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Liis Kask's on-track update on Harbour café refit, saying the kitchen fit-out finished two days early, with a Reply button Liis Kask's on-track update on Harbour café refit, saying the kitchen fit-out finished two days early, with a Reply button An update says how a project is going: a health, On track, At risk or Off track, and a few lines on progress, risks and next steps. The newest update’s health becomes the project’s, which is what the Projects page shows beside it, so a regular update keeps the list honest.
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Post an update

1

Open the updates

On the project, open the Updates tab. On the Overview, Write update on the latest update, or Write a project update before the first one, opens the same card right there; Cancel closes it.
2

Pick the health

The health at the top of the card starts at the project’s current one, or On track before the first update. Change it if that is no longer true.
3

Write it

Say what moved, what is at risk and what comes next. Type @ and a name to mention someone.
4

Add files, if you want

Choose Attach file (the paperclip), drop files on the card, or paste them into the text.
5

Post it

Check Since the last update, then choose Post update (Post on a phone).
Since the last update lists what changed on the project since the previous update: its status, priority, lead, dates and budget, who joined or left the team, and which milestones were completed. It is posted with the update, so you do not have to write those changes out. The update appears at the top of Updates and as the Latest update on the Overview, with its pictures as thumbnails, videos as tiles with a play button and other files as cards, and the project’s lead and team are notified. Between updates, the tab records each change to the project, day by day.

Reply and react

Under an update, Reply opens its thread and Add reaction adds an emoji. Use the thread for questions about that update, so the answer stays beside it.

Edit or delete one

An update’s three-dot menu has Edit for the person who posted it, and Delete for them or a role that can moderate comments. Deleting an update removes its reactions too, and it cannot be brought back.
The project’s health always follows its newest update. Changing that update’s health changes the project’s, and deleting it falls back to the update before.

Next

Planning projects

Keep the status, dates and milestones the update reports on.

Projects overview

See every project’s health on the Projects page.

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