Work

Overview of Work

Karbon brings all things related to your work, together in one place.

Written by Andi Ancheta
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Video overview of Work

Learn how you can view your own work items, work across your entire team, and drill into specific jobs.

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Video overview of Kanban

Track the progression of work, manage capacity and use customizable workflows to optimize everything across your company.

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Creating work from a template with job role placeholders

When a work item is created from a template, all tasks and Time & Budget information for job role will be assigned to a colleague.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Sharing a saved view in Karbon

Once you've created your unique work dashboards, share them amongst your team by using the sharing feature in the work view.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Sorting and managing your work templates

Easily find the template you need by sorting through your list of templates

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Create work

To create a piece a work from scratch, you can go to the Global Add menu “+” and select Work.

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Using a Work Template to create work

Work Templates allow you to standardize processes and quickly create new pieces of work. Here's how to use one to create a piece of work.

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Customize a work template

Tailor one of the pre-populated work templates in your account to suit your firm's clients and unique workflows.

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Schedule work

You can schedule work items to repeat by setting them up on a schedule.

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Automators and Repeating Work

Work and Task due dates do not carry over for tasks in repeating work if they are affected by Automators controlling due dates/assignments.

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Moving tasks between work items

When you're unable to finish all the tasks in a work item, you can move them to another piece of work.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Activity items for tasks & notes

Events will appear in your tasks and notes to indicate when certain activities have happened, providing you with an automatic audit history.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Delete work

To delete a piece of work, click on the Options menu "..." and select Delete.

Written by Andi Ancheta
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Viewing Work

Selecting Work from the main menu will display all Work throughout your team.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Changes carried over to scheduled work

You will sometimes need to make updates or changes to a work item that you have set to repeat on a schedule.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Bulk re-apply work templates

Get assistance to re-apply any updated work template(s) to all work items that have been created from those templates in the past.

Written by Ian Vacin
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Estimating time for a work item

Estimate how long a piece of work will take for each team member, and in total, and use this information to make better-informed decisions.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Adding a budgeted fee to a work item

A budgeted value can be applied to a work item to assist with planning.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Determining your work team's involvement in a work item

Your work team lists anyone involved with a particular job for a client. Their involvement can come in a number of forms.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Moving items to different work

You can move items like emails or notes from one piece of work to another one.

Written by George Connor
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Saving and editing a work view

Save your most-used work views to access quickly in the future.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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How to hide empty columns on Kanban

To hide empty Kanban columns select the toggle button to the right in Kanban and turn off the “Show empty columns” setting.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Edit work team

A work team lets you keep track of anyone from your firm who is involved with a piece of work.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Exporting and downloading work items from Karbon

You can download a spreadsheet of all your firm's work items in Karbon.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Resetting a work item

Resetting a work item reverts the tasks and details back to the template it was created from, or the previous work item in the schedule.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Displaying Work in list mode

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Viewing work for a client group

You can view work related to a client group in a number of ways.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Downloading documents from a work item or contact

You have the option to download any file individually listed under Recent Documents, or bulk download them all.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Removing an email from a timeline

If an email is attached to the wrong Work or Contact timeline, you can remove it by clicking X from the email’s timeline tray.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Viewing your Kanban board

Your Kanban board lets you optimize your company's entire workflow management on a single screen.

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Sorting your Kanban board

Your Kanban board is organized by columns. Using the view and sort menu, you can choose what these columns represent.

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Files and documents on Work

For every job you manage there can be a number of files involved. Karbon brings these all together.

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Managing work budgets on your Kanban board

Time and budget estimates for work items across your practice can be viewed and analyzed using your Kanban board.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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How do I attach a new email to a piece of work?

Go to the Work you want to attach the email to, click on "Email" and compose the email directly from there.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Moving Work on your Kanban board

You can adjust priorities in real time by moving cards from one column to another.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Pin a note or an email to the top of a timeline

Pin a note or an email to the top of a contact or work timeline for quick reference.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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How to use work filters

Learn how you can use work filters to view only the work items that are relevant to you at any given time.

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Why is my share work view option greyed out?

If you're unable to share your work view, be sure that the view has been saved first.

Written by Erin Jamison
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What does capacity per week mean on my Kanban board?

Capacity per week is the hours a team member is available per week.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Why can't I edit a Kanban view that a colleague shared with me?

Written by Erin Jamison
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Displaying capacity per week on your Kanban board

You can easily view each team member's weekly capacity when sorting by Assignee in the Kanban board.

Written by Erin Jamison
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How are Kanban board columns sorted?

Depending on how you're viewing your Kanban board, work items will be displayed in different orders.

Written by Erin Jamison
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If I skip weekends for repeating work start & due dates, will that also apply to tasks?

