1. My Next Tasks lists all tasks assigned to the person signed in. Only people that can sign into the TVP (service advisor, production manager, or implementer) can use the Task Manager. It does not apply to technician-only users. 
2. All Next Tasks shows all the next tasks for everyone at the shop
   • If the signed-in person is a production manager, they can reassign tasks
   • If there is no production manager and you need to monitor tasks assigned to someone else (such as when they are out at lunch) you can see tasks assigned to others in the All Next Tasks tab of the Task Manager. Service advisors marked as a production manager in AutoVitals can reassign tasks to others from here.
3. Completed Tasks allows you to review completed task
   • Note: The completed task queue will show you work that has been completed within the past week
4. Add new tasks
   • To read more about this click here. 
5. Date and Time at which the task needs to be started
6. Progress of a task:  Some tasks have multiple subtasks.
7. Person Assigned: Click on this to reassign the task to someone else
   • To read more about this click here. 
8. Subtasks:  See which subtask currently needs to be completed and how many other subtasks need to be performed (in the image above the current subtask is 2:Edit images and 3 more subtasks need to be finished)
9. Source of the task (vehicle alert from tablet, appointment request, manual, etc.)
10. Click the up arrow to snap to top or click to drag and drop tasks up or down to represent the best priority (top position is the highest priority task)
11. Down Arrow: Click the modify the exact start time of the task
12. Tasks that have an exact start time are blue.
13. Marking Tasks Complete: Tasks can be manually checked off or the system detects automatically that the task has been performed and checks it off without human interaction (see more detail below on auto-generated tasks)

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How to turn the Task Manager Feature On or Off

Shops are now able to turn the Task Manager feature completely ON or OFF depending on their preference. By default, this feature will be turned OFF for new shops.

• From Shop Settings:
  1. Select Workflow
  2. Select General

• When OFF, the Task Manager will not be visible to users from the TVP:

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How to Add a New Task 

• 1. Optionally, choose from a list of the last 10 tasks to save time
  2. Add/edit the task title and a description  
  3. Assign the task to yourself or someone else from the drop-down list
  4. If the task is associated with a work order, choose the appropriate RO
  5. Add the time the task should be completed

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How to Reassign Tasks

• • If you need to reassign your own task to someone else, just click on your name from the task and choose who it should be assigned to instead. 

    Note: Production Managers can reassign all tasks (even those assigned to others).

    

  • Clicking on the Shop tasks allows the SA to assign other people’s tasks to themselves (see below). Alerts still go to the SA on the Work Order.

     

    Note: This option for service advisors to reassign a task to themselves is only available if there is no production manager defined in AutoVitals.

    

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How to View Alerts for Tasks  

Service advisors only see pop-up alerts for their own incoming chat messages, vehicle alerts and automatically-generated tasks. 

 
Service Advisors can see tasks that are assigned to others in the “All Next Tasks” tab of the Task Manager. 

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