Now Wrike Users Can Easily Print a Timeline

Published by Valerie   |  Sunday, 04 May, 2008
We are delighted to tell you that we have released a new feature –  timeline printing.

To get a printed version of a timeline, you no longer need to take its screenshot and paste it from a clipboard to Word/Paint/etc. to be able to print it afterward.

Thanks to the new Wrike feature, all you have to do is  click on the “Print” icon in the upper right corner of a timeline view. You instantly get a graphic file in the PNG format, ready to print. It evidently saves you time and effort.

Besides, an additional size option allows you to have your timeline printed in the scale you need. You can choose the necessary scale for  the timeline view by selecting weeks, months, quarters or years in zoom.


So, you quickly get a handy printed version of your project plan that can be helpful at meetings and presentations.

The timeline printing feature is our response to our users’ numerous requests that we are always willing to listen to. We are glad to develop the most practical project management tool the way users need it.

Wrike Forums Have Been Launched

Published by Valerie   |  Friday, 04 April, 2008
Today, we have launched Wrike Forums, so you can share your experience in using Wrike. We created the forums to unite Wrike users together for sharing thoughts, ideas and technical assistance and to help the community grow.

The forums cover the most important topics, such as announcements about new features and fixes, tips and tricks for using Wrike in project management and business management. Forums allow you to share best practices in using Wrike, find great project management ideas, make feature requests, vote for  other users’ suggestions and help us prioritize upcoming features to better meet your needs.

Wrike was designed as the most practical project management software. We hope that the forums will bring you a lot of useful ideas and help you deliver your projects even more successfully.

You are welcome to create topics and leave messages at Wrike Forums. Official, free e-mail support is still provided via support at team.wrike.com.

Dashboard Improvements

Published by Valerie   |  Friday, 28 March, 2008
A lot of users asked us to change the dashboard, so it shows the tasks that are due today, plus ones that are supposed to be worked on today. This was a very good idea, so we have changed the dashboard logic.
 
In order to finish important tasks on time, you need to proceed to them when they are scheduled. If a task will take you a week to complete, Wrike will now show it you from Monday to Friday, not just on Friday when the task is supposed to be done. So you can at least keep an eye on the task, since it is hardly possible to do a one-week task in one day.
 
The same changes apply to your daily “to-do” e-mails: they now show overdue tasks and tasks that are planned for today.

If you do not want to see some of your tasks on the Dashboard, you can change the task's start date or split big tasks into smaller ones. Splitting tasks into sub-tasks is an excellent project management practice. It helps you schedule projects more accurately and gives you a better visibility into the progress.

You can keep notes, ideas and other non-actionable items away from the dashboard. In this case, you just need to remove their start date and duration.  
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Templates Help You Plan Recurring Projects in Wrike

Published by Valerie   |  Friday, 14 March, 2008
If you manage projects that consist of typical tasks, then project templates can save you a lot of time. The templates help you quickly add frequently recurring tasks to your projects. Besides, Wrike allows you to fully customize templates for your convenience.

For example, if you have a Web site project, you always have design, coding, menu structure and content steps. So you can create the following template in Excel:

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Login to your workspace in Wrike, choose a folder where you want to create the new project. Then click on the "Import" link and upload your Excel file.

After the import process, you will be asked to associate users from your contact list in Wrike with the names found in the imported file. Then you get your project organized in your workspace:

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It is very convenient to use project templates because you can save time on every project that you manage.

Templates can be generated in two ways. If you have already organized a project in Wrike, you can export it and use the file as a template afterwards. You can edit the file, if necessary, then import it and insert it into any part of your plan. Alternatively, you can download a sample project template, adjust it to your needs and then import it to your workspace in Wrike. Each way is rather simple and will bring you a significant productivity gain.

Enhancements in Wrike’s Timeline

Published by Valerie   |  Thursday, 13 March, 2008
Besides working on the tasks that need to be done, many of our users wanted to easily see what tasks are already done. We added this feature, so now you can get a full picture of your project plan. Completed tasks, as well as active ones, can be now displayed on a timeline.

img You can choose to view all tasks on a timeline (both active and completed), if you need a visual presentation of your entire project plan. If you want to reschedule only tasks that are planned, you can display only active tasks that aren't completed.

We  also added more distinctive visuals on a timeline view to help you quickly get a clear project picture. Completed tasks are grey now, active tasks are blue, and overdue tasks are red.  

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Export Your Data at Any Time

Published by Valerie   |  Thursday, 13 March, 2008
Today we are glad to tell you that we have implemented the ability to export your data. At any time, you can export all your tasks with their statuses, priorities, responsible parties, start dates and due dates to Excel (xls) format. Your exported tasks will be structured the same way as in your workspace, so you will have a hierarchy of tasks in your Excel file.

