Column
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Description
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Name
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Displays the task name, with the adjoining icon indicating the shape used. To change the task name, double-click the cell and enter the new task name. An inline subprocess workstep displays an expandable icon, which you can expand to view its worksteps.
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Type
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Indicates the type of task or workstep. To change the type, click in the cell and then select one of the options available. The available options depend on the workstep and process type (as listed in Changing shapes.
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Successors
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Displays the successor tasks (in case of a single outgoing connector) or multiple tasks (in case of multiple outgoing connectors). To define the successor tasks, click in the cell and then click the ellipsis button. From the left pane of the Add/Modify Successors dialog box that appears, select the tasks to be added as successors and click
to move them to the right pane. To remove tasks added as successors, select the tasks in the right pane and click
. You can define successor for any task type, except End.
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Duration
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Displays the default duration (2 hours) of Activity, Adapter, and Embedded Sub-Process task types. To modify the duration, click in the cell and then click the ellipsis button. Select either of the following options:
Enter a duration, to open the Duration dialog box, in which you can enter the number of days, hours, or minutes for the workstep duration.
Use a dataslot, to open the Select Dataslots dialog box, which lists the INTEGER and INT64 dataslots available in the process. Select a INTEGER or INT64 dataslot to define a dynamic duration for this workstep.
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Priority
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To change the workstep priority, click in the cell, then select any of the predefined options: Low, Medium, High, or Critical. Click the Use a dataslot option to choose a dynamic dataslot value at runtime.
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Performer
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Displays the default performer for Activity, Adapter, and Subprocess worksteps. Click in the cell to select another performer (if defined). For more information regarding performers, see Defining and assigning performers.
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Milestone Alerts
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Applicable only to Start, Activity, Adapter, and Subprocess type tasks. Displays the alerts (if any) associated with the completion of a task (or a milestone). To associate an alert, click in the cell and then click the ellipsis button. From the left pane of the Milestone Alerts dialog box that appears, select the alerts to be added and click
to move them to the right pane. To remove any added alert, select the alert in the right pane and click
. You can associate multiple milestone alerts with the same task. To associate all of the defined alerts with the task, click
. To remove all of the associated alerts with the task, click
. For information regarding alerts, see Using alerts.
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Phase
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Indicates the phase (if any) to which the task belongs. For information regarding phases, see Managing phases.
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