CRM tasks
What the Tasks page shows
Open CRM > Work. Tasks live in Spaces. A Space is a shared place for one team or topic. It holds lists (and, if you want, folders and subfolders), and every list shows its tasks grouped by status.
The menu item is called Work when your plan and role include Spaces. Otherwise it is called Tasks and opens the plain task list.
On the left is the Spaces bar. Click My tasks to see every open task assigned to you across all Spaces, or click a Space or list to open it.
The sun or moon button in the top bar switches between light and dark mode. A choice you make while you are on the Tasks page is remembered for the Tasks page only. Every other page keeps the mode you chose for the rest of the portal, so you can work in Tasks in dark mode and keep the rest of the portal light, or the other way round.
Spaces, folders and lists
Click New Space, give it a name and a colour, and choose who can see it: Private (only members), Team or Company (everyone).
Use Space options (the three dots) to add a New list or a New folder, to Edit Space or to Delete Space.
Folders can hold lists and other folders, up to four levels. Use Folder options to add a New subfolder, Edit folder, Move to folder or Delete folder. Deleting a folder never deletes tasks: its lists and subfolders move up one level.
Use List options to Edit list, Move to folder or Delete list.
Click the arrow button next to Spaces to collapse the bar to icons. Hover an icon to see the name. QrX remembers your choice.
Drag a Space, a folder, a list or a channel up or down to put the sidebar in the order you like. The order is yours alone: QrX saves it with your account, so it is the same on every device and nobody else's sidebar changes. Rows move within their own level; use Move to folder to put a list or folder somewhere else. On a touch screen, press and hold the row first. With the keyboard, tab to the grip of the row, press Space, move with the arrow keys and press Space again. Starred rows under Favorites can be dragged into your own order in the same way.
Creating Spaces needs the role setting Create task Spaces and Lists. Users with Manage all task Spaces see and manage every Space.
Colours, icons and name style
Channels, Spaces, lists and folders can each have their own look. Open Edit channel, Edit Space, Edit list or Edit folder from the three dots next to the row. The preview at the top shows the result while you choose.
Colour: pick a swatch, click Custom colour to choose any colour, or type a Hex code such as #1B6FD1. Lists and folders can also have No colour.
Icon has three tabs. Icons holds more than 400 icons in groups; use Search icons to find one by its English name. Emoji lets you use an emoji as the icon. Image lets you upload your own picture or logo with Choose image (PNG, JPG or WebP); it is cropped to a square.
Bold name shows the name in bold in the sidebar. Switch it off for a lighter name.
Name in colour shows the name in the chosen colour.
The look is shared: everyone who can see the channel, Space, list or folder sees the same colour, icon and name style. Only an admin of the channel or Space can change it.
Work in the list
Tasks are grouped by status. Click the arrow on a group to collapse it. The three dots next to a group open Group options: Edit statuses, Collapse group, Select all in group, Collapse all groups and Expand all groups. QrX remembers which groups you collapsed.
Add task: click it at the bottom of a group, type the name and press Enter. The task is created in that status.
Change the status, assignee, due date or priority right in the row: click the cell, choose a value and it saves at once. The due date offers quick choices (Today, Tomorrow, This weekend, Next week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks) next to a calendar.
A task with subtasks shows an arrow. Click it to show or hide the subtasks under the task. The Subtasks button shows or hides all of them. QrX remembers what you opened.
Use the search box and the Assignee filter to narrow the list. Your filters are remembered.
Drag a task by its handle to change its order, or onto another group to change its status.
Click the pencil next to the title to rename a task in place. Click the plus to add a subtask right under it, and press Enter to add the next one.
The three dots at the end of a row open more actions: Copy link, Copy ID, New tab, Rename, Watch this task, Move to..., Duplicate, Start timer and Delete.
A task with a running timer shows a ticking clock in its row. Click it to stop the timer.
Change many tasks at once
Tick the boxes of several tasks. A bar appears with Status, Assignees, Dates, Move, Copy and Delete. Pick an action and it applies to all selected tasks. If some tasks cannot be changed, QrX tells you how many. Click Clear selection to stop.
Move a task to another list or Space
Click the folder icon on a row, the same icon in the task panel, or Move in the bulk bar. Search for a Space or list and choose it. The task keeps its details and takes the matching status in the new Space.
Statuses
Every Space has its own statuses in four groups: Not started, Active, Done and Closed. Space admins open Edit statuses to add a status, rename it, change its icon and colour, or delete it. When you delete a status you choose the status its tasks move to.
Board view
Switch from List to Board at the top right. Each status is a column. Drag a card to another column to change its status, or up and down to change the order.
Timeline and Workload
Next to List and Board there are two more views at the top right. Timeline shows every task of the List as a bar from its start date to its due date, with a line for today. Switch between Days and Weeks to zoom and click a task to open it. Tasks without dates stay at the end with No dates.
