--- category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend] nav: wcp_docs parent_url: /wcp_docs/ title: >- Concept: Use Model Tasks to Access Extend Apps in Workday layout: subsection --- This topic describes the different ways you can use model tasks to run Extend apps in Workday. You can access model tasks: - As context-free model tasks to open Extend apps in the Workday application. Context-free model tasks enable various entry points to Extend apps in Workday. - With business object context as a related action from that business object. To add model tasks to an Extend app, add task components in App Builder. See: - [Add Tasks in Visual Mode](/wcp_docs/fah1673865395713.html) - [Add Context-Free Tasks](/wcp_docs/hoh1677268658732.html) - [Add Tasks with Business Object Context](/wcp_docs/cqu1677268601557.html) Note: For information about how to use tenant custom tasks to access Extend apps in Workday, see [Concept: Custom Tasks and Apps in Workday](https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/integrations/workday-extend/workday-extend-fundamentals/ovp1598058719650.html?toc=15.1.7) in the Workday Administrator Guide. ## Announcements Access your task as an Announcement on the Workday home page, or on any other Workday landing page. Select a landing page from the prompt on the Configure Announcements task. Add a row to the grid, and then select your task from the Task prompt. Note: You must first configure the task as an allowed worklet task. On the Task prompt, select Create Custom Allowed Worklet Task, and then select your task. You can optionally add a custom name for the task that will display on the announcement. You can also use the Create Bulletin Worklet task to add your task as an Action to a landing page. Once you create the worklet, use the Maintain Dashboards task to add the worklet to that dashboard or landing page. ## Configurable Alerts When you access the Configure Alert task to create a configurable alert, you can add your task as an Included Task. This is the task that you expect the recipient of the alert to do in response to the alert. ## Dashboards To add your task to a Workday-delivered dashboard: 1. Access the Maintain Dashboards task in Workday. Edit the dashboard to which you want to add your task. 2. On the Content tab, add a Menu section. 3. Enter a Section Label, then add an item. 4. From the Task prompt, select Create Custom Allowed Worklet Task, then select your task from the prompt. You can optionally add a custom name for the task that will display on the dashboard. ## Global Navigation Menu You can add context-free model tasks to the Apps menu on the Global Navigation Menu. If Global Navigation Menu categories are enabled on your tenant, you can add context-free model tasks to specific categories on the Global Navigation Menu. To enable Global Navigation Menu Categories, a Workday administrator must: 1. Access the Maintain Feature Opt-Ins report. 2. Enable Global Navigation Menu Categories and select Opt In to Feature. 3. Sign in and sign out to see the new navigation menu. You can then access the Configure Global Navigation Menu task to add context-free model tasks to specific categories. For more information, refer to [Release Note: Global Navigation Menu](https://doc.workday.com/release-notes/en-us/uiplatform/8153913.html). ## Hubs To add your task to a Workday-delivered hub: 1. Access the Maintain Hubs report. 2. For the hub to which you want to add your task, click Action, then select Customize Hub Navigation. 3. From the Customize Hub Navigation task, click Edit. 4. Select the Configurable option to view the Configure the Hub Navigation task. 5. Add your task to the grid as a hub navigation item. 6. Click OK to save your changes to the hub. ## Journeys Note: You might need to take additional steps to enable this feature depending on your organization's subscription service agreement. For more information, see this [Community](https://community.workday.com/node/1177299) article. You can distribute tasks to users in Journeys if you've enabled Journeys on your tenant. For more information, refer to [Concept: People Experience and Extend](/wcp_docs/vvz1679600224200.html). ## Landing Pages To add your task to a landing page, you must first add your task to a custom dashboard. You can then add your custom dashboard to a worklet, and add the worklet to a landing page. Note: Although you can add a tenanted custom task directly to a custom dashboard as a worklet, Workday doesn't support model tasks as worklets. You can add context-free model tasks to custom dashboards as menu items. 1. Access the Create Custom Dashboard task. Enter a name for your dashboard, then edit the custom dashboard settings as needed. 2. As a related action from your custom dashboard, select Dashboard > Edit. 3. On the Content tab, enter a Tab Name, then add a Menu section. 4. Enter a Section Label, then add an item. 5. From the Task prompt, select Create Custom Allowed Worklet Task, then select your task from the prompt. You can optionally add a custom name for the task that will display on the dashboard. 6. Add the custom dashboard to a landing page. 1. Access the Maintain Dashboards task. 2. Select a landing page and click Edit. Example: Home. 3. On the Content tab, add a Worklet. 4. Add the custom dashboard that you created. 5. On the selected landing page, click the Configure Applications (gear) icon. 6. Add a row to the Optional Worklets grid, and select the custom dashboard you added. ## Profile Groups Workday doesn't currently support tasks on Profile Groups. ## Quicklinks You can add a Quicklink that opens the Extend app URL from custom worklets and dashboards in Workday. Get the Extend app URL from the App Manager task. On the Maintain Quicklinks task, add a Quicklink using the Extend app URL. Note: When you migrate a Quicklink across tenants, ensure that you update the Extend app URL in each tenant. You can also use Quicklinks to provide access to an external application through Workday Single Sign-On. ## Shortcuts You can add your task to the Shortcuts tab of the Global Navigation menu on the far left of the top navigation bar. On the Shortcuts tab, click Add Shortcuts. Type the name of the Extend task in the search bar, and then click the plus sign (+) next to the task to add the task to the Shortcuts tab. You can add up to 10 Shortcuts to the menu. You must belong to a security group on the domain securing the Extend task in order to add the task to the Global Navigation menu. To view the Shortcuts tab, users must belong to a security group on the Self Service: Quick Access Shortcuts security domain in the System functional area. ## To Dos Access the Maintain To Dos task to add your task to the grid as a To Do. You can then use your task in a To Do step of any Workday business process. ### Related Information [Release Note: Global Navigation Menu Categories](https://doc.workday.com/release-notes/en-us/uiplatform/8153913.html) [Administrator Guide: Steps: Set Up Journeys](https://doc.workday.com/access/sources/dita/topic?wd:docset=adminguide&ft:locale=en-US&resourceid=dge1631223207568&dita:mapPath=dan1370797899707.ditamap) [Administrator Guide: Steps: Set Up Workday Home](https://doc.workday.com/access/sources/dita/topic?wd:docset=adminguide&ft:locale=en-US&resourceid=jbk1594667237433&dita:mapPath=dan1370797899707.ditamap) [Administrator Guide: Reference: Core Navigation](https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/manage-workday/tenant-configuration/navigation/pvx1548458610979.html?toc=1.6.14)