# $tasks
- Create and Assign Tasks to Users
This keyword allows us to add a task that needs to be completed inside a definition record and assign it to a specific user.
# Usage:
$tasks
# Examples:
In the example displayed in the images below, we will add a new $tasks
field and create a new task.
![](/recordm/recordm/instances/17511/files/187/Screenshot%202022-11-03%20at%2012.49.25.png)
![](/recordm/recordm/instances/17511/files/187/Screenshot%202022-11-03%20at%2014.57.09.png)
To create a new task, you must click on top of the button. After that, you can assign the task to a particular user and/or schedule a date for the execution of that task. To assign the task, we only need to click on the
button. To schedule a date, we need to click on the
button. Once the task is completed, that user can mark the task as so by clicking inside the blue checkbox:
. If we want to delete the task, we can click inside the small stop sign that immediately appears next to the task once we hover the mouse on top of it:
.
The video included below shows a working example of the $tasks
keyword: