Project Tree

DayBook's Project Tree is where tasks and projects are defined and organized.

The Project Tree includes two predefined folders DayBook User Interface
that contain all other items:

Projects: Where actual projects and tasks

reside.

My Work: For shortcuts to frequently used

tasks.

There are five types of items that appear in the

Project Tree:

Root Folders: Otherwise known as

"Projects" and "My Work".

Project Folders: Special folders that

typically define and contain multi-task
projects.
Sample Project Tree.
Tasks: Specific activity items that can be
dragged to the Activity Grid as time entries.

Organizational Folders: Folders used to organize other items in the

Project Tree.

Shortcuts (limited to "My Work"): Task "clones" that provide quick

access to a individual tasks.

Projects, tasks and organizational folders are created and modified using context-
sensitive (right-click) menus within the 'Projects' folder of the Project Tree. Simple
projects can be defined as a single task. Projects with a handful of tasks can have
the tasks organized within a project folder. Or, a project can have tasks subdivided
into organizational folders — all within a project folder. Project Tree items can be
moved, reordered, renamed, modified or deleted using the context menus.

To simplify the creation of multi-task projects, a project folder establishes an

inheritance chain for contained items (tasks and organizational folders). This means,
for example, that a task added to a project folder inherits the project folder's
properties — values such as Project Name, billable status and billing rate. In
addition, an organizational folder within a project folder will pass it's properties to
any items it contains. (See Projects for a discussion and details about inheritance.)
Shortcuts are created using the context menu for tasks (within 'Projects'). Shortcuts
can be modified and manipulated using their context menu. Organizational folders
can also be created within the "My Work" section of the Project Tree.