Assigning a Task from the Task List Management Page

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Important: When assigning a task, the users, groups, or roles you assign the task to must be granted the access and functional privileges required to work with the task type you are assigning. Otherwise, the task will not appear in the user's inbox, or the user may not be able to work with the task. For more information, see Configuring Task Access Permissions.

To assign a task from the Task List Management page

Procedure

  1. In My webMethods: Navigate > Applications > Monitoring > Business > Tasks > Task List Management.
  2. Select the task or tasks you want to assign.
  3. Click Assign To. The Select Principals dialog box appears.
    Important: Note that the Selected list is empty. The entries you specify here will replace all existing assignments when you click Apply. The task will be unassigned if you click Apply with an empty Selected list.
  4. Use the controls in the Search panel to search for the users, groups, or roles you want to assign the task to; for more information, see Working with the Select Principals and Select Users Dialog Boxes. The result of the search appears in the Available list.
  5. In the Available list, select the user, group, or role names you want to work with, then click The Move Right icon to move your selection to the Selected list.
  6. If you have implemented user calendars as described in Working with Personal User Calendars, a user calendar icon The User Calendar icon appears to the left of a user name in the Selected list. Click the calendar icon to view the user's calendar.
  7. Click Apply to assign the task to the selected users, groups, or roles.
  8. The selected task will appear in the task inboxes of the selected users, groups, or roles. The assignment action is recorded in the task's audit log displayed on the Audit View tab of the task's Details page.