Archived cards from freeform VTB remain active

[Bradley Ross]

If I create a freeform board, I can invite others to join that board. I can then assign tasks to users within the board. If I assign a task to a user from the VTB, that task will appear in their "My Work" list. This is all awesome.

If I archive a task from my freeform board, the task's state doesn't change. (In fact, "open" is the only value for the state on a Private Task.) The card is archived, but the task is still active and still appears on the "My Work" list. The only way to "close" the task and get it out of the My Work list is to open it up and uncheck the Active field.

Am I missing something? Here is the video of my experience.

Freeform Board Archive Issue - YouTube

[ao_leigh]

I'm also experiencing this issue as I'm trying to filter out archived tasks from a list.

I've looked at all the available fields on this record and unfortunately there doesn't appear to be a solution.

[Paul Curwen]

Hi Leigh,

I had had same issue.

You are correct, The vtb_task table has no field which indicates whether the Task has been archived.

However the Visual Task Board Card (vtb_card) table has a 'Removed' True/False field which is set to 'True' if the card has been archived. The vtb_card record also has a reference to the associated Task. (See below)

Hope that helps.

Regards,

Paul.

[daniyal · Accepted solution]

you should be able to use the field "Removed" on the 'vtb_card' table to make this work.

Here's the logic:

1. When you archive a card the "Removed" field on the 'vtb_card' table, is set to 'true'

2. The 'vtb_card' record holds a reference to the 'vtb_task' table through the 'task' field.

3. Using a business rule - you should be able to set the 'active' field on the 'vtb_task' table to 'false' based on the 'Removed' field on 'vtb_card' being set to 'true

[Lori hartman1]

This does not seem to work on a Freedom Board. All archives cards are still set to false. Suggestions please?