Create Recurring Tasks in SmartSuite

This video will you through the ins and outs of setting up recurring tasks in SmartSuite. If you're yet to join the SmartSuite family, no worries—just click on our affiliate link in the description to get started.

Solutions Tailored for Your Meetings

Now, I've got a nifty solution that's been a game-changer for meetings. And guess what? You can replicate this or tweak it to handle just about any task you need, thanks to SmartSuite’s awesome flexibility with naming conventions and app types. Yeah, you heard it right—there isn’t a one-size-fits-all ‘task type table.’ Instead, what you need is the ability to manage a status, nail down an assignee, and peg a due date. That's it!

Automate Your Way to Organized Meetings

Life’s a rollercoaster, and it’s easy to overlook stuff. That's exactly why I wanted to automate setting up our weekly team meetings complete with agendas, ownership (that’s me), and deadlines to keep it all front and center.

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How Did I Do It? Enter Automation

Let me walk you through an automation I've dubbed, 'Create Weekly Team Meeting.' It triggers at a scheduled time (pretty handy), say on a lazy Sunday, so we’re ready to rock on Monday. Yes, it runs like clockwork every week, creating our meeting record without fail.

Here’s the cool part:

Action Stations! Creating a Record

What actions are we talking about? Simple—we're creating a fresh record in the meetings app.

In SmartSuite, you’ll find a default description field, but I went ahead and called it an agenda field—sounds right, doesn’t it? Plus, it’s a SmartDoc type field, allowing you to jazz up the text with rich formatting. We're talking headings, links to docs—all the good stuff. And since agenda items might change, having a structured but editable format is top-notch.

Quick Breakdown: My Meeting Record

• Type: Weekly Team Meeting
• Assigned to: You guessed it, me!
• Due Date: Set for tomorrow (because we’re automating on Sundays, remember?)

With the automation saved, come next Sunday, voila! A fresh record pops up into existence, with a title that’s got the meeting date stitched to it.

What’s on the Agenda?

Our freshly minted meeting slots into the backlog for now, ready for status updates and pre-meeting tweaks. Opening the record reveals that rich, formatted agenda, already loaded with the basics and awaiting your final touch.

Remember, folks, this is about making technology work for you, keeping things plain and simple. Let technology wear the cape and handle those recurring tasks while you plot world domination—or, you know, maybe just a more organized week. Catch you on the next post!

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