A task represents a release activity that has starting and ending points and a measurable
duration.
About this task
When you create a manual task, you specify its duration and define its pattern. The pattern
determines how frequently the task can be used and the release environments where it can be
used.
Procedure
- Click Releases and Deployments.
- Display the deployment plan for the release to add a task to by clicking the name of the
deployment on the Deployment Plans tab.
- To add an automatic task, click the Add Automated Task
icon on the segment to add the task to.
- In the Add Automated Task dialog box, select the task from the
Task list. The application processes that are imported from IBM® UrbanCode Deploy and
assigned to the release are available. To see the default settings for the selected task, click the
Edit icon
for the task:- Initially, the estimated duration for automated tasks is 1 minute but you can change to another
value.
- The Only Changed Versions check box is selected, which means that only
application versions that changed since the last time the application ran are deployed.
- Execution history, if any, is displayed in the Execution Details (by Application Environments)
area.
- The task deploys to all release environments. Target environments can be restricted by tag.
You can change these settings when you create the task or when you run the deployment, see
Running deployments.
- To add a manual task, click the Add Manual Task
icon on the segment to add the task to. 
Define the manual task:- Type a name for the task in the Name field.
- Estimate the time that the task takes to run by selecting a value from the
Duration list. You can also type a value for the duration.
- Optional: To add an application to the task, select it from the
Application list. Applications that are associated with the release are available. Associating an application
with a manual task provides a way to complete some activity that is related to the application
without running it. This association can be useful for applications that do not yet have assigned
versions.
- By default, a manual task is always available for all release environments. Use the controls in
the Pattern area to restrict the task to one-time use, or to specific
environments.
- Select a security role from the Executor Role list. Only users with the selected role are available to run the task.
- Select a user from the User list. Only the selected user can run the task.
- Click Save.
- Optional: Add suggested tasks to the plan. If the selected release has other deployment plans attached to it, tasks from those plans can
be added to the current plan. To add suggested tasks to the plan:
- Using the Suggested Tasks from Other Deployment Plans area, select the
target segment on the Copy To list for each task to add to the plan.
- Click Apply.
- Optional: Reposition a task by clicking and holding the mouse over the task and dragging it to
another location. Tasks can be reordered within a segment or moved to other segments.