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Using Hive
Tips and tricks for how to get the most out of your Hive workspace.
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103 articles in this collection
Written by
John Furneaux,
Eric Typaldos,
Erin Gouveia
and 6 others
Using Time Estimate Splits
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
My Day
You'll never have to leave Hive to attend a meeting again, and your entire calendar will be easily accessible.
Written by
Tim Chung
Updated over a week ago
Hive Help and Support
How to access Hive help and support to help your team move faster.
Written by
Dee Miller
Updated over a week ago
Agile Sprints
Using the Agile Workflow, users will have greater visibility into their sprints
Written by
Tim Chung
Updated over a week ago
Save Your Table View with Presets
Using Preset, you'll be able to save the layout in Table View, exactly how you want it
Written by
Tim Chung
Updated over a week ago
Hive Apps
One simple place to manage your team's features and integrations
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Formula Custom Fields
Dynamically calculate custom fields
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Action Cards
Add an action card to multiple projects
Add your action to different projects in a snap!
Written by
Ivan Vatamaniuk
Updated over a week ago
Everything about Labels
Categorize your actions with labels
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Action Card History
View an audit history of changes to Action Cards
Written by
Andrew Naisawald
Updated over a week ago
How to share an action card
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Manage Team Assignments
Assign actions to your team has arrived!
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Auto-completing Parent Actions
Automatically mark your parent action complete when the subactions are completed
Written by
Andrew Naisawald
Updated over a week ago
Following an action card
Want to be informed about changes to an action? Click 'Follow' to receive notifications of each change.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Copying action cards
Save time writing action cards by copying the details of one card into another
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Card Numbering
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Creating Dependencies
Know who's up next by setting one action as dependent on another
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Action card date sync
Let your subactions determine the due date of your action card
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Action card priorities
Adaptable to how your team works: create, set & sort your priorities
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Recurring Actions (set actions to recur)
Are you doing the same thing? Set it on "repeat" and always get a reminder.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Private Actions
Private actions will now be available in 'My Actions'
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Action Descriptions: Rich text support
Customize your text in Hive with this update!
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Milestones
Celebrate your milestones with Hive
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Recent Action Card Reference
Keep track of your recently opened action cards
Written by
Andrew Naisawald
Updated over a week ago
Action Template — Deadlines
Ever wondered how you can automatically set deadlines with your action templates?
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Subactions
Break down all the steps you need to take to accomplish your goals
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Action templates
Update action details in just a few clicks using templates
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Resourcing & Time
Leveraging Estimated Time and Action Time in Hive
Utilizing estimated hours when planning and analyzing a project can bring many benefits to an organization.
Written by
Dee Miller
Updated over a week ago
Timesheets for Admins
As the workspace admin, you can control the settings of Timesheets and manage the time entries of your workspace's users.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated this week
Timesheets for Timesheet Approvers
Approve and require changes on time entries from your direct reports.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Submitting your Timesheet
With the Hive Timesheets application, users can submit time against their projects to be reviewed by their manager or the project owner.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Timesheet Reporting
Reporting allows you to analyze your timesheet data over time to better manage project budgets
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated this week
Budgets in Hive
Keep track of project burn with budgets now on Project Homepage
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Adding placeholder resources to projects
Schedule project work with placeholders before you know the team working on your project.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Link an action to multiple projects
Collaborate more efficiently with linked actions
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Assigning Resources
How to assign work to the correct resource
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Resourcing
Staff projects, plan work, and manage your team's workload.
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Using placeholders
Plan your resourcing with placeholders
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Time Tracking
Estimate and record the hours your team spends on each action
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Projects
Understanding Auto-scheduling options
Learn how to use auto-scheduling in your gantt chart
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Hive Projects
In 20 seconds, create a private space to collaborate within a workspace
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Setting up Project Phases
Organize your projects in stages of work
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
How do I archive a project?
Easy way to hide projects you no longer work on
Written by
Ivan Vatamaniuk
Updated over a week ago
Undo in Gantt
Easily undo changes made in Gantt chart
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Custom Project Statuses
Create your own status names & colors
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Mute Notifications using Draft Mode
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Optimize Your Project Templates
Written by
Andrew Naisawald
Updated over a week ago
Auto-generate Project IDs
Generate a unique, 5 digit code for your projects
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Kanban Board (i.e. Status View)
A powerful visual tool to manage your work!
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Using Hive's Gantt Chart Layout
A styling and functionality refresh
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Project layouts
The 6 types of layouts and when you should use each
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Project Navigator
Navigate between all of your active and archived projects
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Project Overview Page
Update and view key project information in one place!
