Is it possible to set time duration of a task in Podio Calendar and have overlays?

Follow

Dietmar Reigber

• January 24, 2015 19:43

Hi Podio Team,

I just noted that the calendar in Podio only shows at what time a task must be delivered and I didn't manage to set in a task a duration of let's say 5 hours on a specific date - where then let's say on Monday it will cover up the area of 8am - 13:00.
Is it possible to do this or do I need to set this possibility within the apps creation process?

And second question would be if the calendar can handle overlays or several tasks that fall on the same hour?

Sunny regards from Mauritius,
Dietmar Reigber

1

• 

  Dietmar Reigber

  • January 25, 2015 08:23

  Hi,

  I see that it is somewhat possible.
  It depends on the date setting of the created apps if a tick is placed to show project/event in calendar.
  It will also cover up the time set as a layer.
  Differentiation here is that tasks will only show up in calendar on the time they must be delivered.
  Does Podio consider feasible in the future to offer the possibility also to set a period of time for a task? That would be great! Plus also to have different colours.

  0

  Comment actions Permalink
• 

  Dietmar Reigber

  • January 25, 2015 08:25

  The Podio Calendar doesn't seem to refresh automatically after a project/event is removed from the calendar, it requires a manual reload.

  0

  Comment actions Permalink
• 

  Daniel de la Cruz

  • November 25, 2015 10:30

  Is there an update on this? Duration is such an important part to plan your time and the time of your team. As it sets expectations to how long something should take and you reflect back on it to see how long it actually took (hooks nicely into time tracking on tasks - but that is a seperate feature request).

  0

  Comment actions Permalink
• 

  Sara Høeg Højlund-Rasmussen

  • November 27, 2015 09:46

  Hey Daniel (again!) :)

  No update from Podio, we still recommend using a task app: https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/articles/201038678-Using-an-Actions-app-for-tasks

  //Sara - Podio

  0

  Comment actions Permalink
• 

  Andy Pakula

  • July 08, 2016 09:26

  I want to bring this issue back to the fore. 

  One of the best way to manage tasks is to schedule them in your calendar.

  This is only semi-possible in Podio because tasks have a set, unchangeable default length when shown in calendar. Yes, a task app could be used, but it takes much longer to create a task in an app, AFAIK they don't work across workspaces and you can't simply check a box to mark them done. Apps are great for activities within a projects, but not for individual tasks that can be completed in a day.

  It would make a huge difference to how I use Podio if there could be a task duration. It would keep me in Podio rather than bouncing off to Google Calendar where I schedule my task work currently.

  0

  Comment actions Permalink
• 

  Andy Pakula

  • August 17, 2016 08:25

  A "task app" is not adequate. Podio needs to make a few small changes to be a really useful task management tool. See a thread on this topic here.

  0

  Comment actions Permalink

Please sign in to leave a comment.