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Decision Based Tasks

Decision based tasks are user tasks created as part of the consideration task, which have to be completed  in order to complete the consideration task. Decision based tasks have certain peculiarities (fig. 1):
Fig. 1. Decision based task
1. The About Task tab displays the document decision (fig. 2).
2. The About Task tab displays the document. You can:
To learn more about user tasks, see the respective Help page.
Fig. 2. Decision based task features
You can find a full list of consideration tasks on the Consideration tab of the document page.
Fig. 3. Document page. Consideration tab 

Creating sub-tasks

To create a sub-task, click Actions and select Create Sub-Task. In the opened dialog box (fig. 4) select the type of the new sub-task and select the fields that you want to move to the sub-task. Click OK. To select fields, check the boxes next to them.
The list of available sub-task types depends on the parent task type. If it is a decision based task, User Task is selected in this field and cannot be changed.
Fig. 4. Dialog box for selecting fields
The opened page (fig. 5) is similar to the task creation page and also features the fields selected when creating the sub-task.
Fig. 5. Sub-task creation page
Note that the sub-task due date is limited by the due date of the parent task.
When you attempt to complete a task with active sub-tasks, a warning dialog box will open notifying you that there are active sub-tasks (fig. 6). If you click Yes, active sub-tasks will remain in the system.
Fig. 6. Warning dialog box
Note that the nesting of sub-tasks is unlimited.

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