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# Assign skills to tasks

# Assign skills to tasks {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
* 
* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Add skills and the level required for each skill to tasks. Identify whether the skill
is mandatory to perform the task.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to incident, problem, change request, or any task record to which you want to associate skills.
2. In the related list, select the Tasks Skills tab.  
   Note:  
   You must configure the related list and add Task Skill-\>Task to the Selected column to display this tab.
3. In the Task Skills table, do the following:  
   1. In the Skill field, click the lookup icon and select a skill.
   2. In the Skill level field, select a level for the selected skill.
   3. In the Mandatory field, select true if the skill is mandatory for the selected task.
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4. Click Submit.

## Example

The image below shows an administrator configuring skills for an incident task and
adding the IT skill as mandatory for agents working on that task.