FeaturesProject Engine has an impressive set of features. The list below includes the features in the personal, professional and enterprise editions. |
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Unlimited number of subtasks to a task. There are no limitations to the number of subtasks or levels. |
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Arrange tasks in workflows. Plan tasks to be executed simultaneously or in a sequence. |
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Assign a task to any number of users, roles or groups. Ability to assign tasks indirectly to roles. Useful for defining template workflows. |
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Arrange users in a hierarchy. This can be used to reflect the organization of the company. |
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Roles and groups can be nested in a tree structure. Create any number of subroles or subgroups. |
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Task scheduling. Repeat common tasks a number of times or at a specfied interval. |
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Customizable Reports. Use powerful predefined reports like the automatic Gantt Chart or create your own. |
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Export reports as text, Excel or XML. Export any report to various formats to process in other applications. |
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Attachments. Any number of attachments can be added to a task. |
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Links. Relative links to files or absolute links to web content. |
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Import/Export XML-files. Import or export XML data to the task tree. |
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Import MS Project XML-files. Import from Microsoft Project to reduce the effort of converting your project to Project Engine. |
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Import from Text-file. Import tasks from a comma, semicolon or tab separated file to the task tree. |
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Task Templates. Templates can be created for common workflows. A number of templates are provided with Project Engine as modules. |
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Load Modules. Load modules that contains templates, reports and roles. |
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History of changes. All changes to tasks are tracked through history. Go back in time to see any change. |
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Support for multiple languages. Multi language support. Easy to add a new language without any programming skills (text file). |
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GANTT chart generated from actual task information. Very powerful report that automatically creates a Gantt Chart based on task data and team schedule. |
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Planned Workload Report. Very useful for viewing the planned work assigned to each user in the team. |
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Workload Report. The workload report shows the actual workload of each user in the past. |
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Auto hide completed tasks. Ability to automatically hide tasks older than a customizable number of days. |
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Customizable Tasks Add custom fields to any type of task. Fields can be reordered or hidden to give the best visual representation of a task type. Valid transitions for any role can be defined between states of all enumeration fields. |
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3D Charts. Generate transparent 3D pie, bar or area charts from any custom report. |
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Work On/Off-line. Go offline at any time to be able to work without network for a while. Automatic synchonization when the user decides to go online again. |
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Automatic synchronization of client and server. The synchonization between client and server is performed completely automatically and is very reliable. |
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Automatic circular backup. Automatic backup of all XML data in a one week cycle. |
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Mobile client for cell phones. Access your tasks from a cell phone with Java support. |
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Web browser interface. Built in web server to be able to access tasks and reports from any web browser. |
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Interface for XHTML enabled mobile phones. Simple interface to be able to access your task list from any XHTML enabled cell phone. |
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HTML reports with dynamic update. Reports can be generated in HTML format. Just click the refresh button to regenerate them. |
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Enter/display data using custom HTML forms. Normal HTML forms can be used for extending and interfacing with Project Engine. |
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XML editor for customizing stylesheets and forms. Customize XML files, stylesheets and HTML forms using the supplied XML editor. |
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Instant Messaging. Send messages to other team members or have a discussion in real-time. |
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Auto-start/complete tasks. Tasks can be automatically started or completed based on conditions. |
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Change Tracking. Changed tasks will appear in the Tracking Report and in the Task Tree. View detailed changes to all fields in a task. |
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Time Reporting. Add day-by-day estimations about work performed on a task. This information is used to produce the time report (Workload Report). |
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Email notifications. Get an email notification when a new task arrives in your task list. |
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Secure connection (SSL). Secure data transfer between client and server. |
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Connect several servers to form a cluster. Several servers can be clustered to be able to handle users distributed on remote locations. |
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Database storage. Use any relational database to store the data used by the server instead of the XML-files used by default. |
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Task Processor. Processes tasks automatically. Can for example be used to generate custom email notifications or insert data into an external database. |
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Version Control. Get traceability between tasks and changes to files using the integrated Subversion client in Project Engine. |
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