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# Task kinds and creating tasks

In the Tasks module you create two types of entry — tasks (obligations with a deadline and completion control) and information (messages) — and assign them to employees.

# Two kinds

- **Task** — an obligation with a deadline; it has a completion status, you can add subtasks and control the stages.
- **Information** — a message to chosen people (for example an announcement or a reminder about a meeting); with no status and no subtasks.

# Creating a task

1. In the left-hand menu open "Tasks". The list is grouped into tabs ("Created by me", "All tasks", "Archived").

![The task list with the "Add task" button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/1/2/4/3124ad20f50ccc00/ppen-w136_18xmeor.png)

2. Click "Add task" in the top right corner — the "New task" window opens.

![The "New task" window](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/3/1/2/4/3124ad20f50ccc00/ppen-w137_dqixwe.png)

3. Fill in the fields:
   - in the "Kind" field choose "Task";
   - set the Status (Not started, In progress or Rejected — "Completed" is not available when creating);
   - in "Assigned people" choose one or more people;
   - set the Recurrence (a single or a recurring task) and the period (start date and due date, or the recurrence parameters);
   - add a Name and a Description;
   - add Subtasks if you need them.
4. Click "Save" — the assigned employees will get a notification.

||| Caution: the "Create as separate tasks for each person" option (which appears once you assign more than one person) creates a separate copy of the task for each person — it makes tracking progress individually easier.

# Creating information

Proceed exactly as for a task, but in the "Kind" field choose "Information". Information has neither a status nor subtasks — set the period, the name and the description, then click "Save".

|| Remember: tasks and information are created by the Organisation Administrator, the Location Manager and the Manager; an Employee can only create a task for themselves; an Advisor does not create tasks.

# Related

- [Changing the status of tasks](https://help.proplanum.com/en/article/changing-the-status-of-tasks-1zs5g6/)