Wrike for Gmail (Gmail Add-On)

 Wrike’s Gmail add-on is available for all users (including Collaborators) on all account types (including free). The Gmail add-on works with specific emails. Please check to make sure you have a compatible email before installing the add-on.

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• Overview
• Compatibility
• Install the Add-On (just for you)
• Install the Add-On (for everyone)
• Create a Task
• Modify a Task
• View Task Data
• Add an Email as a Comment 

Overview

Wrike’s Gmail add-on lets you work with Wrike tasks from your Gmail inbox. Use it to

• Turn an email into a Wrike task. When you receive a non-Wrike email, click the Wrike extension to create a task based on that email.
• Add an email as a comment. If an email thread gets updated, add text from a new email in the thread as a comment to the existing task.
• View Tasks and Change Status. Change a task’s status from the add-on.
• Send and receive comments. Add and read comments on Wrike tasks from the add-on.

All changes are synced to Wrike instantly. Changes from Wrike are synced in the add-on when the page is refreshed.

Compatibility

You must have a Gmail email address in order to use the add-on (either a Gmail for Business email or a personal Gmail email).

Please note, Wrike’s Gmail add-on works with the standard gmail.com interface and does not work with inbox.google.com.

Install the Add-On (Just for You)

Once installed, the add-on is automatically available for Gmail on web and Android.

1. Open Wrike for Gmail's page in the G Suite Marketplace.
2. Click “Install”.

Follow the installation prompts to finish installing the add-on.

Install the Add-On (for everyone)

G Suite super admins can install the add-on for all users on their G Suite account.

To install Wrike for Gmail add-on for all users G Suite super admin should:

1. Open Wrike for Gmail's page in the G Suite Marketplace.
2. Click “Install”.
3. Follow the installation prompts to finish installing the add-on.

When the installation is complete, the add-on is automatically available for all G Suite account users on web and Android.

Create a Task

Tasks created via the add-on are automatically added to the root Folder.

1. Open an email in Gmail.
2. Expand the Wrike add-on if it’s collapsed (click the checkmark icon).
3. Select “Create a task from the email.”
4. If you have multiple accounts, select which account to create the task in.

Your task is created and the task description includes

• Information around who sent the email and when
• Text from the email body

Modify a Task

1. Click on a Wrike notification email (or an email which you turned into a task).
2. Expand the Wrike add-on if it’s collapsed (click the checkmark icon).
3. Begin editing the task.

The edits are synced instantly with all versions of Wrike.

You can

• Change the task status to completed (or back to active).
• Add or remove yourself as an assignee.
• Add a comment (@mentions are not currently supported).

View Task Data

The add-on shows 

• Task title
• Task description
• Task due date
• Task status
• Task attachments
• Assignees
• Comments

Add an Email as a Comment

You can only add an email as a comment if the email is part of the same thread from which that task was created.

1. Click an email which you’ve turned into a task.
2. Expand the Wrike add-on if it’s collapsed (click the checkmark icon).
3. Click “Add Email as a Comment”.

The text from the email body is added as a comment to the task along with information around who sent the email and when.