# Tasks

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## Adding A New Task

To add a new task, click the "Add New" button located on the top of the page. You will then be presented with a popup window where you can setup your task.

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### General Tab

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Fill out general info about your task in the general tab. Once all info is filled out, you can click the blue "Add Tasks" button to add new tasks or you can navigate to the advanced tab to fill out more info.

* **Sizes**: If you select multiple sizes, the bot will randomly choose one of them while running.
* **Product**: Certain stores require different product types besides just a URL. Please refer to the store guides section of the documentation.
* **Profiles**: If multiple profiles are selected, the bot will create a task for each profile selected. The same thing goes for the "Use All Profiles" option.

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[Profiles](/mercury-docs/general-overview/profiles.md)
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[Proxies](/mercury-docs/general-overview/proxies.md)
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### Advanced Tab

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Fill out advanced info about your task in the advanced tab. Info here is optional and does not need to be filled out in order to add a task.

* **Monitoring Proxy List**: This will use a different proxy list when it is looking for a product or waiting for a restock.
* **Min Price**: You can set the minimum price for the product you want to purchase. This is helpful for sites that have 3rd party vendors.
* **Max Price**: You can set the maximum price for the product you want to purchase. This is helpful for sites that have 3rd party vendors.
* **Start Date**: You can set the date and time you want a task to start at here.
* **Stop Date**: You can set the date and time you want a task to stop at here.

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You may see a "Connect To Monitor" switch in the advanced tab. To learn more about this, view the Monitors page in our documentation
{% endhint %}

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[Monitors](/mercury-docs/general-overview/task-groups/monitors.md)
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### Releases Tab

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The releases tab gives info about upcoming releases. If you would like to create tasks for the release, then click on the blue "Add" button and task information will be automatically filled out for you.

## Task Actions

You can start, stop, edit, duplicate, or delete multiple tasks at the same time by clicking on the checkboxes on the left hand side. To select/deselect all tasks, click the top checkbox next to "Store".

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**Icons from left to right:** Start task, stop task, edit task, duplicate task, delete task.

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You can select multiple tasks at once by holding the shift key on your keyboard
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## Task Logs

To view task logs, right click on a task. Make sure that you right click the text, such as the site or product.

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