Some tasks are things that get completed once. Others need to be done again and again - for example, taking a backup of your computer.

In DeskAway, you can set this task as ‘recurring’ so that the system remembers that the task needs to be performed again daily, monthly, quarterly or yearly.

On doing so, a new task of the same name & description will be automatically created on completion of the parent task with a new deadline.

After a successful migration we have a host of new updates waiting to be released. Announcing the first batch of new features and enhancements today. Take a look and hope it simplifies the way you and your team manage your projects and work.

Open Task Lists

DeskAway’s permission-based task system is great but when you want to open up your tasks to every team member within your project it could became a bit confusing. Though, you could easily assign the task to ‘Anyone’ but then there would not be a person responsible for that task. Or you could assign the task to Mr. X and then cc the same task to all your team members. Painful if there are a lot of team members. Hence,

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Today, we have added (in addition to the permission-based system that a lot of people love) a new concept called ‘Open Task List’. By making a Task List open, all tasks under only that particular Task List becomes visible/accessible to all your team members (Super, Regular & Limited) of that project. Anyone would be able to track, close, add time, comment and upload files to an Open Task List task.

So, if you have a bunch of tasks that you want to assign to A and B but have everyone in the team know about and track their progress, go ahead and create an Open Task List and add those tasks within it.

3 more Options for Recurring Tasks

Earlier you could set the following options for recurring tasks:

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Yearly

Today, we give you 3 more requested option:

Fortnightly
Quarterly
Half Yearly

Team View Filters

To make it easy to sort through you team members (some DeskAway users have more than 100 team members) we have added a new filter on the team page. This should make it easy to view team members by Company or by their type - Super, Regular or Limited.

File Folder & Subfolder Differentiation

A tiny usability change to the user interface of the Files section. You can now easily differentiate between Folder (in Bold now) & Subfolder names.

Revamped Timezone Dropdown

To make your life easier we have added a new time zone drop down while signing up and adding a new team member. This one shows the +/- GMT and even has most of the popular cities of the world so you should not spend time finding your correct time zone!

Hope you like these features. Do let us know what you think!

Recurring Tasks

We all undertake tasks that have to be done on a regular basis. Some are done weekly, some monthly, some even daily (For e.g. Backup the computer every week). If that’s the case with you too, then you will like the new DeskAway recurring tasks feature. You can now set your tasks within your project as ‘recurring’. On doing so, a new task of the same nature shall be automatically created on completion of the task with a new deadline according to the preference set by you (i.e. monthly, weekly etc.).

Cloning Tasks

Same tasks are often implemented within the project or in other projects. So we create these tasks again and again. Not anymore!! With the new ‘Clone a Task’ feature we can recreate the same task with just a couple of clicks. Further, you can move the cloned task to a different task list or to a different project to serve your purpose.

Copying a Task into a new project

Plans change and so do their execution. Projects change but the tasks remain. They may have to be implemented from a different project. DeskAway has a new feature that allows you to copy a task into a completely new project so you can keep in sync with any change of plans in your projects.

CC’ing a task to everyone

DeskAway already has the feature to CC your tasks to team members other than the one who was assigned the task. To make the experience a little better, we just made it possible to CC a task to everyone. This way, if you’re dealing with large teams you can take it easy by selecting everyone than have to select each member individually.