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To view the Taskboard, click the Checkerboard icon in the sidebar menu.
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Task Instances are not to be confused with Tasks, which are displayed on the My Tasks page. |
The Activity List shows all Task Instances included by the selected Filters. On the bottom left, the table indicates the number of records found and last time refreshed. On the bottom right, you can select the page to display. The table will also respond to your scroll wheel or touchpad, allowing you to scroll through the list of Task Instances page by page.
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| The name of the Task Instance. Clicking on a Task Instance name will take you to the Task Instance Details page. | ||||||
| The Business Service(s) the Task is a member of. If the Task is a member of multiple Business Services, the entry in this column will be: | ||||||
| The most recent time the Status of the Task Instance changed. | ||||||
| The State of the Task Instance. | ||||||
| The Task Type. | ||||||
| The Status of the Task Instance, color-coded by State |
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At the top of the page, you can filter the Task Instances displayed in the Activity List by a time frame between 4 hours and 7 days.
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| Problem | Undeliverable, Running/Problems, Cancel Pending, In Doubt, Start Failure, Cancelled, Failed |
| Waiting | Defined, Waiting, Time Wait, Held, Exclusive Requested, Exclusive Wait, Resource Requested, Resource Wait, Execution Wait, Queued, Submitted, Action Required, Confirmation Required, |
| Running | Step Restarted, Started, Running |
| Done | Skipped, Finished, Forced Finish, Done |
You can The colored boxes at the top of the page report the number of Task Instances in each State within the selected Filters. By clicking these boxes, you can also filter the Activity List by Task Instance State by clicking these boxes. You can include multiple States in the filter by clicking more than one box. Active State Filters will be indicated by a border and circular icon in the top right corner:
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The Taskboard provides three additional filters for displaying Task Instances: My Business Services, Tasks, Task and Types, and Business Services. In each filter, you can select a specific entry or search via freeform type.
The My Tasks Business Services Filter allows you to filter by Task (i.e. display all Instances of belonging to a given Task) Business Service. The Task Tasks and Types and Business Services filters work similarly, allowing you to display all Instances of a given Type, or all Instances belonging to a given Business Service Task or Type, respectively.
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You can also display all Instances of a particular Task by using the Filter Task command in the Command Menu for any given Task Instance. |
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You can then perform any of the following actions from this context menu:
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Some actions will not always be available. For example, you can only Force Finish a Task Instance that is not already in the Done State. |
Copy the URL for this Task Instance.
The copied link will take you to the Task Instance Details page, which can also be seen by clicking the Task Instance name in the Activity List| Action | Description | |||||||||||
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| Show the output of this Task Instance. Details appear in a console at the bottom of the screen. The console can slide up or down, making it easy to use on both computers and hand-held devices. It has a convenient “Copy” function. | |||||||||||
| Re-run this Task Instance. For more information, see Re-running a Task Instance. This action is visible only if the Instance has finished running. | |||||||||||
| Cancel | Cancel this Task Instance. For more information see Cancelling a Task Instance. This action is visible only if the Instance State is Running. | |||||||||||
| Put this Task Instance into the Finished status. For more information, see Force Finishing a Task. This action is visible only if the Instance State is not Done. | |||||||||||
| Hold | Put this Task Instance on Hold. Fore more information, see Putting a Task Instance on Hold. This action is visible only if the Instance State is Waiting. | |||||||||||
| Skip | Skip this Task Instance. For more information, see Skipping a Task Instance. This action is visible only if the Instance State is Waiting. | |||||||||||
| Show details of this Task Instance. Details appear in a console at the bottom of the screen. The console can slide up or down, making it easy to use on both computers and hand-held devices. You can view more details in a separate page by clicking on the Task Instance name in the Activity List (see Viewing Task Instance Details).
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| Expand | Update the view to display Task Instances that belong to this Workflow (not including the Workflow Task itself). In this view, time filters are removed and replaced with the Workflow title. This ensures that you will be able to see all participants of a workflow, regardless of the time limit. To exit this view, click the X by the Workflow title. This action is visible only if this Task Instance is a Workflow. | |||||||||||
| Related Tasks | Update the view to display Task Instances in the same Workflow (not including the Workflow Task itself). In this view, time filters are removed and replaced with the Workflow title. This ensures that you will be able to see all participants of a workflow, regardless of the time limit. To exit this view, click the X by the Workflow title. This action is visible only if this Task Instance is a participant in a Workflow. | |||||||||||
| Go to the Task Details page for the Task definition of this Instance
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Update the view to display Task Instances in the same Workflow.
This action is visible only if this Task Instance is a Workflow or a Task Instance participating in a Workflow.
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There are two ways of viewing Task Instance details. The Show Details action in the Command Menu shows a simplified list of details in a console at the bottom of the screen, or you can view a full page of more detailed information by simply clicking on the Task Instance name in the Activity List.
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Task Instances are not to be confused with Tasks. To view the details of a Task definition, rather than a specific Instance, see Viewing use the Task Definition command or go to the Task Details page from My Tasks. |
At the top of the Task Instance Details page, you can see the name of the Task Instance and how it was launched. Below, you can view the Agent and time information. The buttons to Retrieve Output, and Re-Run, and View (in UC) function function the same as the corresponding actions in the Command Menu in the Activity List.
The box on the left conveys additional information such as Status and Type. The Task Instance Status is displayed in the top left, and the whole box is colored to match this Status (in this case, blue for Success). In the bottom right of the box, you can see the Task Type and Instance number. The Type is also indicated by the icon in the box (in this case, Tux the Linux penguin).
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If you click on the “Sourced From” name, you will be taken to the Task Details page for the this Task definition. |