Activities and tasks application

You use the Activities and tasks application to plan, review, and manage activities and tasks. An activity initiates the work process and creates a historical record of the work done. Activities are created in the Incidents and Problems applications. A task is a specific unit of work on a work order.

An activity is a type of work order. a task can be created as part of an activity or part of another work order.

You can use the Activities and tasks application to perform the following functions:

  • Change the status of activities and tasks.
  • Take ownership of activities or tasks.
  • Assign ownership of activities and tasksto individuals or to workgroups.
  • View related preventive maintenance and scheduling information.
  • Categorize the activities and tasks with classifications and attributes to simplify their management and retrieval.
  • Specify job tasks and the labor, material, services, and tool requirements for work plans.
  • View, add, and delete work orders and tickets that are related to an activity or to a task.
  • View follow-up records for an activity or task.
  • View and create a work log and communication entries about a record.