Determining a ProjectTasks Task Type

[JEdmonds]

Hey Team,

We are currently looking for a way to determine which Tasks are actual 'Tasks' / 'SubTasks', and which are 'Milestones', 'Successors' etc, through the HQ ProjectTasks API endpoint. Is there potentially a flag that shows this that I am not seeing?

In our HQ Project Planer we have the column 'TaskType', however this does not distinguish between actual 'Tasks' and those defined as 'Milestones'. We had initially thought we could filter this field for all tasks without a 'TaskType' value, however as you can see in the image attached, some users have missed assigning a TaskType value to a valid Task. It is exactly these Tasks (those which do not have a TaskType or Purpose) that we're attempting to identify, such that we can rectify them.

As there are different icons to differentiate the type of the task on the left-hand side of the image, next to 'Task 1', 'Milestone 1', etc, I am certain this is something that is possible.

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Regards.

[MoritzN]

A task and a milestone differ essentially in that the start and end of a task do not have the same value and so the duration of the task is greater than zero. Accordingly, the duration of milestones is always equal to zero.
So you can turn a task into a milestone by setting the duration to zero and vice versa.
Whether it is a main task or a sub-task can be determined via the field "ParentId". If a value appears at "ParentId", it is a sub-task of another task. If not, the task is on the first level.
The "Type" field must always be maintained separately and does not depend on the conditions that are responsible for the symbols in the project plan.
I hope this helps?

[JEdmonds]

Hey Moritz,

Thanks for the info, that was definitely what I was looking for.

Regards.