Tasks
Add tasks, track progress, search and filter the board, and use dependencies, subtasks, notes and the bin.
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Tasks are the jobs that make up your renovation, from "Order the skip" to "Tile the splashback". Each project has its own list of tasks, and everything else in RenovU (photos, expenses, time, materials) can hang off a task.
The board#
Open a project and the Tasks tab is the first thing you see. Tasks are grouped by room, with tasks in no room at the end under No room. Within a room, tasks are ordered by priority, and finished tasks drop to the bottom. When a project has more than one room, a row of room chips above the list lets you jump between them.
Each row shows the task's priority, who it's assigned to, its due date (in red when it's overdue), a progress slider and a round tick, and on a task that's To do, a Start button. A task waiting on unfinished work shows a Blocked by label and is greyed out.
The task page#
Click a task's name to open its page. The page has tabs: Details, Subtasks, Materials, Notes, Photos, Budget, Time, Dependencies and History. Budget only shows if you can see money on the project. The pencil icon on the board opens Quick edit instead, a dialog for changing the main fields without leaving the list.
Progress and status#
A task's status follows its progress: 0% is To do, anything between is In progress, and 100% is Done. You set progress with the slider or the tick, not by choosing a status.
A task is started as soon as its progress goes above 0%. To show that work has begun before there's any progress to record, select Start on the task: it reads In progress at 0%. Once started, a task stays In progress even if its progress goes back to 0%. Not started puts it back to To do, as long as it's at 0%.
Whiteboards#
A whiteboard lists what to tackle this week or this weekend, for everyone or a few people, so you can tick jobs off as they're done. Tasks that are in progress, overdue, or due or starting that week come on by themselves. See Plan the week on a whiteboard.
What each plan includes#
- Free: up to 50 tasks per project. Subtasks and dependencies aren't included.
- Premium and Professional: no task limit, with subtasks and dependencies.
The limit counts top-level tasks that aren't in the bin. Subtasks don't count. A project follows its owner's plan, whoever is adding the task. These are the current defaults: see Pricing for the up-to-date list.
What you can change also depends on your role in the project. See Team and roles.
Guías prácticas
- Add and edit tasksAdd a task in one line or with the full form, then change its room, priority, due date, assignees and description.
- Update progress and complete tasksStart a task, move its progress, tick it off, reopen it, and change several tasks at once.
- Search, filter and sort tasksFind tasks by searching, narrow the board with filters, change the order, and save filters you use often.
- Plan the week on a whiteboardMake a whiteboard of this week's or weekend's jobs, tick them off, see what's left to buy, and share it on a phone or a tablet on the wall.
- Make a task wait on anotherAdd dependencies so a task shows as blocked until the work before it is finished.
- Break a task into subtasksSplit a task into smaller steps whose progress adds up to the task's own.
- Add notes, mention people and see a task's historyKeep a running thread of notes on a task, @mention people, and see every change made to it.
- Delete tasks and restore them from the binDelete a task, undo it, bring it back from Recently deleted within 30 days, or delete it for good.
- Import tasks from a spreadsheet or another appBring tasks in from a CSV or Excel file: a spreadsheet, a Trello, Asana or Todoist export, a Buildertrend schedule or a RenovU export.
Preguntas
How many tasks can I add on the Free plan?
Up to 50 per project. The count is top-level tasks that aren't in the bin: subtasks don't count, and finished tasks do. When a project reaches the limit, the quick add box is replaced by a message saying so.
The limit follows the plan of the project's owner, whoever adds the task. Premium and Professional have no task limit. See Pricing for the current limits.
How do I change a task's status?
Status follows progress, so you change the progress rather than the status. 0% is To do, anything in between is In progress, and 100% is Done. Drag the slider, or select the round tick to mark it done. To mark a task In progress before there's any progress, select Start. See Update progress and complete tasks.
Can I get back a task I deleted?
Yes, for 30 days. Select Recently deleted tasks at the bottom of the board and select Restore. Straight after deleting, you can also select Undo in the message at the bottom of the screen. Once a task has been deleted forever, or has been in the bin more than 30 days, it can't be restored. See Delete tasks and restore them from the bin.
Why can't I drag tasks to reorder them?
Dragging only works when no filter or search is on and Sort by is Priority. Even then, a task can only move among tasks of the same priority in its room, and finished tasks stay at the bottom. To move a task past one of a different priority, change its priority. Dragging is also off while you're selecting tasks.
Can I search tasks across all my projects?
Not at the moment. Search works on one project's board at a time, and covers titles, descriptions, notes and subtasks. To move between projects, use the project switcher at the top of the screen. The dashboard's My tasks list shows open tasks assigned to you or created by you across your projects.
Why can't I edit or complete a task?
Your role in the project decides what you can change. A Viewer can look but not change anything. An Assigned only member can update progress, and start tasks, only on tasks assigned to them. The task form says Your role lets you view this task but not change it when that's the case. Ask the project's owner or an admin to change your role. See Team and roles.
If the tick and slider are greyed out for everyone, the task has subtasks: its progress follows them.
What happens if someone else edits a task at the same time as me?
If you both change different fields, both changes are kept. If you both change the same field, RenovU shows Someone else changed this task and lets you choose Theirs, Yours or a merged version for each field. Nothing is overwritten without you seeing it, and the value that wasn't kept is recorded in the task's History.
What happens to my subtasks and dependencies if I move to Free?
They're kept. Existing subtasks can still be ticked off and edited, and existing dependencies still mark tasks as blocked. You can't add new subtasks or dependencies until the project's owner is on Premium or Professional again. If a project has more than 50 tasks, nothing is deleted, but you can't add more until it's under the limit. See Plans and billing.
Relacionado
- Projects and roomsCreate and set up projects, organise them into rooms, and archive, delete or hand over a project you no longer need.
- NotificationsSee what's changed on your projects in the app, by email or as browser notifications, and choose what you're told about.
- Team and rolesInvite people to a project, choose what each person can do, and manage seats, roles and who stays on the project.
- Time and materialsLog the hours spent on each task, keep a materials list per task, and tick items off on the shopping list in the shop, even offline.