Is it possible to add comments and attachments to Tasks
Asked by Rodney Hughes:

The Tasklist macro is good but doesn't have any area to add extra comments or reference attachments - can something be added?

I use one download Confluence system and one On-Demand


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: I am still frustrated that we still don't have a usable Tasklist

Need a free text field: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Tasklist+Macro?focusedCommentId=302812813#comment-302812813>

Need a due date : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Tasklist+Macro?focusedCommentId=302812811#comment-302812811> this is a suggestion made by someone else way back in 2006!!! Shouldn't be hard since they already have two date fields in the macro

Sorting should not be a Page history change: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Tasklist+Macro?focusedCommentId=302812810#comment-302812810>

comments: author: Jodie Miners
body: @rodney, thanks, great list. I would love it if you can add these items to my comparison spreadsheet about the different functionality of each of the three main ways to manage tasks.

[https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/92524/fragmentation-of-the-task-functionality-in-confluence](/questions/92524/fragmentation-of-the-task-functionality-in-confluence)

I don't think you will ever get a Due Date, as if you had that there would be no need to move to JIRA.

I also don't see that there would be any more development on the Tasklist macro, since so much work has gone into the new Tasks functionality in 4.3.


author: Rodney Hughes
body: @JodieM

I am like a dog with a bone .... I invite anyone to add votes to this issue <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-7371>

Also still pushing for it in V5 ...

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence?focusedCommentId=304579068#comment-304579068>

I don't see our organisation moving to JIRA - we are spedning enough effort getting COnfluence in use - not that Confluence is not working but we are a world wide industry association as a Body Of Knowledge so activity is part time at best but is highly colalborative - Confluence is doing just fine for that so don't know what JIRA would bring to the party

Due Dates - a Task without a due date is just a "note to self"

As for your list, feel free to include them - there is no patent or copyright on them


author: Rodney Hughes
body: the new macro for tasks has an open suggestion to vote on: PLEASE VOTE!

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26696>


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Or use JIRA ;)


author: Joe Clark
body: Hi Rodney,

Sorry to say that the tasklist macro doesn't allow any way to add comments or attachments to individual items.

However, in the next major version of Confluence, 4.3, there is a new task management system that allows you to create and assign tasks right within the page (see Release Notes here - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+4.3-Beta1+Release+Notes#Confluence43-Beta1ReleaseNotes-Tasksonthepage>)

This looks like it might be what you are looking for?

comments: author: Jodie Miners
body: @joseph How is this an answer, I can not see anywhere where you can add Attachments to a Task item in 4.3. Yes, you can add comments but they are not seen by anyone else and they don't have a history.


author: Joe Clark
body: Jodie - I was thinking that if you could add tasks right within the content of a page, you could just create content within the page to link to the attachments or add comment text as desired.


author: Jodie Miners
body: Thanks for that @joseph. It is really difficult to add a task that has details. Really what you need to do is add the details to the page, add a heading, then add an anchor to that heading. Then add the task list at the top of the page and insert a link into the task to that Anchor. There is no easy way, that looks good to add a task, with additional details below it as the task is indented and looks strange within other text.

Also, there is just no way you can have a bulleted list under a task.


author: Rodney Hughes
body: Isn't that all a bit too complex? the simplest solution would be if you added a free text field to the TaskList macro - just like the heading field so you know how to create it - and then we can just add a link to a page with all the details in the main TaskList macro instance

Don't over think our requirements - same for a Due Date - trhere are already date fields in the macro - we just need another one!!!