How to bulk edit tasks

Modified on Thu, 4 Jul at 1:29 PM

To start, click on Tasks on the navigation bar and ensure that your on the Task List View.


1. Selecting multiple tasks

  • You can select multiple tasks by clicking on a white space on each of those tasks. Do not tick the checkbox unless you want to mark that task as "complete". You can also lasso select tasks by clicking on a task and dragging down. This will select all the tasks until you stop the drag.
  • When the tasks are selected, the colour of the tasks will be darker.


Now that you have selected multiple tasks you can do the following:


2. Bulk drag and drop tasks

  • Hover over the left side of the selected tasks and you will see a "multi-direction" icon appear. 
  • Click on this icon and while holding the button down, drag the group of tasks where you want to move them to. 
  • Release the button to drop the tasks at their new position.


3. Bulk Edit tasks

  • Select all the tasks you wish to edit at the same. 
  • Hover over the "Bulk Actions" dropdown menu at the top of the screen.
  • You will see several options Bulk Action Options on this menu.
  • Select the "Edit" option.
  • A "Bulk Task Edit" screen will open on your screen. 
  • Make the changes where relevant. e.g. Bulk adding an owner to all the tasks.
  • Save to save the changes to all the tasks you selected.


    Bulk editing tasks options


4. Bulk Add Owners to tasks

  • Select all the tasks you wish to edit at the same time.
  • Hover over the "Bulk Actions" dropdown menu at the top of the screen.
  • You will see several Bulk Action options on this menu.
  • Select the "Edit" option.
  • A "Bulk Task Edit" screen will open on your screen.
  • Select the task Owner.
  • Save. All the tasks you selected will now have that Owner.


5. Bulk adjust dates

  • Select all of the tasks that you wish to adjust dates for at the same time
  • Hover over the "Bulk Actions" dropdown menu at the top of the screen.
  • You will see several Bulk Action options on this menu.
  • Select the "Adjust Dates" option
  • Input the the amount of days you would like to adjust task dates by. You can input the amount of calendar days or choose a date from the calendar which will auto calculate the number of calendar days for you.
  • Click "Adjust"
  • All of your task start and end dates will be adjusted accordingly.


6. Bulk comment on tasks

  • Select all of the tasks that you wish to comment on at the same time
  • Hover over the "Bulk Actions" dropdown menu at the top of the screen.
  • You will see several Bulk Action options on this menu.
  • Select the "Comment" option
  • Enter your comment. (you can also upload a file or change the comment watchers)
  • If you'd like to copy the comment to the job/opportunity select the "Copy comment/attachments to their Job" checkbox
  • Save.
  • Your comment will be added to all of the tasks selected in the first step.


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