Specifying a Time Limit for Acting on a Task

You can specify the amount of time a user, group, or application role receives to act on a task. If the user, group, or role does not act in the time specified, the global escalation and renewal policies that you set in the Deadlines section (known as the routing slip level) of the Human Task Editor are applied. For example, if the global policy is set to escalate the task and this participant does not act in the duration provided, the task is escalated to the manager or another user, as appropriate.

To specify a time limit for acting on a task:

In the Advanced tab of the Edit Participant Type dialog box for the serial type, click the Advanced icon to expand the section shown in Figure 29-35.
Click Limit allocated duration to.
Specify the amount of time.

Note:

If you specify the task expiry time at the level of a serial participant, then, when that specified time limit is reached, the task does not move to the next participant in the series. Rather, the entire task expires.

For more information about setting the global escalation and renewal policies in the Deadlines section of the Human Task Editor, see Escalating, Renewing, or Ending the Task.