Task Portlet Overview

Because the contents of a task are essentially specialized portlets, you can modify many of those portlet characteristics just as you would any other portlet. For example, you can:

• Add a task view to the portlet, as described in Accessing the New Portlet View Wizard.
• Modify the task views presented to the user by adding, moving, or rearranging controls and other components on the view's design canvas, as described in Example Modifying the Default Search Fields and Results.
• Link a functional privilege from the task application to a security (user) role for personalization, enabling/disabling a privilege, or for security purposes, as described in Binding a Task Functional Privilege to a User Interface Control.
• Bind a security (user) role to a control, as described in Binding a Security Role to a User Interface Control.
• Add your own Java methods.

For more information about general procedures and concepts for working with portlets, see IBM webMethods CAF and OpenUI Development Help.

There are a number of portlet characteristics that are unique to tasks; you can modify these as described in the following topics:

• About Default Task Portlets
• About Customizable Task Portlets