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Priority

The Priority field helps teams rank tasks and subtasks based on their urgency or business impact. This ensures that high-priority tasks are addressed first and resource allocation is optimized.

Each task and subtask can carry a priority label that reflects its relative importance within a project. Priority settings enhance visibility, planning, and focus across teams.

These values are configurable at the workspace and project, giving you control over what priority levels are available and how they’re applied.

Subscription Association​

This feature is available in all subscription plans of 5day.io.

Permission Set​

The ability to assign or edit Priority values depends on the Task Edit Permissions of the user’s role.

How Priority Works​

  1. Priorities are configured at the Workspace settings and inherited by projects.
  • Go to: Workspace Settings → Customization → Priority.
  • Here, a list of pre-configured priorities is available to every workspace.
  • These priorities will automatically apply to new projects created in the workspace.
  • Users can rename, enable/disable, or set a default priority.
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  1. To enable Priority within a specific project:
  • Go to: Project Settings → Features → Enable 'Priority'
  • Once enabled, go to: Project Settings → Customization → Priority.
    • The list of priorities from the workspace will appear.
  • Users can:
    • Change names of the priorities.
    • Enable/disable individual priorities (only enabled priorities will be selectable in tasks/subtasks).
    • Set a default priority, which will auto-assign to all newly created tasks/subtasks.

Access Priority​

Task/Subtask Details​

  1. Open the task or subtask.
  2. Locate the Priority field.
  3. Click the field to view all available priority options.
  4. Select the desired value to update.
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List View / Board View​

  1. Ensure the view is not grouped by Priority.
  2. If the Priority field is not visible:
  • Click Customize.
  • Enable the Priority field and adjust its position using drag-and-drop.
  1. Once enabled, the field appears in the view.
  2. Click on it to assign or change the priority value.
  3. Save the customized view for reuse.
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My Work​

  1. Navigate to My Work.
  2. Click on the desired task or subtask to open its details.
  3. Update the Priority field as needed.

Bulk Update​

  1. Select the tasks/subtasks to update.
  2. A Bulk Update option will appear.
  3. Choose Priority and assign a new value to apply it across all selected items.
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Quick Add​

  1. While using Quick Add to create a task:
  • After entering the task name and location, access the Priority field.
  • Select the appropriate priority level before saving.
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