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title: Task View and Admin Tasks in Activate Studio (Web and Desktop)
slug: task-view-and-admin-tasks-in-activate-studio-web-and-desktop
createdAt: 2025-07-28T20:02:27.052Z
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## Overview

Activate includes **"Admin Tasks"**, which are actions only available to users with administrative privileges. These tasks can be accessed through the Activate Studio.

### Desktop Studio

In the desktop studio, you can find these admin tasks at the bottom of the app in the "Task List" window


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### Web Admin

In the web admin, these tasks can be found by navigating to **Studio > Admin Tasks** as shown below.



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These tasks can describe actions needing to be performed, ranging from changes needed due to a recent upgrade to custom actions based on your organization's business rules.

## How to Complete a Task

### Desktop Studio

In desktop studio, you can simply double-click on the task, and it will take you to the affected or recommended parameter or object. In the example below, clicking on the highlighted task will take you to //Roles, where you can see that the "DefaultUserMailbox" parameter has not been defined as required.
Once completed, right-click the task and select "Complete". This will remove the task from the Admin Task list.



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### Web Studio

Similarly, in web studio, you can mark a task as completed by checking the completed task and clicking the "Complete Items" button.



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## Where are Admin Tasks Stored?

Admin Tasks are a special type of resource, stored and viewable inside Activate Admin like any other Computer or Role object. You can find them under //Resources/Studio/Tasks.

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## How are Admin Tasks Created?

Admin Tasks can be created in a few ways. Some are included as part of an upgrade and will appear automatically. In other cases, you may want to create your own Admin Tasks.

### Directly in SQL

In some situations, you may want to create admin tasks in the database (perhaps from a different system or as a result of a stored procedure elsewhere). In that case, you can simply add a row to the AdminTask table as shown below.

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### Scripting through Activate

Using Activate desktop admin, open a new Script window. Use the following code as a template for creating your own Admin Task:

:::BlockQuote

using Innovation.Activate;

class Script : ScriptBase
\{
    public void main()
    \{
        var newAdminTask = new AdminTask();
        
        newAdminTask.Name = "My new admin task";
        newAdminTask.Description = "We need to do A, then B, then C.";
        newAdminTask.Category = "MyTasks";
        newAdminTask.Link = "=//Tasks/Link/To/SomeObject";

        newAdminTask.SetInfo();
    }
}

:::

By running the above script, you can see the new task appear in the Admin Task List window after hitting the refresh button.



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