You can use the Solutions Task panel to work with tasks associated with the solution displayed in the Solution Document Panel. If the solution has no active tasks, you can:
Suggest changes to the solution
Recommend that the solution be disabled
If the solution has active tasks and you have the appropriate role/permissions, you can add a new task or perform the following for each active task:
View or add task notes
Edit the solution working revision
Release ownership of the task
Viewing and Adding Task Notes
The Task Notes column displays the first 40 characters of the latest task note associated with this task. To see an entire task note, hold the mouse curser over the portion of the note that appears in the list.
To add a new task note:
Click the Add Note link at the top of the Active Tasks panel. The Add Note dialog box appears.
Type or paste a note. The note can be up to 1,024 characters long.
Click OK.
Reassigning a Task
If you have the appropriate role/permissions the Reassign link appears in the Active Tasks toolbar. Make sure you have saved any changes you made to the solution before you reassign a task, as unsaved changes will be lost once the task is reassigned.
Click the Reassign link at the top of the Active Tasks list. A confirmation message appears.
If you have saved your changes to the solution, click OK. The Reassign Task dialog box appears.
Assign the task to a different user and add a note for them, then click OK.
Releasing a Task
If you own a task, the Release link appears in the Active Tasks toolbar. Releasing a task marks it as unassigned. Make sure you have saved any changes you made to the solution before you release a task, as unsaved changes will be lost once the task is marked as unassigned.
Click the Release link at the top of the Active Tasks list. A confirmation message appears.
If you have saved your changes to the solution, click OK.
Editing a Solution Working Revision
If you own a task, an Edit link appears in the Action column for the task.
On the Tasks tab, filter and/or sort the Solution Queue. For more information, see Sorting and Filtering the Solution Queue.
Click the Edit link. The Contribute tab opens, displaying an editable version of the working revision. For more information about viewing and working with a solution on the Contribute Tab, see Contributing Solutions.