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Current behavior:

Default unit for Task duration is not configurable. If we put just "1" in duration column, it will automatically be "1 day"


Ideal behavior:

Default unit for Task duration is configurable (with user setting or global setting). We can change a default duration so we don't need to type "h" or "hour" in duration column every time.


Background/problem:

Depending on the usage and business, the most frequently used units of task length vary. Some people use "day" most, others may use "hour" or "week". For those who almost always use "hour", entering "hour" (or even "h") in task duration every time can be a hassle.

In addition to that, in Japanese environment, "hour" or "h" doesn't work. User should enter "時間" (means "hour" in Japanese) every time. Actually this requires many key types.

To do this in Japanese environment, basically user needs to type at least

  1. ` (to change input mode from English to Japanese)
  2. j
  3. i
  4. k
  5. a
  6. n
  7. [Space] (to transform "jikan" to "時間")
  8. [Enter] (to fix the input)

Doing this every time is quite a burden especially there're many tasks.


Please consider to make a default unit for Task duration configurable.

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Ideas Administrator

Thank you for your feedback. Currently this is not in our roadmap, however, we are tracking it and if we get more feedbacks and votes, we may consider it in the future.

Sincerely,

Gilberto Onodera
PM, Microsoft