{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/add-task/","title":"Add a task","description":"Add tasks to a project: what needs doing, the activity, who does it, priority, dates, time allowed and progress. Record time against a task.","category":"Projects","summary":"Open **Business › + Task** (or **New Task** on a project), choose the **Project**, name the task and pick the **Activity**, **Status** and **Assigned to**, then set priority, dates and **Time Units assigned**. **Add Timesheet** records time against it.","lastVerified":"2026-10-10","apps":["app"],"processIds":[],"start":{"label":"Add a task","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/todo/task/new"},"menuPath":["Business","Operations","+ Task"],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Fill in the task","body":["Open **Business › + Task**:"],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/todo/task/new","fields":[{"name":"Project","help":"the project it belongs to.","required":true},{"name":"Task name and Brief","help":"what needs doing.","required":true},{"name":"Activity","help":"the activity type time on it is recorded as.","required":true},{"name":"Status and In Focus","help":"where it is up to; In Focus flags it on the boards.","required":true},{"name":"Assigned to","help":"who does it (**Assign to me** for yourself).","required":true},{"name":"Priority, Start date, Due date","help":"a due date after the project's asks whether to move the project's due date."},{"name":"Time Units assigned, Progress %, Weight","help":"time allowed, how far along it is, and its share of the project."}],"image":"https://exacc.au/help/add-task/step-1.png"},{"step":2,"title":"Record time against it","body":["**Add Timesheet** opens a timesheet entry linked to the task (see **Enter your timesheet**)."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"A quick first task","body":["**Add default task** creates a task with the project's name, dates, status and assignee, using your default activity type (set one first: otherwise \"Please select default activity type!\")."]},{"heading":"Notifications","body":["Exacc does not email people when a task is assigned to them. Use the email button next to **Assigned to** to tell them."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/create-project/","https://exacc.au/help/manage-projects/","https://exacc.au/help/enter-timesheet/","https://exacc.au/help/activity-types/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}