Using Hive

Hive Apps

One simple place to manage your team's features and integrations

Written by Erin Gouveia
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
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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
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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

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 Megan Schmelzle
Updated over a week ago

Timesheets for Approvers

Approve and require changes on time entries from your direct reports.

Written by Megan Schmelzle
Updated over a week ago

Submitting your Timesheet

End users can now submit time against their projects to be reviewed by their manager.

Written by Megan Schmelzle
Updated over a week ago

Timesheet Reporting

Reporting allows you to analyze timesheet data over time to better manage project budgets

Written by Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago

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
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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

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

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

One view to manage and keep track of all your active projects

Written by Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago

Project Home 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 Megan Schmelzle
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

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 Megan Schmelzle
Updated over a week ago

How to turn on Meeting Notes

Written by Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago

Hive Notes

Written by Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago

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

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 Megan Schmelzle
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

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 Automation

Customize your Hive experience with Automation

Written by Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago

Summary Views

See several projects at once

Written by Erin Gouveia
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 Megan Schmelzle
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

Email a Project Summary

You can send a project summary email using the table view in Hive

Written by Megan Schmelzle
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

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

Notifications

How Hive provides updates on what's going on in your workspace

Written by Erin Gouveia
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

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

Searching within Hive

Search both messages and actions (titles and descriptions)

Written by Erin Gouveia
Updated over a week ago

Focus Mode

Written by Megan Schmelzle
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.

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Written by Allison Quick
Updated over a week ago

Hive Analytics: Standard Dashboards

Written by Kelley Bunge
Updated over a week ago

Hive Analytics

Three dashboards providing key insights into you and your team's productivity

Written by Erin Gouveia
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