Difference between revisions of "Workflow Task Type: Select User for Next Task"

From SmartWiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 3: Line 3:
 
* This is necessary for tasks that will trigger at a later date.  
 
* This is necessary for tasks that will trigger at a later date.  
  
For example, consider a [[Workflow]] that is triggered on the status of '''Escalated''' which is configured to send a reminder e-mail to a manager if the status has not changed for 7 days. If the reminder e-mail workflow task has '''Let current user select target user from this role''' as the recipient the Workflow would fail. This is because the e-mail is triggered (7 days later) by the system, and there is no current user.  
+
For example, consider a [[Workflow]] that is triggered on the status of '''Escalated''' which is configured to send a reminder e-mail to a manager if the status has not changed for seven days. If the reminder e-mail workflow task has '''Let current user select target user from this role''' as the recipient the Workflow would fail. This is because the e-mail is triggered (seven days later) by the system, and there is no current user.  
  
 
[[Image:WorkflowTaskTypeSettings-SelectUser.png|link=]]
 
[[Image:WorkflowTaskTypeSettings-SelectUser.png|link=]]

Revision as of 13:55, 20 September 2013

This task type used to allow the current user to pre-select the user that is responsible for the task that immediately follows this task type.

  • This is necessary for tasks that will trigger at a later date.

For example, consider a Workflow that is triggered on the status of Escalated which is configured to send a reminder e-mail to a manager if the status has not changed for seven days. If the reminder e-mail workflow task has Let current user select target user from this role as the recipient the Workflow would fail. This is because the e-mail is triggered (seven days later) by the system, and there is no current user.

WorkflowTaskTypeSettings-SelectUser.png

See Also