Summary
Learn how to create a task template to standardise workflows across contacts, listings, and appraisals—ensuring every step in your process is consistent, trackable, and easy to manage.
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Overview
Task Templates in Box+Dice help streamline your workflow by creating reusable sets of tasks for different scenarios—such as sales appraisals, listings, or contact follow-ups.
Each template can include multiple tasks, assigned roles, and due dates relative to the commencement date. Templates are also colour-coded and tagged, making them easy to identify on your task list.
Task Templates can be:
Created and managed from Settings > CRM > Task Templates, or
Created 'on the fly' via Apply Task Template > Add New Task Template on the Contact Detail screen
Create a task template
To create a task template
Go to: Settings > CRM > Task Templates
Click + Add
In the Add Task Template modal:
Select Template Type (note that personal templates will only be accessible by you)
Select whether it’s related to Contact, Sales Appraisal, or Listing
Enter a Template Name (e.g. Appraisal Compliance Tasks)
Click Continue
The Edit Task Template modal will display.
Select a Template Colour to visually identify it later
Click + Add to create a new task item
The Add task template Item modal will display.
- Choose who the task is assigned to:
- Consultant - a specific individual
- Consultant group - assign task as a shared responsibility within a team
- Role - such as the listing's consultant or listing office's administrator
When assigned to a consultant group, the task appears in all group members’ task lists. Once one person completes it, the task is cleared for everyone.
- Enter the number of Days, Weeks, Months or Years after the commencement date that you want the Task to fall due (note that this can be a negative value)
- Select the relevant Task Type from the drop down menu as either Phone, Email, SMS, Letter, Task or Other
- Phone - Type a small script into the Phone Script field
- Email - You can optionally select a Library Email Template so when you later open the Task there will be a 'Generate Email' button
- SMS - You can optionally select a Library SMS Template so when you later open the Task there will be a 'Generate SMS' button
- Letter - You can optionally select a Library Letter Template so when you later open the Task there will be a 'Generate Letter' button
- Task - A standard task. You can optionally pair with a Linked Action. See Add linked actions to task template items
- Web Enquiry - Use this type for web-based form submissions or online contact requests. You can optionally pair with a Linked Action.
- Others - Select this for any miscellaneous actions not covered by the above task types. You can optionally pair with a Linked Action.
For email‑based tasks linked to listings or sales appraisals, you can also define a task contact. This ensures communications are sent to the correct recipient when the template is applied.
You can choose:
- A specific contact or
- A role‑based contact, such as vendors, purchasers, or solicitors linked to the listing
- Enter a Subject
- Enter a Task Note for detailed instructions on how to complete the task
- Click Save
Repeat these steps for any additional tasks you wish to include in the template.
- Click Save
What's next?
Edit a task template and delete a task template.