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The Advanced Managing of Human Tasks and Workflows template creates a space for managing human tasks and process instances. You can use this space to create tasks for other people, and to initiate services and processes.

This template contains widgets from WebSphere Process Server to create a space for users to work on tasks that they own. These users can also accept unassigned tasks and work on them. Users might also be permitted to create tasks for other people, and initiate services and processes. The default behavior can be changed by anyone who has editor rights to the page that the widgets are on.

This template creates a space with the following pages:

Page information

The Work on tasks page is where you perform your day-to-day work. The following table lists the widgets in the Work on tasks page and it describes the default interactions between widgets.
Table 1. Work on tasks page
Widget name Description
Tasks List Displays the tasks that you own that are available to you. By default you can filter the Tasks List using: Tasks I Own, Available Tasks, and Tasks I Own and Available Tasks.
Human Workflow Diagram If the task that is open in the Task Information widget belongs to a workflow, this widget displays the workflow diagram for the task. If the task does not belong to a workflow or if you do not have at least reader access for the workflow, the widget displays "No process context information available for this task."
Task Information Displays information about a task that you selected in the Tasks List widget or the Human Workflow Diagram widget. This widget is the place where you do the work on the tasks that you own. While the widget only displays information about one task at a time, you can swap between tasks by selecting the tabs.
Start of changeEscalations ListEnd of change Start of changeDisplays the escalations for a specific task. Depending on how the Escalations List widget is configured, you can also asses the escalation status of the tasks that you own.End of change
The following table lists the widgets in the Work continuously page and describes the default interactions between them.
Table 2. Work continuously page
Widget name Description
Task Information Displays information about the next task that is to be assigned to the user.
The following table lists the widgets in the Organize Work page and describes the default interactions between them.
Table 3. Organize Work page
Widget name Description
My Work Organizer Displays all tasks that you created and organize with this widget.
Task Information Displays information about a task that you selected in the My Work Organizer widget.
On the Create Tasks page, you can create tasks for other people to perform and track the status of the tasks that you create. The following table lists the widgets in this page:
Table 4. Create Tasks page
Widget name Description
Task Definitions List Displays a list of task templates that you use to create a task, or to initiate services and processes. Select one or more task definitions in this widget to display in the Tasks List widget, all the tasks that you created using the selected definitions.
Tasks List

Displays the form for the task that you are creating using the Task Definitions List widget. These tasks can be tasks that you saved as drafts, tasks that you submitted for someone else to work on, or finished tasks.

Task Information Displays information about a task that you selected in the Tasks List widget or the Task Definitions List widget. Although this widget only displays information about one task at a time, you can swap between tasks by selecting the tabs.
Human Workflow Diagram If the task that is open in the Task Information widget belongs to a workflow, this widget displays the workflow diagram for the task. If the task does not belong to a workflow or if you do not have at least reader access for the workflow, the widget displays "No process context information available for this task."
The following table lists the widgets in the Manage Human Workflows page and describes the default interactions between them.
Table 5. Manage Human Workflows page
Widget name Description
Process Definitions List Displays all process definitions that are available in the runtime system. You can open them in the Human Workflow Diagram widget to see the human structure of the workflow. Alternatively, you can select one or more definitions to see the processes that were created from the selected definitions, which you have access to.
Processes List Provides a list of running and completed processes. You can open one to view it in the Human Workflow Diagram widget. You can also drill-down into the tasks that belong to the processes by selecting them.
Tasks List

For this widget all available user actions are enabled. Because All tasks I can access is the default, it displays all tasks that you can access when you make a drill-down selection from processes. Optionally, you can use the filter to further limit the displayed tasks. You can view, edit or transfer these tasks to other users.

Human Workflow Diagram Shows either the human structure of the process definition or the human workflow diagram for the process. If the task that is open in the Task Information widget belongs to a workflow, this widget displays the human workflow diagram for the task. If the task does not belong to a workflow or if you do not have at least reader access for the workflow, the widget displays the message "No process context information available for this task."
Task Information Displays information about a task that you selected in the Tasks List or the Human Workflow Diagram widgets. Although this widget only displays information about one task at a time, you can swap between tasks by selecting the tabs.
The following table lists the widgets in the Manage Human Tasks page and describes the default interactions between them.
Table 6. Manage Human Tasks page
Widget name Description
Process Definitions List Displays all process definitions that you can access. You can open one to view it in the Human Workflow Diagram widget to see the human structure of the workflow. Alternatively, you can select one or more process definitions to drill down into any associated task definitions that you have access to.
Task Definitions List Displays a list of all task templates that you can access. Depending on the task kind and your access rights to the task definition, you can use it to create a task or to initiate services and processes. You can also select one or more task definitions to drill down to the tasks that are created using the selected task definitions.
Tasks List For this widget all available user actions are enabled. Because All tasks I can access is the default, it displays all tasks that you can access when you make a drill-down selection from the task definitions. Optionally, you can use the filter to further limit the displayed tasks. You can view, edit or transfer these tasks to other users.
Start of changeEscalations ListEnd of change Start of changeDisplays the escalations for a specific task. Depending on how the Escalations List widget is configured, you can also asses the escalation status of the tasks that you own.End of change
Task Information This widget either displays information about a task that you selected in the Tasks List or the Human Workflow Diagram widgets, or it displays the form for the task that you are creating using the Task Definitions List widget. Although this widget only displays information about one task at a time, you can click the tabs to swap between tasks.
Human Workflow Diagram Either displays the human structure of the process definition or the human workflow diagram for the process. If the task that is open in the Task Information widget belongs to a workflow, this widget displays the human workflow diagram for the task. If the task does not belong to a workflow or if you do not have at least reader access for the workflow, the widget displays the message "No process context information available for this task."
Start of changeTeam ListEnd of change Start of changeDisplays the potential owners for a task that you selected in the Tasks List widget.End of change

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