GroupCamp for Gmail add-on turns emails into tasks without leaving Gmail

This article introduces the GroupCamp add-on for Gmail. GroupCamp for Gmail is a free add-on that turns your emails into tasks without leaving Gmail.

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GroupCamp for Gmail is an add-on that you can install to your Gmail Inbox. 

Once you've installed the GroupCamp for Gmail add-on, open an email in Gmail to use it.

Install GroupCamp for Gmail

Install GroupCamp for Gmail from the G Suite Marketplace.

Read this FAQ for step by step Individual or Domain install: How to install the GroupCamp for Gmail add-on.

Features

This section is useful when GroupCamp for Gmail is installed to your Gmail Inbox.

Open GroupCamp for Gmail

With your Laptop, open an email then click on the GroupCamp icon to open the add-on.

 

With your Smartphone (from Android 8)

Add-ons for Gmail are available from the version 8 of Android. Regarding iOS (iPhone and iPad), add-ons for the Gmail app are available.

Select a GroupCamp account

The Select an account card is displayed only when you are connected to multiple GroupCamp accounts.

Select a GroupCamp account.

Create a task

You can Duplicate a recent action (for project and task list fast selection) or click on ADD A NEW TASK.

Within the add-on:

Select a project and a task list.

Automatically:

• the email subject becomes the Task name (type to modify),
• the email body becomes the Task description (Click on EDIT to modify the description).

Select email attachements your want to add as attachments to the task. 

Assign a user.

 Click on CREATE TASK and that's it!

• The task is created in your GroupCamp project.
• Your email is now linked with a GroupCamp task and the linked task is displayed.

Update a linked task

When you have already created a task on a conversation (threaded emails), the linked task is automatically displayed when you open the add-on.

When you have created several tasks on the same email thread, the add-on presents all tasks you have created and you can select an existing tasks or create a new one.

Within the add-on, you can:

• ADD A NEW TASK
• Change the Task status
• Open the task, the task list or the project in GroupCamp

• Add a comment with the Comments and updates section

• ADD EMAIL AS A COMMENT or Add email attachments to the linked task

Add email as comment or Add email attachments to a linked task

Click on  ADD EMAIL AS A COMMENT.

With this card you can add email attachements to the linked task OR only add a comment (email body text is automatically copied) OR both.

Save attachments into your projects

The Gmail add-on displays the SAVE ATTACHMENTS link when an opened email has attachments.

Select the project and the destination folder (sub-folders are selectable under the "'v").

Select email attachments to import to your project.

Uninstall GroupCamp for Gmail

Individual installation for G Suite and Gmail users

• Uninstall GroupCamp for Gmail from the G Suite Marketplace. Select the app, then click on the Options menu and select the Remove choice.
• Please note that you can also manage Gmail add-ons from the Gmail Settings menu and the Add-ons tab.

Domain or organization installation for G Suite users

• Contact a G Suite administrator. The app is managed as all G Suite Marketplace apps.

Read this FAQ for being helped to uninstall: How to install the GroupCamp for Gmail add-on.