Run and manage tasks
Task groups
Section titled “Task groups”The left pane of the Tasks page lists your task groups. Each group shows how many tasks it holds, how many are running and when its next schedule fires.
- Click New group to make one. Group tasks however suits you, for example one group per drop.
- Right-click a group to rename it, start or stop every task in it, open its schedules, or delete it.
- Drag tasks onto a group in the left pane to move them there.
- Drag a group up or down the left pane to change the order of the list.
Turn on Group by store in the header to fold the grid into one section per store.
Select tasks
Section titled “Select tasks”| To select | Do this |
|---|---|
| One task | Click its row. |
| Several tasks | Hold Ctrl and click each row. |
| A run of tasks | Click the first, hold Shift and click the last. |
| Every task for a store | Tick the box in that store’s header. |
When tasks are selected, the header shows how many, with Start and Stop buttons that act on all of them.
Start and stop
Section titled “Start and stop”- One task: click the play or stop button on its row.
- Selected tasks: click Start or Stop in the header.
- A whole group: right-click it and choose Start all or Stop all.
The right-click menu
Section titled “The right-click menu”Right-click any selected task for these options:
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Start tasks / Stop tasks | Starts or stops the selection. |
| Disable tasks / Enable tasks | A disabled task shows a Disabled badge. Start, Start all, schedules and monitors skip it. Its own play button still starts it. |
| Duplicate tasks | Makes a copy of each selected task, straight under the original. |
| Edit task | Opens the task in the same window you created it in. |
| Mass edit tasks | Changes one field across every selected task. See below. |
| Open product URL | Opens the product page in your browser. |
| Load product info | Looks up the product so the grid shows its name instead of the link. |
| Move tasks to | Moves the selection into another task group. |
| Delete tasks | Deletes the selection. |
Mass edit
Section titled “Mass edit”Select the tasks, right-click and choose Mass edit tasks. Tick only the fields you want to change:
- Proxy group, profile or webhook group
- Retry delay and monitor delay
- Quantity
The After apply box sums up what will change. Click Apply. Fields you left unticked stay as they were on each task.
