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## About task warnings

Warnings help you spot common issues and errors when working with tasks in the Resources module.

If there is an issue with any part of the task:

- Estimate
- Assignment
- Workload contour

the task is highlighted with a yellow outline.

![Taskbar magnified to show the yellow outline signifying a warning.](media://b936743b-82b0-4559-9dfc-c910f09433df)

## View the warning details

To see the warning details, click the taskbar to open the task information.

![Task warning explained in the task details.](media://53a6046a-d2a1-4aa2-a706-6a17f7907760)

## Examples of warnings

### **Estimates**

The "Estimates" warnings appear based on the Effort Mode to notify you about missing estimates (Original or Remaining) for certain tasks.

![An example of the Estimates warning.](media://69e604c9-6074-44ae-a645-f522cd8f69b9)

### Assignment

The “Assignment” warnings inform you when there is a problem with the task assignment in terms of teams or skills.

![An example of the Assignment warning.](media://b2e034ba-e019-4297-af6d-248751d35dc1)

### Workload contour

The “Assignment” warnings appear when there is a problem with the workload distribution contour.

![An example of the Workload contour warning.](media://d53cacd9-49ec-4a3d-942c-816b60f088d0)