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Creating custom task status
Introduction
Once a task is created, a status can be assigned to it. By default, there are only two statuses: Closed and Open. However, there might be a need for additional statuses for specific tasks. Full access administrators and module administrators can add custom task statuses in addition to the default ones.
Follow these simple steps to quickly add custom tasks:
Access the Projects
Enter your portal and click the Projects link.


In case you have already logged in to the portal and been using it for some time, to access the Projects module from any portal page, use the drop-down list in the top left corner of the page and select the corresponding option.
Create a new task status
Click the black arrow next to the Settings option on the left-side panel and select Task Statuses.


To add a New status do the following:
click the New status button to open the pop-up window;
сhange the task icon. To do this, select one of the default ones or upload your own. Use 16x16
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add a title and description;
specify a category this status will belong to;
when all the necessary information is specified, click the Save button at the bottom.


The created task status will be added to the Task Statuses list in the selected category. You can add as many statuses as you need in the same way.


To edit or delete a status click on the button which is located on the right of a status
You can set the necessary order for task statuses by dragging them up and down.
Check the Statuses are only available to the user who created the task option to prevent other users from using custom task statuses.
Now you can assign new tasks statuses.
Assign a custom status
To do so, click the Tasks link on the left-side panel. A new page opens with a list of all created tasks. To find a necessary one make use of our filter at the top of the list.
Click the on the left of the task name and select the necessary status from the list.