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Export project plans
Export your projects and summary views to easily share with others
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Gantt charts
The easiest way to plan your project
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Project templates
Create and apply templates to projects to quickly get work kicked off
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Calendar View
How to change the view, hide subactions, sync with Google calendar and more!
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Copy projects
Created a project? Copy over its actions to another in a flash
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Custom Fields
Add and track custom values in your actions and projects
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Parent and Child Projects
Organize projects effectively with parent and child projects
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Nested projects are organized projects
Group your projects by client or department to make them easier to find
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Critical Path
Critical path shows the shortest time to complete a project based on important actions in your project plan
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Project Baselines
Track planned deadlines versus actual deadlines on your projects
Written by
Eric Typaldos
Updated over a week ago
Hive Notes
Meeting Notes
Take down your meeting notes and assign next steps directly in Hive
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Emailing and Sharing Your Meeting Notes
Record your meeting notes and share them with your teammates
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
How to turn on Meeting Notes
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Hive Mail
Why is my inbox grayed out?
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Email into Hive
Sadly, email is not going away. So we've made connecting your email and Hive a lot less of a chore.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Hive Mail: Fully-integrated email within Hive
Welcome to your new inbox
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Proofing & Approvals
Hive Proofing Upgrade
A new interface & some added features!
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Approval Templates
Hive can templatize specific approval workflows that dictate how work should be approved every time to save time & ensure standardization.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Simple, integrated Proofing & Approvals
Faster turnaround, fewer approval rounds and easier tracking of who approved and when using Hive Proofing and Approvals
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Approvals Reporting
Your command center for tracking status of outstanding approvals
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Proofing and approvals with external approvers
Easily share proofs and request approval from users outside of Hive
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Workflows with Forms & Automation
Using 'Choices from Web' to populate in Hive Forms
Did you know you can pull a dynamic list of data from a GET request?
Written by
Eric Typaldos
Updated over a week ago
Hive Forms
Submit forms that automatically add pre-populated Hive actions
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Dynamic Fields in Hive Forms
Further customize a form using dynamic fields
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Hive Workflow Buttons
Customize your Hive experience with Workflow Buttons
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Reporting & Dashboard Views
Explore the Newest App: Pages
Keep it all in one place!
Written by
Ivan Vatamaniuk
Updated over a week ago
Summary Views
See several projects at once
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Workspace Activity
Monitor your team activities across the entire workspace
Written by
Ivan Vatamaniuk
Updated over a week ago
Data Visualization in Table View
Get a quick snapshot of project status or action distribution using the chart builder option in table view
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Creating a Risks and Issues Tracker
Use the Risk and Issue Tracker to monitor the progress of risks affecting your project plan
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Portfolio View
A bird's eye view of your entire business
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Sharing Hive
Email a Project Summary
You can send a project summary email using the table view in Hive
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Share read-only project link
Keep clients and stakeholders updated on project plans
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Customizing your Profile
Notifications Preferences
How to control where and what you want to be notified about
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Date Preferences
Customize your date format in profile settings
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
Messaging & Communications
Notifications
How Hive provides updates on what's going on in your workspace
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Hive Hangouts
Meet our brand new video conferencing tool!
Written by
Ivan Vatamaniuk
Updated over a week ago
Comment on actions and sub-actions
Comment directly on action cards to make sure the communication surrounding your tasks doesn’t get lost in the shuffle.
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Hive News
Post and share company news, knowledges, and updates
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
User statuses
Keep your team in the loop about you whereabouts and availability
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Instant Messaging
Chatting with your team is easy in Hive
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Custom Emojis
Express exactly how you feel. Personalize your workspace with custom emojis.
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Navigating Hive
Searching within Hive
Search both messages and actions (titles and descriptions)
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Focus Mode
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Keyboard Shortcuts in Hive
Move faster with our hot keys
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago
Hive 2.0 navigation
Learn about Hive's updated navigation and how to customize it.
Written by
Rebecca Yip
Updated over a week ago
4 Ways to quickly access your "actions"
Navigating to your actions should be easy!
Written by
John Furneaux
Updated over a week ago
Analytics
Hive Analytics: NEW Workspace Overview
View your team's productivity & drill into the metrics that matter to you
Written by
Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago
New App: Goals
Track your progress easily
Written by
Ivan Vatamaniuk
Updated over a week ago
Managing Global Filters in Hive Analytics
Filter every widget in your dashboard by project or person
Written by
Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago