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title: "Customize task types"
slug: "customize-task-types"
abstract: "How to customize task types, including changing the icon and color, renaming a task type, reordering task types, and hiding task types."
---
# Customize task types

To tailor project management tasks to the specific needs of users, you can customize task types using a template. The task template determines the task icon and color. You can also reorder task templates, which changes the order that tasks are displayed on the :mdiPlus: **Task** menu. For a streamlined menu that is easy to read, you can disable a task template to hide the task in the menu.

> [!note]
> To configure Content Hub, you must either be a superuser or have the necessary permissions granted to you through [user group policies](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/user-group-policies.html "User group policies").

In the following example, the *Annotate* task is hidden and the order of the tasks in the highlighted menu matches the order of the task type templates.

![Task type template page showing how it maps to the + Task menu](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/ch/en/users/content-hub/images/task-type-templates-page.png)

The following task types are available.

| Task type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Annotate | Lets [collaborators](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/use-comments-to-collaborate.html) [annotate](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/create-and-use-annotations.html) :mdiCommentMultipleOutline: assets or fragments. With this task type, you attach assets or fragments to the task. If a user cannot select text while annotating a document, the intended text may have been converted to curves, which can happen with PDF files provided for print. |
| Create content | Lets contributors create content (such as assets and fragments) using the :mdiPlus: **Add** menu when [the projects functionality for content](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/enable-projects-for-a-definition.html) is enabled. |
| Download | Lets assigned users download :mdiDownload: assets. |
| DRM request | Lets assigned users request permission to download assets under [Digital Rights Management (DRM)](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/request-download-of-restricted-assets.html). |
| Edit content | Lets contributors request an edit on assets, fragments, and content or their associated properties. |
| Global review | Lets project managers initiate a [review](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/review-projects-and-jobs.html) of content with a lifecycle status of *global*. When one of the assigned reviewers completes a global review task, it is closed. |
| Localizationvariant | Lets assigned users change the localization-specific information for a selection of assets or content items. |
| Local review | Lets contributors initiate a [review](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/review-projects-and-jobs.html) of content with a status of *project-specific* or *job-specific*. When an assigned reviewer completes this task, it is closed. |
| Parallel review | Lets contributors initiate a [review](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/review-projects-and-jobs.html) of content while other reviewers perform a similar task on the same content in parallel. When all assigned reviewers finish their respective tasks, the review is closed. A parallel task does not impact the content lifecycle. |
| To do | Lets program managers ask users to do things that do not have a specific task type. |
| Upload version | Lets creators upload :mdiCloudUpload: an updated version of existing assets. |

To customize task types:

1. Click **Manage** :mdiCogOutline:.
2. On the **Manage** page, click **Task type templates**.
3. On the **Task type templates** page, next to the task type template you want to customize, click **More actions** :mdiDotsHorizontal: > **Edit details**.
4. In the **Edit details** dialog, to modify the name displayed in the **:mdiPlus:Task** menu, click in the **Display name** field, and enter a new name for the template.
5. To change the order in which tasks are listed when you [create a task](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/create-a-task.html "Create a task"), in the **Sort index** field, enter a number between 1 and 100 that expresses where in the list the task will appear. On the **Task type templates** page, click **Sort index** :mdiSortAlphabeticalAscending: to view the updated list order.
6. In the **Visualization** section, click the **Icon** button and, in the **Select icon** dialog, click the icon you want to use, and then click **Save**.
7. In the **Color** drop-down list, click the color you want to use to denote this type of task.
8. Click **Save**.
9. To show or hide a task in the :mdiPlus: **Task** menu, click **More actions** :mdiDotsHorizontal: > **Enable** or **Disable**. When you enable a task template, the task is displayed in the menu. When you disable it, it is hidden.