{"id":7146,"date":"2022-03-23T12:32:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T12:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/?post_type=article&#038;p=7146"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:38:35","slug":"quickly-create-and-assign-workitem","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/quickly-create-and-assign-workitem\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickly Add, Modify and Assign Owner to a Card\/Workitem"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.post-content .pk strong{font-weight:600 !important;color:#56627F !important}.post-content .pk .toc{border:1px solid #E4E7EC !important;border-radius:10px !important;padding:20px 24px 10px !important;margin:0 0 34px !important;background:#fff !important}.post-content .pk .toc .tl{margin:0 0 5px !important;font-size:12px !important;letter-spacing:.1em !important;text-transform:uppercase !important;color:#1A2340 !important;font-weight:600 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width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"toc tpeek\"><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"tpkc\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"th\">\n<p class=\"tl\">Skip Ahead to:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tcnt\">3 topics<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#Add\">Add Workitem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Modify\">Modifying Attributes of a Workitem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#assignowner\">Assign Owner to a Workitem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"fade\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><label for=\"tpkc\" class=\"more\"><span class=\"m1\">Show all topics<\/span><span class=\"m2\">Show fewer<\/span><\/label><\/div>\n<h2>Add Workitem<\/h2>\n<p>Workitems available on Work Hub indicate tasks that you keep on moving to the next column as you complete your work. You have multiple options to create\/add a workitem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To quickly add a card<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Work Hub:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the <strong>ADD<\/strong> button on the toolbar to add a workitem type.<\/li>\n<li>Depending on the nature of the tasks, you can select the workitem type from the available options and select <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the pop-up window, fill all the required fields with details and click <strong>SAVE<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Alternate to adding a card on Work Hub.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right-click on the desired column to which you want to add.<\/li>\n<li>Select <b>Add Card<\/b>\u00a0in the shortcut menu.<\/li>\n<li>In the card placeholder, enter the Card title and select the card type.<\/li>\n<li>Click <b>ENTER<\/b> to save the card on the board.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can also add a task from the Work Hub. To know more about adding a task from Work Hub, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/adding-a-task-from-the-execution-board\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Workitem Listing Page:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open any workitem type screen and click the <strong>ADD<\/strong> button on the toolbar.<\/li>\n<li>In the Details screen,\u00a0fill all the required fields with details and click <strong>SAVE<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Pro-tip:<a id=\"Modify\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are adding a card that you would like to have on the Work Hub, set the Board Lane attribute on the Card.<\/li>\n<li>You can also bring a workitem from the Backlog onto the Work Hub by using the <strong>Add from Backlog<\/strong> option under <strong>More<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the List view, add multiple workitems at a time using the\u00a0<strong>Multiline Add Item<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Note:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Card type cannot be modified once a card is added. If you need to change the card type, you will need to delete the card and add a new card as per your desired card type.<\/li>\n<li>Card created on one Board cannot be transferred to another Board or across Boards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Modifying Attributes of a Workitem<\/h2>\n<p>Similar to adding a workitem, you have multiple options to modify a workitem.<\/p>\n<p>Modify or update the attributes in the <strong>Details<\/strong> tab by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>clicking the workitem\/card on the Work Hub<a id=\"assignowner\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>clicking the workitem row on the workitem type listing page<a id=\"assignowner1\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about adding and modifying workitems from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/how-to-add-and-modify-a-workitem\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Assign Owner to a Workitem<\/h2>\n<p>Card Owners are the team members who are responsible for the workitem. To invite users and add team members to your project read <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/article\/how-to-quickly-invite-user\/\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You have multiple options to assign a card owner to a workitem.<\/p>\n<p>First Option:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click the avatar on the card. The <strong>Change assignee<\/strong> window opens. Open the drop-down, tick the team members that you want to assign to the card, and click <strong>SAVE<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wh-change-assignee-r.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nimblework.com\/knowledge-base\/nimble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wh-change-assignee-r.png\" alt=\"Change assignee window with the team member drop-down open\" width=\"444\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another Option:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open any workitem and in the Details tab add or change the card owner via the Owners attribute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pro-tip:<\/h3>\n<p><a id=\"VideoReference\"><\/a>Keep only 1 person responsible for a card unless multiple team members are responsible for it. 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