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“New task” dialog

The dialog has two views – Extended and Simple. Switch between them with the button in the bottom-left corner of the dialog.

New task – extended view

New task – simple view

Field Description
Title The title should describe the content of the task. Good titles make searching easier. Tasks of the same type should have similar titles with keywords, so they are easy to filter.
Duration Expected time to complete. Use it if you want to compare it with the actual time spent.
Assistants Employees who should see the task – whether they will work on it or supervise its completion.
Priority How urgent the task is.
Status The initial status of the task.
Start When work on the task can begin.
End The deadline. You can enable a scheduled job in the system that notifies those involved when the start or end of the task is reached.
Assignee Who is responsible for the task. You can also assign the task to an office and/or department, making it visible to all their employees – with the Assign button.
Client The client the task relates to. If the task is given to a client employee, select them with the Assign button.
Engagement The engagement the task relates to.
Visible to client Select this so that the client employee can see the task.
Client can complete the task The client employee can set the status to “Completed” after finishing the task.
Visibility Who can see the task – see the table below.
Type “Task” by default. The types “Request” and “Issue” are also used.
Tags A task can have more than one tag. Tags are used for filtering and progress reports.
Description A description of the task and instructions for completing it.

Visibility:

Value Who sees the task
Standard The assignee, the assistants and everyone with a role that allows them to see the tasks of colleagues from the same office or all tasks in the organization.
Private Only the assignee and the assistants, regardless of other users' roles.
Public Everyone with a role that gives access to the Tasks module.