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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, Model Components, Tasks, Model Tasks, Context Free Tasks]
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  Concept: Custom Tasks and Apps in Workday
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A custom task opens a custom app in the Workday application. This topic summarizes the configurations that enable various entry points to custom apps in Workday.

## <a id="section_plx_1rj_3pb"></a>Profile Group

You can add a custom task as a tab on a profile group of a business object.

On the <b>Configure Profile Group</b> task, select the profile group for the custom task. When you add a <b>Report</b> to the profile group, select <b>Allowed Custom Tasks</b>, and select the custom task.

You can only select custom tasks configured on a business object that is relevant to the selected profile group. Example: You can only select custom tasks configured on the Worker business object to add to the Career for Worker Profile group.

## <a id="section_r2d_crj_3pb"></a>Related Actions Menu

You can add a custom task as an item on the related actions menu of a business object.

On the <b>Create Custom Task</b> or <b>Edit Custom Task</b> task, select either <b>Secured selection</b> or <b>Unsecured selection</b>. Select the <b>Related Actions Category Override</b>. Click <b>Configure Related Actions Menu</b>.

By default, custom tasks display in alphabetic order within their category. You can change the order in which a custom task displays within its category on the related actions menu. On the <b>View Custom Task</b> task, click <b>Configure Related Actions Menu</b>. On <b>Configure Related Actions Menu for Custom Tasks</b>, reorder the custom tasks as needed.

## <a id="section_cwr_crj_3pb"></a>Global Search

You can enable users to enter the custom task title in global search.

On the <b>Create Custom Task</b> or <b>Edit Custom Task</b> task, enter a user-friendly title that's easy to remember. Select the domains that secure the custom task. Users can find custom tasks in global search if they have access to the security domain governed by the custom task.

<b>Note:</b> If you selected either <b>Secured selection</b> or <b>Unsecured selection</b> on the business object, the custom task will prompt users to select a business object. If the custom task is an employee self-service task, users need to select themselves before proceeding to the custom app.

## <a id="section_htm_nrj_3pb"></a>Custom Dashboard

You can enable a custom task on a custom dashboard.

On the <b>Create Custom Task</b> or <b>Edit Custom Task</b> task, select or create a custom dashboard on <b>Allowed on Custom Dashboards</b>. Edit the custom dashboard to add the custom task to the <b>Worklets</b> on the <b>Content</b> tab.

<b>Note:</b> Custom dashboards don't provide a scroll bar. When you use a custom task to access an Extend app from a custom dashboard, the bottom of the app page might be cut off if the page size is too large to fit into the worklet.

## <a id="section_xvl_qrj_3pb"></a>Workday-Delivered Worklet

You can add a custom task as a custom report on a Workday-delivered worklet.

On the <b>Configure Worklet</b> task, add a custom task to the <b>Custom Report</b> grid for a selected worklet.

## <a id="section_yz1_trj_3pb"></a>Quicklink

You can add a Quicklink that opens the custom app URL from custom worklets and dashboards in Workday.

Get the custom app URL from the <b>App Manager</b> task. On the <b>Maintain Quicklinks</b> task, add a Quicklink using the custom app URL.

<b>Note:</b> When you migrate the Quicklinks across tenants, ensure that you update the custom app URLs in each tenant.

You can also use Quicklinks to provide access to an external application through Workday Single Sign-On.

### Related Information

[Create Custom Tasks](/wcp_docs/yna1522349470046.html)