Task report displaying the same information
Asked by Richard Brescia:

I'm a little confused about the use of Tasks and the Task Report. You have to supply a date and tag a person to the task; that I get. But then you generate the Task Report the Date and person information is duplicated. Wish there was a better format build to the Task perhaps that would not require the information be repeated both in the Task description and the Due Date and Assignee columns. Would make the Task Report look so much cleaner. Any suggestions on making this a cleaner report![TaskReport.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/180310i9D7FEE1D39CF7F0E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "TaskReport.png")

So the information in the task is then also show in the columns of the report. I would LIKE to see the columns, and not see the duplication of information in the Task.


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Richard Brescia](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4730872) ,

If your company uses our [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) app, you may use its [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Filter+macro) macro to amplify the Task Report macro.

Wrap the latter into the Table Filter macro body, hide the unwanted columns and filter the remained entries in the page view mode to get even more precise result .


author: Katie A
body: [@Richard Brescia](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4730872) It seems the people above didn't quite understand your complaint.

Since it was my same complaint \& search, I think I do!   
(You WANT to see the columns, not hide them. You want to hide the assignee/date from the description column - correct me if I'm wrong!).

There is a workaround, if you have the macro "Table Transformer".

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It does require a rule for task format. For my example, I put the "Descriptions" in quotes in every task! (If you chose a different symbol you would just have to change your regex. (See my example at the bottom, where the task description "New task" is in quotes.

![Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 12.45.15 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/302839i4FA1D0E0D5CD3A67/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 12.45.15 PM.png")

Then all you have to do is put your task report macro INSIDE of a table transformer macro.

In the MACRO table transformer "SQL query" put something like this:

SELECT  
T1.'Task appears on',T1.'Assignee',T1.'Due date',T1.'Label(s)',  
MATCH_REGEXP(T1.'Description',"(?\<=\\")\[\^\\"\]\*","u")AS 'Description'  
FROM T1

![Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 12.45.46 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/302838iCDA159C18667C274/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-01-24 at 12.45.46 PM.png")


author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi there,

As this thread concerns our [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=atl_community) app, we are happy to introduce its new macro -- [Table Spreadsheet](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Spreadsheet+macro?utm_source=atl_community).

The macro allows you to work with fully functional Excel spreadsheets right in Confluence. You'll be able to use cells' formulas, filters, conditional formatting, etc., create pivot tables and charts from the page view and edit mode.

![](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/download/attachments/83100938/Conditional%20formatting.png?version=1&modificationDate=1641987630000&api=v2&effects=border-simple,shadow-kn)

The Table Spreadsheet macro is available for Cloud and Server/Data Center.


author: Andy Gladstone
body: [@Richard Brescia](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4730872) First of all, Welcome to Confluence.

It seems that your issue is the task report and tasks appearing on the same page. The power of the task report is that you can use it to report against tasks from other pages and spaces - in which case the report is not a repeat of that which is already on the page.

There are a number of configurations you can make to change the layout of the report by selecting the pencil icon when you are in edit mode.

![Capture5.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/180267iBF38DF90DB55BACF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture5.JPG")

comments: author: Katie A
body: That isn't what he was asking or having an issue with.   
He (like most of us) does not understand why the description field shows the assignee and due date when those columns are also displayed. That is the duplication he is referring to.


author: Pramodh M
body: Hi [@Richard Brescia](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4730872)

Welcome to the Community!!

Yeah, repeated tasks are recognized by Confluence.

Thanks,  
Pramodh

comments: author: Pramodh M
body: FYI

Try having the Index page of template built-in report for task management and check if it's duplicating, as [@Andy Gladstone](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3498028) mentioned it may be possible that your task report and tasks are appearing on the same page or is i not?

Thanks


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