In this article you will learn:
1. What Are Smart Hints?
Smart Hints help you stay on top of your projects by showing helpful tips about your tasks and milestones. They appear in Allex as blue circles and let you focus on the most urgent topics. Smart Hints give you quick updates about your milestones and tasks, such as:
When it’s time to start or update them.
If something is delayed or overdue.
When you need to give feedback or check on a problem.
2. What can you do with Smart Hints?
Smart Hints help you take action quickly:
Open the feedback dialog for overdue milestones or tasks.
Provide status updates to keep everyone informed on delayed or incomplete tasks.
Tip: Learn more about Status updates, comments, and feedback here
3. Where can you see Smart Hints?
Smart hints are highlighted as blue circles by a task or milestone. You’ll find Smart Hints in these places:
Project Home: In the Upcoming tasks section
Board View: At the top corner of a milestone or task card
Netplan: At the top corner of a milestone or task card
Timeline: Under a task bar or next to a milestone diamond
Task Lists: In the Status column of My task or project lists.
Focus Cards: As a banner at the top of the focus card
4. What Smart Hints do Milestones have?
Ready to Start: The milestone can begin because its predecessor tasks are done.
Update Needed: The milestone is overdue and needs your feedback.
Predecessor Not Completed: The milestone is overdue, but a required task is still not done.
Milestone at Risk: The milestone is at risk because a task it depends on is delayed.
Predecessor Not Completed: The milestone is started, but the predecessors are not yet completed.
5. What Smart Hints do Tasks have?
Task is ready to start: The task can begin because its predecessors are done
End Date Passed: The task requires feedback or a status update as its deadline has been missed.
Task Overdue Due to Predecessor: Highlights that the task is delayed because its predecessor is still incomplete.
Task at Risk: Alerts you that the task's progress is at risk because of delays in a dependent task.
Predecessor Not Completed: The task is started, but the predecessor is not yet completed.