Manage Tasks

Tasks are the workhorse of a Job which does all the actual work. To manage Tasks goto the Job page whose tasks you want to manage and click on Tasks tab. It should display all Tasks in the Job in the specified order of Execution.

Create Task

To create a new Task, click on + button in the Tasks page. This will open the Task Add/Edit dialog as shown below.

Clone Task

To clone a Task, select the Task and click on the Clone icon in the Task toolbar. It will copy the Task with Copy appended to the Task name with status set to Inactive. You can then edit the Task to make any changes you want and then save it.

Cloning a Task is useful when you want to create a similar Task with minor changes.

Edit Task

To edit a Task, click on the Pencil next to Task in the Tasks List page. It would show the Task Add/Edit dialog with as shown above. You can change the Task name, description, and other details. You can also change the Task type by selecting a different type from the dropdown.

caution

Note that if multiple users are editing the same Task, the last one to save will overwrite the changes made by others. Also, it will save the version loaded when you click on the Edit icon.

Copy Tasks

Copy Tasks is used to copy one or more Tasks from the current Job to another Job. To copy Tasks, first select one or more Tasks and click on the Copy Tasks action in the Task More Actions menu.

It will show the Copy Tasks dialog as shown below. Select the target Job from the dropdown and then click on Ok icon to copy tasks to the target Job. Tasks will be appended to the end of the Tasks list in the target Job with status set to Inactive.

Delete Tasks

To delete a Task, click on the checkboxes next to one or more Tasks in the Tasks List page and then click on the Trash icon in the toolbar. App will ask for confirmation before deleting the Task.

Keep in Mind

When you delete a Task, its status will be set to Deleted and it will not be shown in the Tasks List page by default. But you can change the status filter to Deleted to see the deleted Tasks. You can also restore a deleted Task by editing the Task and setting the status as Active or Inactive

Activate/Inactivate Tasks

There are two ways to activate or inactivate a Task. You can either do it from the Task Add/Edit dialog or from the Tasks List page.

To activate or inactivate multiple Tasks, click on the checkboxes next to one or more Tasks in the Tasks List page and then click on the Task More Actions menu and select Activate or Inactivate option.

To activate or inactivate a single Task, click on the Pencil icon next to the Task in the Tasks List page. It will show the Task Add/Edit dialog. Change the status of the Task by selecting Active or Inactive from the status dropdown and then click on the Save button.

Reorder Tasks

Keep in mind that the order of Tasks is important as it determines the order of execution when the Job is run. To reorder Tasks, click on the Reorder menu in the Task More Actions menu.

App will show the Reorder Tasks dialog as shown below. You can drag and drop the Tasks to change their order and then click on the Save button to save the new order.

Undelete Task

When you delete a Task, it is not permanently deleted. It is just marked as Deleted and listed by default in the Tasks list page. To show the deleted Tasks, change the status filter to Deleted.

Edit one of the deleted Tasks by clicking on the Pencil icon next to it. It will show the Task Add/Edit dialog. There set the status of the Task to Active or Inactive from the status dropdown and then click on the Save

Purge Deleted Tasks

To permanently delete one or more deleted Tasks, you can purge it. To do that, first change the status filter to Deleted to show the deleted Tasks. Then select one or more deleted Tasks by clicking on the checkboxes next to them and then click on the Purge menu from the Task More Actions menu.

The App will ask for confirmation before purging the Tasks. Click on the Purge button to permanently delete the Tasks.

Export Tasks

As you will get to know later as you explore various Tasks, there can be a lot of configuration in some tasks. If you want to be able to search deep in Task configuration, you can export one or more Tasks to a JSON file.

To do that, click on theExport Tasks menu from the Task More Actions menu. It will create a JSON file with all configuration of selected Tasks which you can copy or search in.