Within Teamwork.com, tasks are
activities that need to be carried out by
one or multiple project members.
Tasks:
- Must be created within task
lists on your project.
- Can be assigned to:
- Individual project member
- Multiple
people, teams and companies
- Anyone — leave it
unassigned for anyone to
complete
- Have start dates and
due dates, or be left without dates
to be
completed anytime.
Task
properties
The create task form includes separate tabs
for each task property you can set (outlined
below).
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 | Attach files to the task via
upload
or select existing files on the
project. |
 | Choose
a priority level for the task:
low, medium
or high. |
 | Set a progress
complete
percentage and estimated
time for
the task. 💡 Setting the progress
to
100% automatically completes
the task. |
 | Add followers to the task to
be notified of all notifications,
only
status changes or only comments
added to
the task. |
 | Apply tags to
the task. |
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 | Create dependencies with other tasks
so the current task either
cannot
start or
cannot be completed before the
other task
is completed. When a task has
dependencies set the complete
checkmark for the task will be
replaced with a blocked
icon.  |
 | Set the
task to repeat at a custom interval. 📝 A
due date is
required to be set on the task
before
a repeat can be set. |
 | Set privacy for the task. 📝 Subtasks
inherit the privacy set for
their associated parent task.
Privacy cannot be set directly
on subtasks. |
 | You can set reminders to be sent
at a specific date and time via
email, SMS, or push notification.
You can set the reminder for
yourself or for
other users. |
 | Add the task to
a board
column. This option
is only displayed if the
project has
at least one existing
column. |
 | Apply one
or multiple custom
fields to
the task. |
Quick edit task
options
Once a task is created, you can
access quick edit options for many task
properties when you hover
over the task.
Quick set options available on
hover include:
 | Open the task details
in a quick
view panel on the right of the
page. |
 | Dates |
 | Estimated time |
 | Quick set personal reminders for
yourself using predefined options
such as later today, tomorrow, or
next week. |
 | View existing comments on the task
and add new comments. |
 | Create one or
multiple subtasks
under the current task.
|
 | Hovering over this option allows
you to either manually log time or
start a timer directly for that
task. |
 | Tags |
 | Priority |
 | Progress |
 | Followers |
 | Board column |
 | View Desk tickets
currently linked
to the task or create a new
ticket. 📝 The
Teamwork Desk
icon is only displayed
on tasks if
Teamwork Desk is enabled for
your
site. |
 | Access additional task options
such as delete, copy, move, or
view history. |
When certain properties such as
dates, privacy, and priority are set on a
task, they will be visible beside the
task.
Task views
You can view tasks on your
project
in multiple different task views:
- List
- Table
- Board
- In Board view, tasks are referred to
as
cards.
- New tasks
created directly in board
columns are added to
a Cards task
list by default. This can be changed
to any existing active task list on
your project. You can also select
existing tasks from the tasks backlog
and add them to a board column.
- Subtasks are
treated as individual tasks in board
view and need to be added to columns
independent of their parent
task.
- Gantt
📝 If you
do not see a task view as an
option in a project's navigation menu, it
needs to be enabled by a project
admin or site
admin via the project's
settings. Access to task views is also based
on your project
permissions for viewing tasks.
For more information, see: Create
a Task in Table
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