Accessing the Sections of the Human Task Editor

Learn how to access the sections of the Human Task Editor.

To access the sections of the Human Task Editor:

  1. Double-click the Human Task icon in the SOA Composite Editor or double-click the Human Task icon in Oracle BPEL Designer.

    The Human Task Editor consists of the main sections shown on the left side in Figure 29-1. These sections enable you to design the metadata of a human task.

    Instructions for using these main sections of the Human Task Editor to create a workflow task are listed in Table 29-1.

    Table 29-1 Human Task Editor

    Section Description See...

    General

    (title, description, outcomes, category, priority, owner, and application context)

    Enables you to define task details such as title, task outcomes, owner, and other attributes.

    Specifying the Title, Description, Outcome, Priority, Category, Owner, and Application Context

    Data

    Enables you to define the structure (message elements) of the task payload (the data in the task).

    Specifying the Task Payload Data Structure

    Assignment

    Enables you to assign participants to the task and create a policy for routing the task through the workflow.

    Assigning Task Participants

    Selecting a Routing Policy

    Presentation

    Enables you to specify the following settings:

    • Multilingual settings

    • WordML and custom style sheets for attachments

    Specifying Multilingual Settings and Style Sheets

    Deadlines

    Enables you to specify the expiration duration of a task, custom escalation Java classes, and due dates.

    Escalating, Renewing, or Ending the Task

    Notification

    Enables you to create and send notifications when a user is assigned a task or informed that the status of the task has changed.

    Specifying Participant Notification Preferences

    Access

    Enables you to specify access rules for task content and task actions, workflow signature policies, and assignment restrictions.

    Specifying Access Policies and Task Actions on Task Content

    How to Specify a Workflow Digital Signature Policy

    Specifying Restrictions on Task Assignments

    Events

    Enables you to specify callback classes and task and routing assignments in BPEL callbacks.

    Specifying Java or Business Event Callbacks