Add or Edit Task Status Values

You can change the values that appear in the Status field that shows the progress or measures the completion of a task.

Available in: Lightning Experience

Available in: Enterprise and Unlimited Editions with Health Cloud


  1. From the object management settings for Task, go to Fields & Relationships.
  2. Click Status.
  3. To add a value to the Task Status Picklist Values list, click New.
  4. Add one or more picklist values in the text box. Put each value on its own line
  5. Select Care Plan Task so that the new values are associated with the care plan.
  6. Click Save.
  7. To change the order in which the values display in the picklist, click Reorder.
  8. To specify a default value for the picklist, select the Default checkbox for that status.
  9. To select a value that closes the task, select the Closed checkbox for that status.