Workload shows the open tasks per person: Overdue, this week, the next five weeks, Later and No date, with the estimated hours when tasks have an estimate. A task with several assignees counts for each of them. Both views use the same filters as the List and show up to 400 tasks.
The task panel
Click a task to open its panel on the right. Drag its left edge to make it wider or narrower, and double-click the edge to reset it. The panel shows:
Status, assignees, dates, priority, Estimate and the linked person or company.
Fields: your own custom fields (see below).
Subtasks with a checkbox each, and Add subtask. Click the trash icon on a subtask to delete it.
Checklists: add as many named checklists as you need with Add checklist. Each has its own items, progress and Add checklist item.
Dependencies: choose tasks this one waits for. Waiting tasks show Blocked by.
Time tracking: Start timer, Stop timer or Add time such as 2h 30m.
Activity: who changed what and when.
Custom fields
In the panel click Add field, choose a type (Text, Number, Date, Dropdown, Labels, Checkbox or Link), type a name and, for dropdowns and labels, the options separated by commas. The field then appears on every task in that Space and its first columns show in the list. Space admins can delete a field with the trash icon.
Tags, priority, filters and columns
Give a task colour tags in the Tags column or in the task panel. They are the same tags you use for people, companies and transactions. Priority has four flags: Urgent, High, Normal and Low.
Filter the list with the search box and the Assignee, Priority and Tags filters. Your choices are remembered.
Choose the visible columns with Columns. Custom fields can be columns too.
Pick an icon and a colour for each Space with Edit Space.
When a colleague assigns a task to you, a message with an Open button appears at once in the portal.
An assignment also stays in the bell, even if the portal was closed. Under Settings > Notifications you can switch on CRM notifications for an assignment, a comment on a task you follow and a task that is due. They are off by default.
Save your filters as a view with Saved view, and share it with the team if you have permission. Click a saved view to apply it again.
Choose Save as template in a task's menu to keep its title, description, tags and checklists as a template. Create a new task from a template in Saved view.
Space admins use the share button next to the Space name to choose members, their roles (Viewer, Member, Admin) and who can access the Space.
Choose how the list is grouped with Group above it: by status, priority, assignee or due date. Your choice is remembered per list.
The task panel has an icon bar on its right with Details, Comments, Activity and Links and relations. Drag the panel edge to make it wider (up to 1400 px) or use the expand button.
On the Links and relations tab you add web addresses, relate other tasks (visible from both tasks) and manage dependencies.
The description is a full rich text editor like notes: bold, lists, quotes, code, links, tables and images. Paste or drop a picture and it becomes a task attachment shown inline. Your text is saved when you click outside the editor.
Add files with Attach file or by dropping them on the task: up to 25 files of 10 MB each (images, PDF, text, CSV, Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Every file is scanned for malware before anyone can open it. The Attachments tab shows thumbnails, sizes and who added each file, and a paperclip with the count appears in the list and on the board card.
Summarize with AI
When AI is connected (Settings, AI), the sparkle button Summarize my tasks in the top bar of My tasks, and Summarize this list in a list, write a short summary of where the tasks you see stand: overdue, due soon and what is open. It reads only the tasks loaded on the screen. Nothing is changed or sent.
Channels
Channels are chat rooms for a team or a topic. They sit under Channels in the Spaces sidebar.
Click New channel and choose Who can join: Private (only members), Team or Company (everyone).
Write in the box at the bottom and press Send. You can edit or delete your own messages. A channel admin can delete any message.
Members shows who is in the channel and what each person can do: Viewer, Commenter, Editor or Admin.
Use Follow to keep a channel on your radar. Admins can edit, archive or delete a channel. An archived channel is read-only.
Choose an icon and colour in Edit channel. The ... menu next to a channel in the sidebar opens Edit, Members and Delete.
Posts show up in the channel stream as cards. Use the Post tab next to Message to write one.
Paste or drop images into a message. Add emoji reactions, reply in a thread, pin a message, create a task from a message, and type @ to mention a colleague, who gets a notification.
Use the search icon to search the channel, the star to favourite it and the speaker icon to mute it. A badge in the sidebar counts unread messages.
Editors and admins can pin up to 10 messages per channel with the pin icon on a message. Posts have their own pin, limited to 5 per channel.
A channel that is linked to a Space has a Tasks button in its header that opens the tasks of that Space.
A task made from a message shows a chip such as From the channel #Sales in its panel that opens the channel. If the message is deleted later, the chip adds Message removed and the task stays.
Channels need a plan that includes them and the View Channels permission. Without the plan you see an upgrade prompt.
