To add a task to a home buy stage

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The procedure to add a task to a home buy stage is as follows:

  1. Navigate to Quick Menu > Home Buy > Configuration > Home Buy Stage Type. The Home Buy Stage Configuration window is displayed.
  2. Expand a company subheading from within the nested classification structure and select an associated stage from the alphabetical list, or enter its name into the Search Stage Types field. By default the list is filtered to show Current stage types. An alternative filter can be applied using the Select view drop-down field: Expired, Future or All combinations 1.
  3. Click on Tasks. The Tasks tab is activated.
  4. Click on New Task. The New Home Buy Stage Type Task window is displayed.
  5. Enter a task description into the dynamic search field provided 2. All possible matches are returned in the Search Results summary table 3.
  6. Highlight the desired task from the filtered results list.
  7. Choose an Effective from date for this record i.e. the date on which the linked task came into effect for this home buy stage 4.
  8. Choose an Effective to date if the link needs to be reviewed on a specific date or to capture a change of circumstances; a blank field means the link will never expire.
  9. Click on Confirm. The linked task is displayed in the Available Tasks summary table.
  10. Repeats steps 4 through 9 to add further tasks to the home buy stage.
  11. Click on Save 5.


Note

1 The Search Stage Types field will match against any element of the home buy stage description.

2 The field will operate as a dynamic search function and match against any element of the task description based on the successive characters entered.

3 Only tasks relevant to those companies linked to the home buy stage will be displayed.

4 The Effective from date defaults to the current system date and cannot be left blank.

5 To amend the details of a linked task, double-click on the desired row in the Available Tasks summary table and repeat steps 7 through 9; to remove the assigned task, change the Effective to date to be in the past.


See related topics...

Home buy stage maintenance overview

To create a new home buy stage

To create a new home buy task definition

To define the automatic task path for a home buy stage