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Human Task editor

The Human Task editor is a graphical programming environment that you use to configure the interaction between a service and identified people, or between two people.

The Human Task editor is divided into several areas, each with its own purpose.

The following descriptions explain the areas of the Human Task editor:

1. The Service Interface area
   • This area shows the interface that is associated with this human task.

   • You cannot modify the fields in this area, but you can launch the interface editor and make the necessary changes if you click the name of the interface.

2. The People Assignment area
   • This area shows details about the assignments of people who initiate or receive tasks. The display that you see depends on what type of human task you are working with.

   • The table shows a list of roles that users can assume when working with the task. When you click the

     icon, you see the people assignments that you can add to this task. To remove the authorization role that is currently selected, click the

     icon.

   • Potential Owners > Ownership. To modify the ownership pattern of this human task, click Single or Parallel.

3. The User Interface area

   • In this area, you add additional, client-type specific information to a human task that a client can use. in the runtime environment. To add an interface to the palette, click

     . Then you configure it in the Details area.

4. The Escalations area

   • The escalation settings define how a task should be handled when an expected result has not been achieved within a set period of time.

5. The Properties view
   • This view displays properties that are relevant to the object that is currently selected in the editor. To move through the pages, click the tabs to the left of this view. Some pages display properties in tabular format. You can add or modify these properties by clicking the appropriate cell and making additions or changes in the graphical interface that opens. Properties that are marked with an asterisk ( *) are mandatory.

   • The contents of the page differ depending on the object chosen.

   • To launch a help window, press F1 (or Ctrl+F1 on a Linux system) and click the link to be taken to the product documentation for more details.

• Aggregation tab: Human Task editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the fields on the Aggregation tab of the Properties view of the human task editor. This tab is available when you select Potential owners for a parallel ownership task.
• Assign people tab: Human Task editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the fields on the Assign people tab of the Properties view. This tab is available when you select the People Assignment option.
• Completion tab: Human Task editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the fields on the Completion tab of the Properties view of the human task editor. This tab is available when you select Potential owners for a parallel ownership task.
• Description tab: business state machine editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the fields on the Description tab of the Properties view.
• Details tab: business state machine editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the field on the Details tab of the Properties view.
• Duration tab: Human Task editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the fields on the Duration tab of the Properties view. This tab is available when you select the task itself.
• Environment tab: Human Task editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the fields on the Environment tab of the Properties view. This tab is available when you select the task itself.
• Interface tab: Human Task editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the fields on the Interface tab of the Properties view.
• Propagation tab: Human Task editor
  This topic includes a description of each of the fields on the Propagation tab of the Properties view of the human task editor. This tab is available when you select Potential owners for a parallel ownership task or the task itself.
• User interface settings tab: Human Task editor
  This topic describes each field on the Properties view User interface tab. This tab is available when you select any user interface setting in the human task editor.

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