Overdue tasks and milestones need to remain in the overdue list
7th July 2026
In the legacy XPM dashboard, the red "Overdue Items" hyperlinks positioned above the Important Dates calendar provided critical, instant visibility into outstanding team work. In the new beta dashboard, this clear indicator has been partially removed and now only reports on overdue jobs but not tasks or milestones.
We generally have one main job per client for a whole year with tasks that are scheduled and assigned and milestones attached to this job.
Our practice faces a massive problem if the "Overdue items" are permanently removed as not all overdue items are reported on in the same place. We will now have to manually filter using the 'my tasks' page. This is a backward step.
Please introduce a dedicated "Overdue" notification banner, counter badge, or customisable homepage widget that segments overdue tasks, milestones and jobs. This is essential before this beta layout becomes permanent on 19th July 2026!!!!!!
Alison Smyth
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