I wish SDL will add this functionality to WS. We have few cases, Transport client created a project but the project went to completed project list and marked as a not started project/task.

As a workaround, what I did is to copy the source file(s) to a folder then added them through Explorer. The time stamp for the newly uploaded file(s) changed to the new time at the time you uploaded (No need to open and save them).  Then selected the view 'All tasks with changed assets', clicked Update button. The project restarted again. It works for me.

I'd absolutely love to see this functionality in the future. I'd go a step further even, I'd love to see a way to roll back tasks to any previous step in the workflow (just think dragging and dropping the light bulb in the workflow view--I'm sure a feature like this would have to be used carefully depending on the actions the file has passed through, but it'd be neat).

As for the workaround that Eric suggested, I usually use the freeware BulkFileChanger to change the time stamp. This can save you tons of clicks when you have to change the time stamp for lots of files.

In our particular setup, though, we're not encouraged to use the update function because this messes with our reports.

For me, the essence of this idea is not just about accidentally completing projects. We allow clients to create their own projects, and as a consequence sometimes get projects that have the wrong project type or wrong language pair. In these extreme cases I'd love to roll a project back to before the project type was selected. All we can do at the moment is either have clients create a new project (which they don't like), or create it ourselves (which means the client loses the submitter role).  It's just not a very forgiving system when it comes to errors in the project setup.

Even though this functionality is somewhat possible as i indicated in other replies. I think it would be very nice to simply have a reactivate button on the completed and canceled projects page that essentially did what i noted in my other posts.

Wow, worked like a charm! I'm not sure how often I'll need this capability, since we have gotten accustomed to this reactivation not being possible in WorldServer. But now that I know it is possible, I'll be sure to keep it in mind if the situation arises. Thanks!

No worries, this solution uses something i was unaware of for a while as well and i consider myself to be quite a knowledgeable WS customer. My solution uses the project update capability that has been in WS for a while and is found in the SDL doc's here: https://tinyurl.com/jhnq5e7. What you have to do is trick WS into thinking that the source has changed. What i do is download the source from the explorer (or the tasks page) and then open it, add a space, save it, remove the space, then save it again. Then i upload this newly saved (but identical source) and overwrite the original source file in the explorer. Once this is done you can schedule the task(s) to be updated (you have to do so per language). To do this on the tasks page you change your view to show tasks with changed assets. Once you select this you will see an update button. Once you click it. The tasks will start over in the workflow that the project was created with.

It's not the best but is better than nothing.