Create and manage task groups

Create a task group when several tasks belong to one larger piece of event work. A group keeps the related tasks together and summarizes their progress without replacing the individual tasks.

Create a task group

From the Tasks page, select Add Group, choose an Event, enter a Group name, and optionally enter a Description. From an event's Tasks tab, select Add Group to create the group directly for that event.

This example groups delivery preparation for one event. Complete these fields, then select Add Group to create it.

The page-level Add Group starts a group in To Do. An Add Group button inside a Board column uses that column's status. The dialog does not have a separate status field. Add child tasks to the group from the group card or by choosing the group when creating a task. A child task and its group must belong to the same event.

Group progress

A group shows a progress summary such as 1 of 2 complete. Its status can be To Do, In Progress, or Complete, while each child task has its own status. A group with no tasks is still a group, but it has no child work to summarize.

In Board view, groups appear in the lane for the group status. In List view, a group row appears before its visible child tasks. Use Show All to expand a group's full set of child tasks when its preview does not show everything.

The Design review group below contains two tasks with their own statuses and due dates. Its progress summary counts completed tasks in the group.

Remove a group

When deleting a group with child tasks, choose whether to keep the child tasks as standalone tasks or delete all child tasks with the group. If a child task depends on the group or another task would lose a required date rule, FlowerBuddy can require a replacement due-date rule before deletion.

The group deletion dialog presents the choice between keeping child tasks as standalone tasks and deleting them with the group.

Removing a task from a group makes it standalone. It keeps its own task details, including its status and due-date rule, unless you change them separately.