Confidential channels
A confidential channel keeps its messages and posts encrypted. People with access to the database cannot read them, and neither can administrators or QrX staff who are not members. People who are not members do not see the channel at all, not in the list and not through a direct link, and they cannot change its name, members or settings. This also applies to users who have the permission to manage channels.
To turn it on, open the channel and choose Make confidential. Pick a passphrase of at least 12 characters and save the recovery key, which is shown only once. Messages and posts that already exist are encrypted straight away. You need the permission to manage channels and you must be a member. The channel cannot be open to the whole company and cannot have guests or files.
Members enter the passphrase and choose Unlock. The channel stays open in this browser for 8 hours, also after you refresh the page or close the tab, or until you choose Lock now. The QrX app unlocks the channel with the same passphrase and remembers it for 8 hours on the phone. Share the passphrase with the other members yourself, QrX never sends it. If someone forgets it, the recovery key sets a new one. If both are lost, the content cannot be recovered.
Search works inside an unlocked channel. Files are encrypted too, and you must remove the encrypted files before turning confidential off. Tasks made from messages, guests and connected AI tools do not work in a confidential channel, and mentions are not counted while it is locked.
Confidential Spaces
A confidential Space keeps its tasks encrypted: titles, descriptions, checklists, time notes and comments. People with access to the database cannot read them, and neither can administrators or QrX staff who are not members. People who are not members do not see the Space, its lists or its tasks at all, and they cannot change its name, members or settings. This also applies to users who have the permission to manage Spaces.
To turn it on, open the Space and choose Make confidential. You need the permission to manage Spaces and you must be a member. The Space cannot be the default Space, cannot be open to the whole company, and cannot have guests, files, links or custom field values. Pick a passphrase of at least 12 characters and save the recovery key, which is shown only once. Existing tasks are encrypted straight away.
Members enter the passphrase and choose Unlock. The Space stays open in this browser for 8 hours, also after you refresh the page or close the tab, or until you choose Lock now. The QrX app unlocks the Space with the same passphrase and remembers it for 8 hours on the phone. Search works inside an unlocked Space. Tasks cannot be moved into or out of a confidential Space, and links, custom field values, templates and connected AI tools do not work there. Files are encrypted too, and you must remove the encrypted files before turning confidential off. Until it is unlocked, tasks show as Confidential task.
Posts
Posts are announcements, discussions, ideas and updates that live in a channel. Open Posts in the Spaces sidebar (under Channels) to see the feed of every channel you can read.
Click Write a post for your channels, choose the Channel and the Type (Announcement, Discussion, Idea or Update), add a title and text, then press Post. Announcements need the Editor role in the channel.
React with an emoji and open the comments under a post. You can edit or delete your own posts and comments. Channel admins can delete any post and pin up to 5 per channel with the pin icon.
Filter by Channels I'm following, channel, author or type, and sort by Newest or Oldest.
Type @ and the first letters of a name in a post or a comment to mention a colleague who is in the channel. They get a notification in the bell.
Click the paperclip in the composer to attach files (images, PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text or CSV; up to 10 files of at most 10 MB each) when file attachments are switched on. Every file is scanned for viruses before others can open it. Under a post, Seen by 3 counts the colleagues who opened it; the author, moderators and channel admins can click it to see who and when.
Posts need a plan that includes them and the View Posts permission. Writing needs Write Posts, and Moderate Posts lets you edit, delete and pin any post.
Guests
Guests are people outside your company who work with you in one Space or channel without a QrX account. In the sharing dialog of a Space or the members dialog of a channel, type their e-mail address in the Guests box and press Invite. They get a secure link by e-mail and sign in with a one-time code.
A guest is a Viewer (reads) or a Commenter (reads, replies, comments on tasks and attaches files). Change it with the role menu. Use the envelope icon to resend an invitation and the bin icon to revoke access at any time.
Guests only see the Spaces and channels they were invited to, never your member directory, e-mail addresses, prices or linked CRM records. Their messages carry a Guest badge, and you get a bell notice when a guest writes.
The counter Guests used shows how many guest places are taken. Inviting guests needs an admin role in the Space or channel, the Invite and remove guests permission and a plan that includes guests.
Plan and access
The Tasks page needs access to the CRM and a plan that includes Task Spaces. Without it you see an upgrade prompt. Tasks in a private Space are only visible to its members. If a colleague changed a task at the same moment, QrX asks you to reload instead of overwriting their change.
Tasks on the phone
In the QrX app (Work mode) the Tasks screen shows how many tasks are overdue, due today and due this week, your next tasks and every Space you can open. It uses the same Spaces, lists and statuses as the portal, so a change on the phone shows in the portal and the other way round.
Open a Space and choose List, Board or Calendar. In the list, swipe a task right to mark it done or left to snooze it. On the Board, swipe sideways between statuses and hold a card to drop it on another status.
