--- title: Understanding Tasks & the Task Lifecycle description: Learn more about the lifecyle of tasks within this article. --- [Skip to content](https://support.cognosos.com/knowledge/managing-the-task-lifecyle#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Create A Support Ticket](https://support.cognosos.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![cognosos-logo-1.png\]](https://support.cognosos.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cognosos-logo-1.png?height=40&name=cognosos-logo-1.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Create A Support Ticket](https://support.cognosos.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - [Cognosos Portal](https://portal.cognosos.net/login?redirect=%2F) [Cognosos Portal](https://portal.cognosos.net/login?redirect=%2F) Hi. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Logistics Knowledge Base](https://support.cognosos.com/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. 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Tasks are created from the portal and managed by team members on the Logistics Mobile App. In some cases, the Administrator will intervene in the lifecycle process described in [editing](https://support.cognosos.com/knowledge/editing-tasks?hsLang=en) a task. Broadly speaking, the task lifecycle is:  ![Task Lifecycle a blue and yellow digram depicting the six stages of a task](https://support.cognosos.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Task%20Lifecyle.png?width=688&height=516&name=Task%20Lifecyle.png) When a task is assigned to a user, it will appear on the user’s Tasks list when they are logged into the portal or mobile app. Only Administrators can see all user tasks; other users will see only tasks assigned to them.  Refer to the Logistics Mobile App section of the Knowledge Base for using the Task Manager on the mobile app. Users can manage their tasks through the app.  If you are an Administrator and need to change a task, go to the [Editing Tasks for Administrator Users](https://support.cognosos.com/knowledge/editing-tasks?hsLang=en) article.  - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://support.cognosos.com/knowledge/frequently-asked-questions?hsLang=en#main-content) - [User Management](https://support.cognosos.com/knowledge/frequently-asked-questions?hsLang=en#user-management) - 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