How to Assign a Follow-up Task

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Feature: Task

Office Tasks help coordinate administrative and sales follow-ups. Linking tasks directly to customer and job records ensures tasks are visible in the context of the work they support.

Business Outcome
Assigning tasks keeps follow-up actions organized, ensuring customer inquiries, permit approvals, and billing questions are resolved on time.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

1

Access the Tasks Panel

From the sidebar menu, click Tasks (or navigate directly to /tasks) to view your dashboard tasks list.

2

Create a New Task

Click New Task. Enter a descriptive title.

3

Link to System Records

Use the search box to link the task to a specific customer, job site, quote, or invoice. This displays the task on the linked record's timeline.

Field Requirement Purpose / Details
Task Title Required Short descriptive name (e.g. 'File electrical permit').
Linked Record Type Optional Choose: Customer, Lead, Job, Quote, Invoice.
4

Assign Owner and Due Date

Select the employee responsible for the task. Set the due date and select the priority level.

Field Requirement Purpose / Details
Assignee Required Employee responsible for the task.
Due Date Required Target deadline date.
Priority Required Low, Medium, High.
5

Save Task

Review your options and click Save Task. The task appears in the assignee's personal dashboard queue.

Validation Rules

To keep operations reliable, Service Opus enforces the following rules for this workflow:

  • Required Assignment: Tasks must have a designated assignee.
  • Due Date Check: The due date cannot be set before today's date.
Important Rule
Overdue tasks generate daily email summaries for the assignee and are flagged for review on manager dashboards.

What's Next?

Once you finish this task, continue with these related workflows:

Ready to try this workflow?

Use the walkthrough to evaluate the workflow, then test it in Service Opus with real scheduling, quoting, invoicing, and customer data.