The TaskJuggler User Manual

Keyword

newtask

Purpose	The keyword can be used add a new task to the project. If the task ID requires further parent task that don't exist yet, these tasks will be created as well. If the task exists already, an error is generated. The new task can be used immediately to report progress and status against it.
Syntax	newtask <task> <STRING> { <attributes> }
Arguments	task	ID of the new task
Context	timesheet

Attributes

end (timesheet), priority (timesheet), remaining, status (timesheet), work

timesheet r1 2009-11-30 +1w {
  newtask t4 "Another fun job" {
    work 2d
    remaining 4d
    status yellow "Had a cool idea" {
      summary "Will have a schedule impact though."
    }
  }
}