# How to surface tasks

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-surface-tasks/4344>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-surface-tasks/4344 "2023-04-19T17:34:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![NMan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/nman/32/6160_2.png) [@NMan](https://community.fibery.io/u/NMan)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-surface-tasks/4344/1 "2023-04-19T17:34:56Z")

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Hi community

With tasks/project lists getting increasingly big and long for everyone, what is your method to surface tasks in fibery? Priorities? Dates? Automations? Custom views?

I suppose a combination of all of the above, and more (fibery does allow for that!), but I am interested in seeing actual best practices and use-cases (I am looking for inspiration 🙂 )

Showcase your experience!

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-surface-tasks/4344/2 "2023-04-19T18:11:10Z")

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Once I get around to really needing it, mine will be a table view of Tasks:

- **Filtered** by “Assigned to Me” and “Not Completed”
- **Sorted** by “Attention Score”, which is a numeric score that takes into account fields like:
  - “Critical” flag
  - “Status” (e.g. “HOLD”, “BLOCKED”, etc.)
  - “Days until due” (negative for Days past due)
  - “Priority”

- **Color-coded** by “Attention Score”

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-surface-tasks/4344/3 "2023-04-19T21:52:10Z")

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Another approach would be **a customized doc with embedded views** for various customized groups/categories of tasks.

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**Author:** ![NMan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/nman/32/6160_2.png) [@NMan](https://community.fibery.io/u/NMan)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-surface-tasks/4344/4 "2023-04-20T10:52:08Z")

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I am more interested in systems to surface what I should tackle next (out of the many todos I have).  
Someone thing like your “attention score” seems very interesting. Do you have a formula for that to share?

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-surface-tasks/4344/5 "2023-04-20T16:06:21Z")

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No, it is just an idea. But it would be specific to the Task fields, a Formula field something like this:

```auto
If( [State].Final=True or [State].Name="HOLD" or [State].Name="DORMANT", -1000,
  If( [Blocked], -60, 0 ) +
  If( [Priority].Name = "Critical", 100,
  If( [Priority].Name = "High", 40,
  If( [Priority].Name = "Medium", 20,
                                     10 )))
- [Days Until Due]*2
)

```

There is room for a lot more nuance, of course.