Tasks in the Altium Web Interface
The Tasks feature brings lightweight task tracking to further enhance design collaboration in Altium. With Tasks, important action items are clearly visible, giving engineering managers and project leaders a high-level view of project status, all within the design environment.
Accessing Tasks in the Altium Workspace
You can access Tasks either for a single project in the workspace or for all workspace projects.Tasks for All Projects: To view the tasks for all projects, click Tasks on the left-hand side menu. You will see the task board and all tasks grouped by project.
Specific Project Tasks: In the Altium workspace, navigate to the left-hand menu and click Projects. Select a project and then click Tasks. You will see only the tasks included in this project, grouped according to each document.
Task Board: The board consists of 3 columns: To Do, In Progress, and Resolved.
Grab a task and drop it into the desired column to move the task between statuses. This simple visualization offers a great deal of transparency about task progress.
Create a Task in the Design: You can use the commenting feature to assign a task to yourself or to someone else when you place a comment in the design. You can:
- Add details in the comment box
- Assign the task to yourself or others using the checkbox “Assign a task to”
- Convert a comment into a task
- Set the status (To Do, In Progress or Resolved)
- Go to the previous or next comment by clicking on the arrows “<” or “>”
Fig. 4 - Create a Task in the Design
icon located on the upper right-hand side of the task dialog box.
Create a General Task in the Design: You can create a general task using the 
button on the top left-hand side of the task board. In this case, the tasks are assigned to the project itself.
Assign Task: Check the box to assign the task to yourself or any other person by expanding the suggestion list by clicking on the 
button when you place a comment. When you @mention a user on a task, you will see a checkbox asking whether you want to assign the task to that user. You can also convert a comment into a task using the 
menu, as mentioned above.
Reassign Task: To reassign a task, select Assignee from the side menu. Choose an assignee or search for people. If a user doesn't have access to the project, their username will not appear in the list.
Task Status: You can neatly track the tasks according to their working statuses. To change the status of a task, locate the drop-down menu in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Select a status from the Status drop-down box, or leave it as is. You can also move the card between the columns.
Task History: The task history gives you a full breakdown of the entire history of your task—who changed what and when. You can also add an item or comment or @mention others in the timeline.
Task Priority: Priority levels can be assigned after a task is created. To change the priority in the side menu, select Priority. There are four categories: Highest, High, Medium, Low.
Tasks in Altium Designer: All comments and tasks are listed in the Comments and Tasks Panel, with the ability to filter by tasks only.
Double click on the TaskID in the Comments and Tasks Panel in Altium Designer to open the task board automatically in Altium’s web interface.
You can associate design changes when committing the file to version control adding the TaskID to the commit comment. The system automatically links them and displays an appropriate message indicating task details and project history.
