut sets the task total and overwrites whatever is there.

Nathaniel Cassidy

How is this still not possible?

Vasil Enchev

It is being built right now. It lands in the bulk action toolbar alongside Dates and Priority: select your tasks, type one estimate, and it applies to all of them. Expect it in Workspaces in roughly 2 to 3 weeks.
Two things worth knowing about the first version. The value overwrites whatever estimate a task already has, and tasks in a Space where Time Estimates is switched off get skipped, with a count telling you how many.
Does overwrite cover what you need, or are you usually trying to add time on top of an estimate that is already there?

Joe Tripi

keyboard first - but ideally, neither! Ideally you put the time in and it just applies it without a button or a keyboard confirmation. If you delete, it deletes it. Kind of like typing this message right now - i don't need to hit enter after every tap of the keyboard

Vasil Enchev

Worth splitting the two. In the bulk action toolbar there is no separate save step to remove: you pick the field you want to set, type the hours, and it applies to your selection.

The single-task field is the one still open. When you say deleting should just delete, do you mean clearing the estimate with nothing to confirm it? And what should happen if you type a value and then click away without finishing?

Jeter

Option A

Laura Bertizlian

Option B

Tania Contrucci

Option A

Marlé Du Plooy

Option A

Kristen Huber

Definitely option b. If you enter the wrong time you can still edit and delete it so I don’t know why the buttons would be necessary

Nick Jones

Option A, I imagine B potentially causing unnecessary notifications sent to assignees.

Patty Tulloch

Agree with Michael you kind of need both ... B is fast but you need A as a fallback

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