API ReferenceTask

Create Task

Create a new Task within a specified project.

A Task is an individual element of work that must be performed to complete a Project. A Task can have one or more Resources assigned to it. Tasks can be linked to other Tasks to indicate whether they have a dependency or a connection.

Path parameters

projectIdstringRequired

The unique identifier of the Project that will contain this Task

Headers

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

x-integration-namestringOptional

The name of the calling system passed along as a header parameter

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
namestringRequired=1 character

The common name of this Task.

descriptionstringOptional

A description of the work to be performed in this Task.

percentCompleteintegerOptional>=0<=100

The numerical percentage, from 0-100, representing the percentage completion for this Task. Any numbers below zero or above 100 will be clamped to the minimum or maximum value.

This value can be edited manually in the Gantt chart view of the application, or can be selected on the Task Detail page within the Kanban board.

statusIdstringOptional

The unique identifier of the TaskStatus for this Task

priorityIdintegerOptional

A numerical value representing the Priority of this Task

assigneeslist of stringsOptional

A list of unique identifiers of TaskAssignees to be assigned to this Task

plannedStartDatestringOptional

The date when work on this Task is planned to begin.

plannedFinishDatestringOptional

The date when work on this Task is expected to complete.

plannedDurationintegerOptional>=0<=6570000

The planned duration (in minutes) for this Task. Cannot be negative.

plannedEffortintegerOptional>=0<=2147483647

The planned effort (in minutes) for this Task. Cannot be negative.

plannedCostdoubleOptional>=0

The planned cost for this Task. Cannot be negative.

actualStartDatestringOptional

The date when work on this Task actually started, if known.

actualCostdoubleOptional>=0

The actual cost of this Task to date, if known.

themestringOptional

Color theme definition for this task.

eg. Blue, Brown, DarkBlue, DarkGrey, Gold, Green, Grey, LightBrown, LightGreen, LightGrey, LightPurple, LightYellow, Magenta, Mauve, Navy, Orange, Purple, Red.

isLockedbooleanOptional

Unlocked tasks can be adjusted by changes to their dependencies, resource leveling, or other factors.

All tasks are unlocked by default.

If a task is set to IsLocked = true, the dates and assigned resources are locked for this task and will not be automatically changed by any process.

isMilestonebooleanOptional

True if this task is a milestone. Milestones represent a specific point in time for the project. When a milestone is locked, it represents a fixed time within the project that can be used to relate to other tasks.

Response

Success

errorobjectOptional

If the API call failed, this will contain information about the error that occurred.

successbooleanOptional

True if the API call succeeded; false otherwise.

hasErrorbooleanOptional

True if the API call failed.

statusCodeenumOptional

The HTTP code of the response.

dataobjectOptional

Returns the id of a specific ChangeSet