Dashboard To-Dos
Add tasks, assign teammates with @, link an order with /, and manage your dashboard to-do list.
Written By Dennis Rodin
Last updated About 3 hours ago
Find it on your Dashboard: the to-do card in the top-left, titled Your Personal Tasks (it can also read Team tasks or {First name}'s tasks depending on what you're viewing). Use it to jot quick tasks, give each one a priority, assign it to one or more teammates, and link it straight to an order.
Tasks are saved on the server, so they survive a refresh and are shared across your company. They're not just stored in your browser.
A new account starts with two tasks from MonuDesk, assigned to the owner and marked ACTION NEEDED: Watch the 2-min Monucademy intro, with a link to the Monucademy page, and Create your first quote. Tick them off like any other task.
The card keeps itself up to date too. It re-checks about every two minutes while the dashboard is open, and straight away whenever you come back to the tab, so a task a teammate added or ticked off shows up without you reloading the page.
Add a task
The composer sits at the top of the Tasks tab, always ready, with the placeholder "Add a task: @ to assign, / or # to link an order".
Type your task, then press Enter or click the Add task button beside the box to save it. Inside the composer, Shift+Enter adds a new line instead of saving. The priority chips appear under the box once you start typing.
Assign people with @
Type @ in the composer to open a list of your team members. Pick someone and their first name is inserted as a grey chip (for example @Jane), and that person becomes an assignee of the task. Mention as many people as you like, and every @mention becomes an assignee.
If you don't mention anyone, the task is assigned based on what you're viewing: to you under "Just me," to the selected member under a member view, or left unassigned under "Everyone."
Link an order with #
Type # (or /) to open the Link an order search. Type at least 2 characters of the order's name or number, then pick it from the list. The order's name appears as a grey chip in the task.
On a saved task, click that grey chip to open the order right there on the dashboard in a quick popup, so you don't leave the page. A task can link to one order at a time.
The same shortcuts work when you edit a saved task: type # to add or change its linked order, and @ to add more assignees. Editing adds the people you mention and keeps everyone already on the task.
Set a priority
Below the composer are the priority chips. Pick one (it's single-select):
HIGH PRIORITY
ACTION NEEDED: the default
URGENT
INFO
Each task shows a single priority badge in its own colour: URGENT is red, HIGH PRIORITY orange, ACTION NEEDED yellow and INFO blue. You can change the priority later on a saved task in edit mode.
Manage assignees on a task
Each task row shows its assignees as stacked avatars, up to three, then a +N badge for the rest. A task with nobody on it shows a dashed-circle add button.
Click the avatars (or the add button) to open the Assign to {task} popover: "Pick one or more team members." Search for a teammate, check or uncheck people, or use Clear all to remove everyone. Changes save right away.
Choose which tasks you see
The card title is a dropdown: Show tasks for. Switch between:
Just me: tasks assigned to you
Everyone: all tasks across your team
A specific team member: that person's tasks
The card title updates to match: "Your Personal Tasks," "Team tasks," or "{First name}'s tasks."
Undo removing yourself
While viewing Just me, if you take yourself off a task it would normally drop off your list. To give you a moment, an inline notice appears in its place: "You took yourself off this task. Unless you undo, it will drop off your list.", with an Undo button and a roughly 10-second countdown. Click Undo to put yourself back on the task.
Good to know
Mentions use a teammate's first name only, so two people with the same first name share the same @ chip.
The order link is matched by the order's name in your task text. If you delete that name from the text, the link drops; if the linked order is deleted, the task keeps existing but loses the chip.
Edits are optimistic: the card updates instantly and rolls back with an error message if the server can't save the change.
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