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Tasks without Task Lists?

Sep 02, 2010 10:37am Peter Lyncean 72 posts	Just a day into testing out Solve360 and so far quite impressed. One thing that seems a little illogical to me is the fact that you cannot add a task without adding a task list. I understand the value of having a task list when there are many tasks relating to a contact, company or project, but from my use today it seems there are times when you just one to add a single task when responding to an email and it seems odd adding a task list containing one task. You end up repeating the same sentance virtually in noth the task list and the single task. It could be that I am missing the point of how this feature should be used so please correct and redirect me if I have misunderstood. If though others share my thinking on this then I wonder if it would be possible to have an add a single task option. Thanks in advance, Peter

Sep 02, 2010 11:59am dave@vm Lyncean 753 posts	Welcome Peter. The single task list is often requested, but there are a few simple work arounds, that work out quite well. See my Aug 19 reply on this post: http://norada.com/forums/viewthread/1486/ Hope that helps

Sep 02, 2010 12:39pm stormer Lyncean 152 posts	dave@vm - Sep 02, 2010 11:59am The single task list is often requested, Hate to beat a dead horse but the comment above , I think, points out a need. Is there any practical reason why there isn’t an option for “add a (single) task”? Many of our projects are repetitive and have, quite often, one task (i.e. send quote to Mary Jones). We have others that have a series of milestones but these are in the very small minority. A task list works fine in these very infrequent instances. The ability to quickly add a single task would be a great added feature. It seems that every week a new user (and some of us veterans) make this request. Is it just not do-able? If that is the case then fine, I’ll continue with the workaround. If it is do-able though, please offer it as an option.

Sep 02, 2010 12:55pm dave@vm Lyncean 753 posts	stormer - Sep 02, 2010 12:39pm dave@vm - Sep 02, 2010 11:59am The single task list is often requested, Many of our projects are repetitive and have, quite often, one task (i.e. send quote to Mary Jones). This is exactly why I use templates: for repetitive items, and I just incorporated a task list with no tasks so that as I need to add on, I can do it in one click. That said, I ‘think’ I read somewhere on a reply that Solve is looking at the single task item, but I may be wrong. Feel free to correct me Steve and Co.

Sep 02, 2010 04:08pm Peter Lyncean 72 posts	Thanks all. I agree it would still be good to be able to have a single task without the need for a task list. But that said, Dave’s template workaround is a neat one and does have the benefit of keeping the non-specific To-Do List for a contact or company organised in one place. Thanks for a great forum! Peter