Create Action Items

You can create both personal and project-related action items. Personal action items are those that you create from the Organizer. Project-related action items are those that you create from within a project. This section describes how to create a personal action item.

To create a new personal action item

  1. Select Organizer from the Personal menu.

    The Organizer: Action Items page appears.

  2. Click New.

    The Action Item Properties: Create page appears.

  3. In the General section, complete the following fields:
    Subject

    Defines the name for this action item.

    Description

    Defines the description of the action item.

    Priority

    Specifies the priority level of the action item.

    Values: Low, Medium, or High

    Due Date

    Defines the date the action item is due for completion. If desired, select the hour and minute the action item is due.

    Recurring

    Indicates if the action item to occur at regular intervals. If the action item is to occur only once, clear this check box.

    Frequency

    Specifies how often the action item to reoccur. For example, enter 1 in the Frequency field if you need to create a status report each week.

    Units

    Specifies the time period during which the action item will reoccur.

    Values: Days, Weeks, Months, and Years

    Until

    Indicate the last date on which you want the action item to reoccur.

  4. In the Notify section, complete the following fields:
    Notify Assignees

    Indicates if a notification is sent (via email message, to the Overview: General page, or via SMS) to the assigned resource.

    Send Reminder

    Indicates if a reminder email notification is sent to the assigned resource (or resources) when the action item is due.

    Time Before Reminder

    If the Send Reminder check box is selected, defines the amount of time before the item is due that you want the reminder to occur. For example, enter 15 in this field, and select Minutes in the Units field.

    Units

    If the Send Reminder check box is selected, specifies the time unit you want to use for the reminder.

  5. In the Assignees section, click the Browse icon to select the resources to whom you want to assign the action item.
  6. Click Submit.