{"id":656,"date":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=656"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:25:48","password":"","slug":"updating-multiple-tasks","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/docs\/web-good-day\/updating-multiple-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating multiple tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8216;Tasks&#8217; and &#8216;Today &#8216;pages provide a mechanism for selecting. and updating multiple tasks <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The data area  includes a &#8216;multi-select&#8217; toolbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-61.png 327w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-61-300x68.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The toolbar has the following buttons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"44\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-67.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-897\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click on this button to enable multi task selection. Once this has started, the button label changes to the &#8216;Stop selection&#8217;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"43\" height=\"38\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-68.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-898\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click on this button to select all displayed tasks <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"41\" height=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-69.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click on this button to remove the selected status from all tasks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-70.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-900\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click on this button to open the &#8216;Update tasks&#8217; form, from which the user can choose what attributes to update across all the selected tasks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"39\" height=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-72.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-902\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click on this button to delete the selected tasks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clicking on the &#8216;Start select&#8217; button will change the tasks in the display to include a checkbox selector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-62-1024x396.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-62-1024x396.png 1024w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-62-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-62-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-62-360x139.png 360w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-62.png 1121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The checkbox in each task entry allow the task to be selected for inclusion in the multi-task update process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-63-1024x411.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-63-1024x411.png 1024w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-63-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-63-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-63-360x145.png 360w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-63.png 1113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the required tasks have been selected, then click on the &#8216;Update selected tasks&#8217; toolbar button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-64.png 334w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-64-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clicking on this button will open the &#8216;Update tasks&#8217; form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-65.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-895\" style=\"width:624px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-65.png 606w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-65-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-65-360x478.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The user is now free to change the attribute settings for any of the fields in this form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance,  changing the priority field to &#8216;Priority 2&#8217; and then selecting &#8216;Save&#8217; will update each of the selected tasks to have this priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-66-1024x374.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-66-1024x374.png 1024w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-66-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-66-768x280.png 768w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-66-360x131.png 360w, https:\/\/essays-in-software.com\/good-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-66.png 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the multi-task update process is completed,  click on the &#8216;Stop select&#8217; 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