Introducing New 'Tasks' View

In the SuiteFiles Web App you can share files with internal users. An internal user is a user in your SuiteFiles site. 

What is covered in this article?

• How to share a file with an internal user
• How to interact with the new tasks view
• SuperSuite Extras

How to share a file with an internal user

1. Navigate to the file you would like to share
2. Click the three dots to the right of the file name
3. From the drop-down menu select Share
   
4. Start typing the name of the user you would like to share within the text box provided
5. A list of users that match your text will appear in the drop-down list
6. Select the user from the drop-down list
   
7. The user has been selected correctly when you can see that their username has a white box appear around it as shown in the screenshot below
8. You can add multiple users by following the same steps above
9. On the right of the screen, enter the title and message for the shared document. You can select the reason for sharing by selecting either the Review or Approval button. You can also add a due date for the document to be approved or reviewed by
   
   
   
   

When you've completed adding the users you'd like to share the file with, click SHARE to share the file.

How to interact with Shared tasks

1. The recipient(s) will receive a notification in their SuiteFiles site, and an email notification that the task has been shared with them. Both of these notifications will include a link to the file in SuiteFiles.
2. The file will also appear in the recipients Tasks tab under My tasks in SuiteFiles. The sender can see the document and its progress through the Sent tasks tab.
   
   
3. You can interact with the document and have a conversation with the users involved.
4. To open the file, click the file name in the left panel.
5. To chat with the sender or recipient, click anywhere on the task row to view the task details on the right panel. 
   
   
   
   
6. Users can filter for tasks through the 'Filter by name' field, or by the 'Sent By' or 'Sent To' filters.
7. If the file is marked as done, the user who originally shared the file will receive a SuiteFiles email notification letting them know the file's been updated. They will also be able to see this in the Sent Tasks tab.
   
   

Task ordering

Tasks are ordered by New, In Progress and Done. Once a New task has been Marked as Done, it will be moved to the end of the list. 

 

Super Suite Extras - Connect Tasks

1. Super Suite users have access to Connect Tasks and Closed Connect Tasks. 
2. Connect Tasks displays files that are shared and requested through the Connect Portal.  Note that this view does not display Connected folders that are shared, only the status of file request or file share tasks.  
3. Closed Connect Tasks show the Connect Tasks that have been closed.