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What Are Statuses?

Statuses describe the stage of an item’s progress — a task, email, customer, contact, or sales opportunity. Each status has a name, color, category, and display priority.

Status Categories

Each status belongs to one of four categories:

  • To Do (todo) — the item is waiting to be started
  • In Progress (in_progress) — work is underway
  • Ready (ready) — the item is ready for review/acceptance
  • Done (done) — the item is closed

Categories are used in the Kanban view — board columns correspond to categories.

Module Availability

A status can be used in selected modules:

  • All modules — by default, a status is global
  • Tasks — task statuses
  • Emails — email statuses
  • Customers — CRM customer statuses
  • Contacts — contact statuses
  • Sales opportunities — deal statuses

Statuses and Teams

Statuses can be assigned to specific teams. This way, each team sees only the statuses relevant to them. If a status is not assigned to any team, it is available to everyone.

Closing Status

A status can be marked as closing (closed: true). Setting a task to a closing status automatically marks it as closed.

Creating a Status

  1. Go to TasksStatuses
  2. Click + (New Status)
  3. Fill in:
    • Name — unique within the account
    • Category — To Do, In Progress, Ready, or Done
    • Color — display color (hex)
    • Closing — whether setting this status closes the item
    • Modules — where the status should be available
    • Teams — optional restriction to teams
  4. Save

Display Order

Statuses are displayed by priority. The order can be changed using the up / down buttons on the status list.

Deleting a Status

When deleting a status that is in use, the system requires specifying a replacement status — all items with the deleted status will be moved to the new one.

Counters

Each status has counters showing how many items are in that status:

  • Number of tasks
  • Number of customers
  • Number of contacts
  • Number of deals
  • Number of emails

Important Information

  • The status name must be unique within the account and type
  • A status can be deactivated without being deleted
  • Changing a task’s status is recorded in the activity history
  • Closing statuses automatically set closed: true on the item

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