Workflow: Add a task

Use this action to automatically assign a new task to someone while an instance is running. You can assign a new task to a group or team member and the action sends a notification to the task owner.

How to configure this action

Fields for this action

• Task name

  • Add a short but informative name for the task

• Task owner

  • Enter the email address, team member name, or group name who will receive the task. You can also use a reference field.
    • When you refer to a user use their full name, or @full name
    • When you refer to a group name use “g_groupname”

• Instructions

  • Add any directions or instructions for the task owner.

  • 💡   Tip: Use Markdown to format the instruction field with bold, italics, links, images, headers, and more. Conditionally displaying text is also supported.

• Start delay

  • Number of days from the current date that the task should wait until started. No delay if left blank.

• Deadline

  • Number of days from the current date that the task will be due. No deadline if left blank.

What will this output?

The output of this action is a task assigned to the task owner and has no output fields.