How to Create a Task in Salesforce

Quick summary

Creating a task in Salesforce lets you log and assign follow-up actions directly to an account record, keeping your team aligned on next steps. This walkthrough covers navigating to All Accounts, opening the task form, filling in required fields, and confirming the task was successfully created.

Steps

1. Navigate to Accounts > All Accounts in the menu bar.
2. Select the account to which you want to add the tasks.
3. Click on the Add task icon on the account record.
4. Input the Subject, Task Subtype, and Due Date for your task, and assign a Task Owner.
5. Add an associated contact from the account in the Name field.
6. Confirm the success prompt confirming your task was created.