Task Definition File

When you define a task using the Task Definition Wizard, the wizard generates a new task definition file, which has a “.wf” extension in the WLM project. The task definition file is in XML format, and can be edited through the Task Definition Editor or by editing the XML text directly. A task generally has an input from the BPEL process, and upon completion generates output back to the BPEL process for continued processing.

The task definition file specifies the following information:

• A title and priority for the tasks.

• The users and groups which the tasks are assigned.

• Keywords by which users can search on the Worklist Manager Console for tasks.

• Durations or deadlines by which a task must be completed before it is escalated to the specified users or groups.

• Durations or deadlines by which a task will time out if it is not completed.

• Email or other types of notifications that are sent out when certain events occurs, such as a task being created, completed, or escalated.

• Default values for task output fields (implemented as variable initializations).

• Variable updates that are made when a task status changes, such as inserting the timestamp in a date field when a task is completed.