Tasks
Tasks are actions performed by a person, an application or both. As atomic activities, they’re highly specific and can’t be broken down into a smaller tasks.
Tasks appear as rectangles with rounded corners. The default color of the outline and the marker changes according to the type of task.
Business Rule Task
A Business Rule Task provides a mechanism for a process to provide input to a Business Rules Engine and obtain the output.
Business Rule Task attributes
You’ll find this task type’s attributes and other settings within the Attributes panel, under the Attributes tab and other tabs.
Attributes
Additional attribute tabs
Manual Task
A Manual Task is a task performed entirely by a person, without support from any software or automation tools.
Manual Task attributes
You’ll find this task type’s attributes and other settings within the Attributes panel, under the Attributes tab and other tabs.
Attributes
Additional attribute tabs
Receive Task
A Receive Task is a task that waits for a message to arrive. When the message is received, the task is completed.
You can use a Message Flow to show the flow of messages between participants.
Receive Task attributes
You’ll find this task type’s attributes and other settings within the Attributes panel, under the Attributes tab and other tabs.
Attributes
Additional attribute tabs
Script Task
A Script Task represents a script that is executed during process execution. When the script has been executed, the task is completed.
Script Task attributes
You’ll find this task type’s attributes and other settings within the Attributes panel, under the Attributes tab and other tabs.
Additional attribute tabs
Send Task
A Send Task is a task that sends a message to an external participant (organizational units, people or systems). When the message has been sent, the task is complete.
Use a Message Flow to show the flow of messages between participants.
Send Task attributes
You’ll find this task type’s attributes and other settings within the Attributes panel, under the Attributes tab and other tabs.
Attributes
Additional attribute tabs
Service Task
A Service Task is a task that doesn’t require human interaction. It’s performed automatically by a web application or an external software service such as an automated application.
Service Task attributes
You’ll find this task type’s attributes and other settings within the Attributes panel, under the Attributes tab and other tabs.
Additional attribute tabs
Task
A Task is a general, non-specific task.
Task attributes
You’ll find this task type’s attributes and other settings within the Attributes panel, under the Attributes tab and other tabs.
Additional attribute tabs
User Task
A User Task is a step in the Process that’s completed by a person, usually with help from a software application and scheduled through a task list manager.
User Task attributes
You’ll find this task type’s attributes and other settings within the Attributes panel, under the Attributes tab and other tabs.