Disabling and Enabling Comments and Attachments

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About this task

With proper permissions, users can add, modify, and delete comments and attachments within a task on the task's Comments tab. However, task commenting must be enabled for the task type on the task type's administration page; otherwise, the Comments tab will not appear.

To disable and enable comments and attachments

Procedure

  1. In My webMethods: Navigate > Applications > Administration > Business > Tasks > Task Engine Administration. All of the task types available in My webMethods are displayed in the Task Configuration window.
  2. Click the link in the Task Type ID column.
  3. On the Task Type Details panel, select or clear the Task Commenting Enabled check box as required.
    Note: If a task instance of this task type has existing comments or attachments and you clear this check box, the Comments tab is no longer visible to the user. However, the comments and attachments are retained, and will be present if this option is re-enabled.
  4. Click Update.
    Note: You must also grant users the various comment permissions to enable them to add, modify, or delete comments and attachments. For a list of content permissions, see About Task Type Functional Permissions.