Manual Task Assignment

The Manual Task Assignment feature in Zluri supports task assignment to individual users, roles, or groups.

Key benefits and capabilities

  • Flexible assignment: Supports individuals, roles, or groups
  • Shared responsibility: Any group member can complete a task, reducing delays during unavailability
  • Improved collaboration: Team members coordinate through comments
  • Clear accountability: Task completion records identify the acting user

Process overview

  1. Manual task creation includes selection of an individual, role, or group as the assignee.
  2. All group members receive task notifications.
  3. Any group member can act on the task.
  4. Members and admins can collaborate through comments.
  5. Task completion by one group member updates the task status for all members.
  6. Task activity details appear in workflow run logs.

Task notifications

Email notifications are sent in the following cases:

  1. Task assignment to a group
  2. Task comments added by a group member or admin

Task assignment setup

The example below illustrates a sample workflow configuration.

Create a manual task

  1. Navigate to Workflows → Onboarding → Playbooks → New Playbook.
  2. Select the task assignment method and applications:
    1. Select +Add next to the required application (Slack shown below).

      Manual task page.png
    2. Select Assigned Via → Notification Channel and choose Email, Slack, or both.

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Three assignee types are supported: Individual, Role, and Group.

Option 1: Assign task to individual users

  1. Set Assignee Type to Assign one or more users.

    Assignee _one or more user.png
  2. Search and select the required users.

    Manual task page_add user.png
  3. Set a due date and select Save Task.

    Manual task page_due date.png

Option 2: Assign a task to a role

  1. Set Assignee Type to Assign to a Zluri role.

    Assignee to zluri role.png
  2. Select a role from the list.

    Maniual task page_user_zluri role.png
  3. Add a due date and select Save Task or Cancel to remove configurations.

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Option 3: Assign a task to a group

Task assignment supports any group listed under

Application → Users → Group.

  1. Set Assignee Type to Assign to a group.

    Assignee type_group.png
  2. Search and select the required group.

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  3. Set a due date and select Add Manual Task.

    A successfully created task appears as shown below.

    Manual task page_task created.png

View and manage assigned tasks

Assigned tasks are available in the

Tasks dashboard.

Supported actions include task execution, comments, and task link sharing. Task handling for employee and admin views is covered below.

Tasks Dashboard → Employee and Admin View

Two views are available: Employee View and Admin View.

View switching is available from the profile menu.

Employee View

The image below shows the view toggle steps.

  1. Open the profile menu in the top-right corner.

  2. Select Employee Mode.

    Toggle from Admin view: Tasks Dashboard to Employee Mode

    Toggle from Admin view: Tasks Dashboard to Employee Mode

Employee View supports the following:

  1. View tasks assigned directly and through groups.

  2. Open a task to view details.

    Task employee view_tasks list.png
  3. Perform task actions:

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    • Mark as Completed or Cancelled
    • View or add comments
  4. View action history, including action type and acting user.

    Task dashboard_employee view_action completed or cancelled.png

Admin View

The image below shows the view toggle steps.

  1. Open the profile menu.

  2. Select Switch to Admin View.

    Switch to Admin view from Employee view: Tasks Dashboard

    Switch to Admin view from Employee view: Tasks Dashboard

Admin view

The following  user roles can access Admin View:

  • Owner
  • Admin
  • Super User
  • Integration Admin
  • IT Admin
  • Viewer
  • IT Viewer

Admin View supports all employee actions, plus:

  1. View all tasks in the Tasks dashboard.

    Task dasboard page.png
  2. Read and write comments on all tasks.

    Manual task_admin view_actions_group.png

Note: Viewer and IT Viewer roles support view-only access.

  1. Filter tasks using My Tasks to display:

    • Direct assignments
    • Group-based assignments
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  2. Perform task actions:

    • Mark as Completed or Cancelled

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    • Add or view comments

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  3. Review task action history.

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Viewing run logs

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Run logs provide task assignment and completion details.

  1. Navigate to Workflows → Onboarding / Offboarding → Run Logs.
  2. Select View Log for the required workflow run.

Displayed details include:

  • Task creation and assignment events

  • Notification delivery

  • Current task status

  • Acting user details

    Manual task assignment_view logs for manual task.png

Additional task actions:


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