Creating tasks

Before creating a task, you must have a task group created. Tasks are created in task groups.

About this task

Try to combine the work assigned to a Workspace Content Contributor into one task where possible. For more information, refer to Workspaces best practices.

If you want to create a task based on a task template, refer to Creating a task group from a template.

Procedure

  1. Open the Workspace Administration Tool.
  2. Select Workspaces > Manage workspaces.
  3. On the Workspaces page, select the task group to which the task will belong.
  4. Click New task.
  5. Optional: In the Due date field, type a year, month, and day for the task to be completed. This field is only for your information. WebSphere Commerce does not perform any actions based on this date.
  6. Select a Workspace Content Contributor in the Available Content Contributors list and click Add Content Contributor. You can add additional Workspace Content Contributors at a later time by changing the task.
  7. Optional: Specify task names and descriptions:
    1. Select the language for the name and description.
    2. Type the new name or description for the selected language. If you do not specify a name for the task, the system generated task code will be displayed for users using the selected language.
    3. Repeat steps a and b for other languages, if required.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Optional: If you want to reuse this task in any task group in any workspace, create a task template from this task.
  10. After creating all tasks in a task group, activate the task group containing the new tasks. Workspace Content Contributors cannot work on their assigned tasks until the task group containing their tasks is activated.