Create a Procedure

Step-by-step instructions: Create a Procedure, an outline of work instructions
Updated 1 week ago

Portfolio Administrators and Leads may create Procedures. You can start from scratch, convert an existing document, or have TaskTrain's AI interview you and draft the Procedure.

  1. In the Navigation pane, press the Portfolio that will hold the Procedure, in the Portfolios panel of your Organization.
  2. Choose how to create the Procedure from the Create button in the list pane header. Press the button itself to create a blank Procedure, or press its arrow to see all three options:
    Create button menu with Create blank Procedure, Convert From Document, and Generate with AI
    • Create blank Procedure: compose the Procedure step by step in TaskTrain.
    • Convert From Document…: convert an existing outline-formatted document.
    • Generate with AI…: answer an interview and let AI draft the Procedure. See Generate a Procedure with SOP Savant. This option requires a paid subscription.

Create a blank Procedure

  1. Select Create blank Procedure.
  2. Enter a concise, descriptive name for the Procedure in the field that appears, then press Enter.

The new Procedure is created as a Draft, and its Step list opens so that you can add Steps. You can also update the Procedure's info in the detail pane.

Convert a document

  1. Select Convert From Document… to open the Create Procedure From Document Outline dialog.
  2. Paste or type the Procedure into the editor, or press Import to import a file from Google Drive.
    Create Procedure From Document Outline dialog
    • Text styled as Heading 1–4, and numbered or bulleted list items, become Procedure Steps. Their level sets the Step nesting.
    • Text between those Steps becomes detail text.
  3. Press Create.
  4. If the document uses both headings and lists, choose how to convert it in the "Treat Both Headings and List Items as Steps?" prompt: press Both to make Steps from both, or press Headings Only to make Steps from headings only.

Related Articles

Overview

  1. Procedures Overview
  2. Procedure Writing Best Practices

Step-by-Step

  1. Generate a Procedure with SOP Savant
  2. Update Procedure Info
  3. Add Steps to a Procedure
  4. Update Procedure Publish/Draft Status
  5. Add Resources to a Procedure or Step
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