The task history maintains an audit trail of the actions performed by the participants in the workflow and a snapshot of the task payload and attachments at various points in the workflow. The short history for a task lists all versions created by the following tasks:

• Initiate task

• Re-initiate task

• Update outcome of task

• Completion of task

• Error of task

• Expiration of task

• Withdrawal of task

• Alerting of task to the error assignee

You can include the following actions in the short history list by modifying the shortHistoryActions element.

• Acquire

• Ad hoc route

• Auto release of task

• Delegate

• Escalate

• Information request on task

• Information submit for task

• Override routing slip

• Update outcome and route

• Push back

• Reassign

• Release

• Renew

• Resume

• Skip current assignment

• Suspend

• Update

The history provides a graphical view of a task flow, as shown in Figure 32-20.

Check Full task actions to see all actions performed, including those that do not make changes to the task, such as adding comments, as shown in Figure 32-21.

Available ways to view the task history include:

• Take a task snapshot

• See future approvers

• See complete task actions

• Aggregate tasks