Bypassing a Task Participant

You can bypass a task participant (user, group, or application role) if a specific condition is satisfied. For example, if a user submits a business trip expense report that is under a specific amount, no approval is required by their manager.

To bypass a task:

Expand the Advanced section of the Edit Participant Type dialog box for the single type, as shown in Figure 29-31.
Select Specify skip rule.

This action displays an icon for accessing the Expression Builder dialog box for building a condition.

The expression to bypass a task participant must evaluate to a boolean value. For example, /task:task/task:payload/order:orderAmount < 1000 is a valid XPath expression for skipping a participant.

For more information about creating dynamic rule conditions, see How to Specify Advanced Task Routing Using Business Rules.