Navigating in the Inbox

After you sign into your ActiveBPEL Inbox, you see a list of tasks, if any has been routed to you.

About Task Colors

Your task list has a white background. A highlighted task is in dark blue. A task that triggered a start or completion deadline has a yellow background.

Tasks have a priority, described below. You may see a red or yellow flag next to the priority. The colors indicate higher priority.

Navigate in the Inbox by highlighting a task and selecting an action, as described in the following table.

Task List Toolbar
Task Filter List	You can select which tasks you want to see, according to their status. Individual user task list: Open. Includes unclaimed, claimed, started, and suspended tasks. Unclaimed. No one is working on this task. Claimed. You have selected the Claim button to claim a task to work on. Started.You have selected the Start button to start work on the task. Suspended. You have suspended a task and its deadlines. Closed. Includes completed, failed, exited, obsolete and error tasks. (An error occurs when there is a problem with the BPEL process that created a task.) Task lists for other roles: An administrator sees a global set of tasks for all users by selecting from the Administrator filters. There is a similar filter for Stakeholders and the Task Initiator.
Refresh	Reload the page with the current task list. Some tasks may be overdue, and there may be some new tasks.
Page Controls	Navigate to other pages in the Inbox
Task Menu Bar
Edit	Highlight a task, and select Edit to open the Task Detail page.
Claim	Claim ownership of a selected task so you can begin working on it, and it becomes unavailable for other potential owners. See Claiming, Starting, and Performing Other Actions for a Task.
Start	Begin working on a selected task. The task details become available, and you are able to add data to the Output or Fault reply.
Remove	Remove a selected notification
Search By	Select criteria, such as text in the Subject, to search for. Select Search By to begin the search query. Select Clear to clear the Search text box.
Task Details on Main Inbox page
Priority	A priority can be a non-negative number, beginning with the highest priority, which is 0. Note that by default only priorities 0 and 1 have a flag icon. Lower priorities (higher numbers) do not have an icon, unless they were added in your environment.
Status	See the status list above in the Task Filter List description
Subject	Short description of the task
Name	Task name
Owner	A username is in this column, if the task has been claimed
Created	Date and time the task was first routed to the Inboxes of all potential owners
Expiration	Date and time the task will expire. After this time, the task cannot be completed.
Task Details Page Additional Information. Start a Task to open Task Details Page.
Created By	Name of the BPEL process that created the task
Modified and Modified By	Task owner or administrator who modified a task detail and the time it was modified. See Modifying a Task.
Escalated	Indicates whether or not an action has been taken in relation to a deadline. For details, see What Happens When a Task is Overdue.
Detailed Description	Additional details about the task appear above the Work Item area. See Working with a Work Item, Attachments and Comments and Completing or Failing a Task.

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