How can I assign a task?

You can assign tasks via email as well as in your online workspace.

Assign a task via email.

1. Write an email with the task to the responsible party.
2. Put wrike at wrike.com in the "To" or "Cc" field and send the email.

You can attach files to your emails, or paste pictures right into them. The task will be instantly created in Wrike, assigned to the email recipient and shared with you. If the responsible person does not have a Wrike account yet, he or she immediately gets an invitation to join Wrike and have 24/7 online access to the task.

Assign a task online.

• The person is in your contact list

  If you want to assign an new task:
  1. Click on the "Create task" link.
  2. Choose the appropriate name from the drop-down menu in the "Assigned to" field.
     
  If you want to assign or reassign an existing task, you can do that right in the task list:
  1. Double-click the "Assigned to" field.

  2. Choose the name from the drop-down menu.

     

  Read more about shortcuts and inline editing in Wrike.

  Alternatively, you can

  1. Click on the task bar in the panel on the right to expand it.
     
  2. Open the task to edit by clicking on the "Edit task" link.
     
  3. Choose the name of the person to whom you want to assign a task. For your convenience, you can use the drop-down menu.
     

• The person is not in your contact list yet

  If you need to add a person to your contact list, you need to grant him or her a license to use Wrike. You can do it by going to the "User management" tab in the "Account" section and typing the email addresses of this person in the box. Then click on the "Grant" button. Once a person confirms his or her email address, he or she will be instantly added to your contacts.

  If you are not an administrator, you can ask your account administrator to grant a license to the person to whom you want to assign a task.

  If you are subscribed to the free version of Wrike, you can upgrade your account to the professional version, so you can grant licenses .

• What is a task?
• Who can observe my tasks?
• Who can change the status of the task?
• Once a task is marked completed, where does it go?
• How can I create tasks via email?
• How can I update a task via email?
• How can I email a task into a subfolder?
• How can I set the due date of the task via email?
• Can I assign a task to several people simultaneously?
• How can I share a task?
• May I share or assign tasks to unregistered users?
• How can I copy/move tasks between folders?
• How can I include one task in several folders?
• Can I format the text in the task description?
• How can I mark a task completed without logging on to www.wrike.com?

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