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Add a task, and work on it

A task is one piece of work with a person on it. It can belong to a project, a customer, a lead, a deal or a ticket.

Where

Projects & Tasks › Tasks · a project's + New task

Who

Anyone allowed to create tasks.
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Press + New task.
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Type the Task. It is the only field that is needed. Add a Description if it helps.
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Under Related to, choose what the task is about: Project, Customer, Lead, Deal or Ticket.
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Choose the Assignees, the Due date and the Priority. The start date is at the top of the form. For a project task you can also choose a Sprint and a Milestone.
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Open the other parts only if you need them: Waiting on, Billing, Visibility, Recurrence, Estimate, Followers, Tags, Checklist and Files.
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Press Create the task, or Create and add another to keep the form open for the next one.
The New task form

The list

The quick filters narrow the list: All, My tasks, Overdue, Due today, Starts today, Unassigned, Billable and Archived. + Save current filters as a view keeps your own filter for next time. The cards count the tasks in each status, and how many of them are yours.

See the tasks as a List, a Board or a 📅 Calendar. Filters and Columns change the table, and ↑ Export saves it as a file.

The Tasks list: the quick filters, the status cards and the table
The list showing only the overdue tasks
The tasks as a board
The tasks as a calendar

On the task

Press a task's name to open it. The head shows its number, status, priority and how late it is, with Ask Flowrica, Print sheet, Edit, Copy, Archive and Close.

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Status: press the status the task is in now, for example In progress, In review or Complete.
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Timer: press Start timer when you start working. The time goes to the timesheet.
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Checklist: type a New checklist item and press Add. Keep this checklist saves it to use on other tasks.
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Waiting on: press + Add blocker to say what this task waits for.
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Assignees: Choose a person…, then Add as assignee or Add as follower. Make lead makes a person the lead assignee.
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Notes: press + Add note. Reminders: press + Add reminder.

The four cards under the head show Due, Estimated vs logged, Checklist and Priority · Story points.

TabWhat it is forWhat you can do there
ChecklistThe task's checklist.Add an item; Keep this checklist.
TimesheetEvery time entry on the task.Use the Timer on the side to log time.
StatisticsThe time spent on the task, by person.—
FilesThe task's files.Upload a file.
ActivityEverything that happened on the task.Log an activity.
A task's page, Checklist tab
A task's page, Timesheet tab
A task's page, Files tab
A task's page, Statistics tab

Flowrica on this screen

Press Guide me and Flowrica points at each part of the screen. She can make a task with you, one question at a time. Nothing is saved until you press the form's own button.