Assign Tasks to User Groups

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Assign tasks directly to functional user groups to streamline team workflows, establish shared accountability, and automate due date notifications across departmental teams.

Directing task assignments to functional user groups like Tax or Finance creates shared visibility across team members. Automated email notifications inform all users within the assigned group of upcoming deadlines, reducing reliance on individual task assignees and keeping departmental priorities on track.

Overview

The group task assignment feature lets you delegate tasks to multi-user access groups instead of restricting assignments to individual user profiles. Assigning a task to a user group triggers automated email alerts for upcoming due dates to every user profile registered within that group.

Availability: Customers on the Professional and Enterprise plans.


Assign a Task to a User Group

  1. Navigate to Tasks from the left navigation bar

  2. Select an existing task or click + New

  3. Click the Assignee field to open the assignee selection dropdown

  4. Enter the target User Group name into the search field, such as Tax or Finance

  5. Select the target group, noting the multi-user icon distinguishing group records from single-user profiles

  6. Configure the target Due Date and Reminder notifications

  7. Click Save to save the task entry


Additional Important Notes / Tips

Note: 

  • Assigning a task to a user group sends automated email alerts to every user profile registered within that access group when due date reminders trigger

  • In the Assignees dropdown, user groups display a multi-profile icon while individual users display a single-profile icon


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