Tasks will not readjust to a weekday when you turn on the 'avoid weekends' feature.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Why can't I see time estimates and budgets for work items if I'm on the Team plan?

Budgeted time is included in Time & Budgets functionality, which is not included for customers on the Team pricing plan.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Can I transfer work to a different template?

Currently it is not possible to transfer a work item to another template.

Written by Erin Jamison
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What work is included under 'Also working on' on my Kanban board?

'Also working on' shows all work items that a colleague is involved in but not directly assigned.

Written by Erin Jamison
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How far out does work get created?

You have the option to create your work anywhere from one day before the work start date to one year before its start date.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Why can't I export contact or work data?

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How can I simultaneously reassign work and its tasks to a colleague?

You can reassign a work item and its tasks to a colleague within your work view, to-do view and the work item itself.

Written by Erin Jamison
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How do I update the start date of a work item?

You can change the start date of a work item by clicking 'Due' in the work header.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Does work automatically update to reflect changes made to its relating template?

When you make changes to a work template, you must also reset any work item you want to inherit those same changes.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Why can't I sort my Kanban board by client?

You can only sort your Kanban board by client when you have applied a Client Group filter.

Written by Andi Ancheta
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Can I give different colleagues access to different pieces of work for the same client?

You can assign entire pieces of work or individual tasks to different colleagues.

Written by Erin Jamison
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What data is carried forward in a repeating work schedule?

Setting work to repeat automatically creates future work items with certain information copied from the previous work item in the series.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Can a piece of work have multiple work types?

No, each work item can only have one work type.

Written by Erin Jamison
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How is the total estimated time for a work item calculated?

As you add time against team members, your estimates will tallied up to provide a total estimate for the work item.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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How can I change the currency used to estimate work budgets?

The budget for a work item is measured in your the currency set in your company's settings.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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What happens when you remove a member of a work team with a time estimate?

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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What activities will trigger a timeline event?

Events will appear on your timeline to indicate when certain activities have happened, providing you with an automatic audit history.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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How can I see the work my colleagues are involved in?

The Colleagues Involved work filter will show all the work items that selected colleagues are working on (not just work they're assigned).

Written by Erin Jamison
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How do I search for a document?

Documents can only be searched within a client’s profile or a piece of work page.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Can I change the contact for a piece of work?

From the piece of work select the (...) and Change client. You will then be able to change the contact that is associated with the Work.

Written by Erin Jamison
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What information is displayed on a Kanban card?

Cards on your Kanban board represent individual work items—giving you their most useful information.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Where can I find the people involved with a piece of work?

All colleagues and contacts involved with any piece of work are listed in the Details tab.

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Why is a status not appearing as an option for a piece of work?

When you create a new workflow status, you will need to apply it to the work types you want to use it for.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Can I restore deleted items to a work timeline?

Yes you can restore emails, but not notes.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Can I merge two pieces of work?

You can't currently merge pieces of work in Karbon; however, you can move items from one piece of work to another.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Are Tasks copied when I schedule a piece of work?

Yes, Tasks and the corresponding items are copied when you schedule a piece of work.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Can I change the frequency on a work schedule once it’s been created?

No, the frequency that a piece of work is set to repeat cannot be edited after its initial setup.

Written by Erin Jamison
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How far into the future does the work scheduler create work?

Setting work to repeat on a schedule creates a certain number of future items.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Why aren't all work items showing when adding an email to a timeline?

If the work item you are searching for is not appearing, you should check if that item's work status is chosen to show in results.

Written by Lachlan Macindoe
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Can I edit the schedule of a piece of work?

You can easily make changes to existing work schedules that have been set up.

Written by Andi Ancheta
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Can I remove an email from a work timeline?

Remove an email from a timeline

Written by Erin Jamison
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Can I delete a work schedule?

How to delete or end a repeating work schedule, and what happens to future work.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Can I make work private?

If work is for a private contact then yes it is private to the people on that client team.

Written by Erin Jamison
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How do I rename or edit documents in a piece of work?

Go to the piece of work, and under Details > Recent documents, click on Manage.

Written by Erin Jamison
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How do I upload documents to a piece of work?

Go to the piece of work, and under Details > Recent documents, click on Upload.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Are work documents copied across to scheduled repeating work?

No, files and documents uploaded to work are specific to that work item and will not carry over to future work.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Are documents and files attached to an email automatically added to a piece of work?

When you attach an email to a piece of work all attachments included in that email will be automatically saved in the work’s Details tab.

Written by Erin Jamison
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Can I change the completion date on work?

The completion date in Karbon is tied to when the status of the work was updated to completed. You can't manually change the completed date.

Written by Erin Jamison
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