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Human Task editor

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The Human Task editor is a graphical programming environment that you use to configure the interaction between a service and identified people, or between two people.

The Human Task editor is divided into several areas, each with its own purpose.

The distinct areas of the human task editor
The following descriptions explain the areas of the Human Task editor:
  1. The Service Interface area
    • This area shows the interface that is associated with this human task.
    • You cannot modify the fields in this area, but you can launch the interface editor and make the necessary changes if you click the name of the interface.
  2. The People Assignment area
    • This area shows details about the assignments of people who initiate or receive tasks. The display that you see depends on what type of human task you are working with.
    • The table shows a list of roles that users can assume when working with the task. When you click the plus icon icon, you see the people assignments that you can add to this task. To remove the authorization role that is currently selected, click the delete icon. icon.
    • Potential Owners > Ownership. To modify the ownership pattern of this human task, click Single or Parallel.
  3. The User Interface area
    • In this area, you add additional client-type specific information to a human task that a client can use in the runtime environment. The information can include an external implementation that is called when a task is opened in Process Portal. To add an interface to the palette, click the plus icon. Then, you configure it in the Details area.
  4. The Escalations area
    • The escalation settings define how a task should be handled when an expected result has not been achieved within a set period of time.
  5. The Properties view
    • This view displays properties that are relevant to the object that is currently selected in the editor. To move through the pages, click the tabs to the left of this view. Some pages display properties in tabular format. You can add or modify these properties by clicking the appropriate cell and making additions or changes in the graphical interface that opens. Properties that are marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
    • The contents of the page differ depending on the object chosen.
    • To launch a help window, press F1 (or Ctrl+F1 on a Linux® system) and click the link to be taken to the product documentation for more details.