Tap the plus to add a task: pick the list, due date, priority and tags, then tap Create. A task you add on the phone is assigned to you.
Open a task to change its status, due date and priority, tick subtasks, read and write comments, start or stop the timer and mark it done.
When a colleague assigns a task to you, your phone shows a notification.
The phone needs the View CRM and View Spaces role settings. To assign a task to a colleague, use the portal.
Channels on the phone
In the QrX app (Work mode) open Channels from the CRM header; its badge counts the unread messages of the channels you have not muted. Each channel row shows the newest message with who wrote it and when, the number of unread messages, and an @ marker when someone mentioned you. Channels with unread messages come first and favourites stay on top. Use the chips All, Unread and Mentions and the search icon to find a channel. Swipe a row right to mark it as read (or to add it to your favourites when nothing is unread), swipe left to mute or unmute it, or hold the row for the full menu.
Open a channel to read and write messages. Hold a message to react, reply in a thread, pin it, or edit or delete your own message.
Use the search icon to find messages, the pin icon to see pinned messages and the menu to mute a channel or mark it as a favourite.
Tap the paperclip to add a photo when file attachments are available.
In a channel that is linked to a Space, the Tasks tab next to the other chat tabs lists the lists of that Space with their open task counts. Tap a list to work in it exactly as in the Tasks area. If you cannot read the Space, the tab tells you so.
Hold a message and choose Create task from message: a task is created for you in the list of the Space linked to the channel, or in your default list. In the task, the chip From the channel #Sales opens the channel again.
The phone needs the View CRM and View Channels role settings. Creating channels and inviting people or guests stays in the portal.
Channel notifications and posts on the phone
Your phone sends a push for new messages and posts in the channels you follow and have not muted. Choose per channel with Follow and Mute in the channel, or open the bell at the top of My channels and use Notify me and Mute for every channel in one place. Posts appear as cards in the channel with reactions and comments, you can write a post with the Post tab, and the Files tab lists the channel files.
Posts on the phone
In the QrX app, open the Work section of your profile and tap Posts, right under My channels, to see the posts of every channel you can read.
Pinned posts come first. Each card shows the author, the type, the channel and the time, with reactions and the number of comments. Tap a card to read the whole post and its comments.
Use the search icon to search the title and text of posts. The chips filter by Following, Channel, My posts and Type, and the last chip sorts by Newest or Oldest.
Tap the plus to write a post: choose the channel (only channels where you may post are listed), the type, a title and the text. A note under the channel tells you when guests can see the post.
Type @ and the first letters of a name to mention a colleague who is in the channel. Guests cannot be mentioned. The colleague gets a notification in the portal bell. This works in posts, comments and channel messages.
Editing a post or a message on the phone keeps its formatting and mentions.
When file attachments are switched on, tap the paperclip under the text of a post to add a photo from the camera or the library. A post card shows Files: 1; open the post to see its photos and files. At the bottom of a post, Seen by 3 counts the colleagues who opened it; the author, moderators and channel admins can tap it for the list.
The Posts row needs the View CRM, View Channels and View Posts role settings. Writing a post needs Write Posts and a role other than Viewer in the channel.
Guest data and privacy
The member count of a Space or channel is followed by the number of guests, for example 12 members · 2 guests, so everyone knows outside people are in. In the guest list of the Share dialog, an admin with the Manage guests and Manage CRM settings role settings sees two more icons per guest: Download guest data (needs Export CRM data too) saves a JSON file with the guest’s address, access, messages, uploaded files and access log, and Erase guest data ends access at once and deletes the address, sign-in codes, sessions and access log. Earlier messages and files stay and are shown as Former guest. Erasing cannot be undone, and the same address can be invited again as a new guest.
Guests and Posts
A guest can open the Posts tab of every channel they were invited to. A guest with the Commenter role can write Discussion and Idea posts and comment on any post in that channel; Announcements and Updates stay with your team. A guest can edit or delete their own post only until someone else has replied. Posts and comments from guests carry a Guest label, and the followers of the channel get a notification. People with the Moderate posts role setting, and channel admins, can pin or delete a guest post like any other post. A guest with the Viewer role can read posts but not write them. Guests do not see reactions or who has read a post.
Files in channels
Use the paperclip next to the send button of a channel to attach files to a message (images, PDF, text, CSV, Word, Excel or PowerPoint, up to 10 MB each and at most 10 per message). Every file is checked by a security scan first and shows a spinner until it is ready; a file that fails the scan is never shown or opened. A channel that is not linked to a Space also has a Files button in its header: a table of every file shared in the channel, newest first, with who uploaded it, the size and the date. You can open or download a file and delete your own files; channel admins can delete any file. Guests with the Commenter role can attach files in the same way, and every guest of the channel can open and download them on the Files tab of their page. Deleting a message also removes its files.
