Administer > Manage WebSphere Commerce features > Workspace Administration Tool > Workspaces, task groups, and tasks > Work with tasks
Create tasks
Before creating a task, have a task group created. Tasks are created in task groups.
Try to combine the work assigned to a Workspace Content Contributor into one task where possible. For more information, refer to Workspaces best practices.
To create a task based on a task template, refer to Create a task from a template.
Procedure
- Open the Workspace Administration Tool.
- Select Workspaces > Manage workspaces.
- On the Workspaces page, select the task group to which the task will belong.
- Click New task.
- Optional: In the Due date field, type a year, month, and day for the task to be completed. This field is for the information aboutly. WebSphere Commerce does not perform any actions based on this date.
- Select a Workspace Content Contributor in the Available Content Contributors list and click Add Content Contributor. You can add additional Workspace Content Contributors at a later time by changing the task.
- Optional: Specify task names and descriptions:
- Select the language for the name and description.
- Type the new name or description for the selected language. If you do not specify a name for the task, the system generated task code will be displayed for users using the selected language.
- Repeat steps a and b for other languages, if required.
- Click OK.
- Optional: To reuse this task in any task group in any workspace, create a task template from this task.
- After creating all tasks in a task group, activate the task group containing the new tasks. Workspace Content Contributors cannot work on their assigned tasks until the task group containing their tasks is activated.