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To export all your tasks from all folders and subfolders, you need to click on “My Folders” in the left pane; then click on the “Export” link.

Go ahead and plan your projects in Wrike, at any time, you can export your data. It is risk-free, and a FREE 30-day subscription to Wrike's professional version is included.

New Option: View Tasks From Subfolders

Published by Valerie   |  Monday, 18 February, 2008
You can organize your projects hierarchically in Wrike and then build reports at any level. This allows you to keep a pulse on your project plan at every point. You can slice your plan and work on the tasks from a particular project step represented by a folder.

From now on, you can also work on tasks from a particular folder and its subfolders as well.

To do so, you simply click on the "Show descendant tasks" option. Then, as usual, you can apply filters to tasks by priority, title, responsible party, status and date.

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Drag-and-Drop for Tasks: Move and Copy Tasks to Folders Easily

Published by Valerie   |  Saturday, 09 February, 2008
The drag-and-drop function has been released to help you quickly move your tasks from one folder to another. Just click on a task, hold the mouse button and pull the task to the appropriate folder. Once you release the mouse button, the task is placed in the selected folder. As previously, you can simply click the “Edit task” link and type the appropriate folder title in the field “Included in.”

1) Move tasks with the drag-n-drop feature.
To move your task, you simply click on the task bar and pull it to the appropriate folder. In the picture we are moving the task “discuss the trends session with B.L.” from the “Agenda” folder to the “Applicants” folder.

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2) Copy tasks with the drag-n-drop feature: hold CTRL.
The same way, you can copy your tasks in several folders. Instead of clicking the “Edit task” link and then enumerating folders “Agenda, Applicants” and separating them with commas in the “Included in” field, you simply click on the task bar and pull it to the appropriate folder holding CTRL on your keyboard. The task will be copied to the chosen folder.

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It’s very easy to organize you tasks with the drag-n-drop feature now. More importantly, the drag-n-drop feature works with the Wrike’s usual perks like sharing and automatic notifications.

Automatic sharing.
Once you move a task to the “Applicants” folder shared with Mary and John, the task automatically becomes shared with them as well.

Automatic notifications.
Mary and John receive automatic notifications about the changes according to the notification type chosen by them. The responsible party of the task is always notified about the changes via e-mail. Therefore you don’t need to explain to him or her the details. Your associates always stay on the same page with you.

Build Extended Reports in Wrike

Published by Valerie   |  Saturday, 09 February, 2008
Reports have become even more flexible in Wrike. Now you can keep track of your organizational effectiveness even faster and easier than before. Now you are able to slice your projects for reports with extra accuracy.

It has become possible, thanks to the new field that allows you to specify the date filtering criteria. Now you can filter tasks not only by the due date, but also by the creation date, start date, completion date and the date when last changes have been made. Remember that you can combine such sorting criteria as dates, responsible party, task status and priority to get clear visibility of a particular part of your plans.

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In other words, you can create a report that tells you what high-importance tasks John Smith has completed by today, tomorrow or any other date. Or what tasks Mary Brown has completed since the beginning of the week. Or what tasks created by you start on the next Monday.

Your partial reports can be created in each folder, as well as overall reports across all your projects can be created in the special “Reports” area. The “Reports” area has one more advantage: you can select tasks by the author.

Now it’s your turn to benefit from Wrike’s easy-to-customize reports and evaluate your organizational productivity. There is always room for improvement in successful businesses. Very likely, you will be pleased with the opportunities for growth of your team's overall performance.

Track time spent on your tasks in Wrike

Published by Valerie   |  Sunday, 03 February, 2008
The time-tracking feature is now released in Wrike, the project management software. We have received many inquiries from our users about ability to track time in Wrike, so we decided to implement this feature.

Professional services providers, companies that work with freelancers, implement hourly pay, or have many projects and employees — all of you will find great value in the time tracking feature.

Besides time tracking, Wrike offers a powerful platform for collaboration, task organization, task management, reports across diverse projects, Gantt charts, e-mail integration and smart notifications — all in one user workspace.

Time-tracking is an essential part of increasing the productivity of your team. Time-tracking helps you keep track of the hours spent on a task or a project and evaluate the effectiveness of your employees.

Your team members now can add time entries to tasks easily. They just open the task to edit, choose the date and enter number of hours spent on the task.

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Then you can create time reports for projects and track the workload of your team members. You can export reports to CSV file format, print and provide them to clients.

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