Customize Titles

You can customize the name of the process instances and tasks to ensure a better correlation with the business process. You can customize the title during design time in reference to the business process. Whenever a user submits the request, the customized name can be seen in runtime.

Customize Instance Titles Displayed in Runtime

To customize the title of an instance for display in runtime:
  1. Go to the Application Home tab and make sure you’re in Edit mode if you’re editing a shared application.
  2. Open the business process where you want to customize.
  3. In the process editor, click the Start Form activity and then click Data Association.
  4. On the Data Association page, create a New Association.
  5. Click the fx (expression) icon to create a new expression. The expression should evaluate to a string and should contain a static text and your Form data parameters.
  6. In the Data Objects pane, expand Predefined Variables and select title (string).
  7. Map the title data object with the expression you just created, click Apply, and then Activate the application.
  8. Sign in to the Home page, create a new instance, and then go to the Processes page.

    The title of the new instance is customized. See Track Process Instances.

Customize Task Titles Displayed in Runtime

To customize the title of a task for display in runtime:
  1. Go to the Application Home tab and make sure you’re in Edit mode if you’re editing a shared application.
  2. Open the business process where you want to customize.
  3. In the process editor, click the Human Task activity and then click Data Association.
  4. On the Data Association page, create a New Association.
  5. Click the fx (expression) icon to create a new expression. The expression should evaluate to a string and should contain a static text and your Form data parameters.
  6. In the Data Objects pane, expand Predefined Variables and select title (string).
  7. Map the title data object with the expression you just created, click Apply, and then Activate the application.
  8. Start the application, create a new task, and then go to the My Tasks page. See Start an Application

    The title of the new task is customized. See Complete Your Assigned Tasks.

Alternatively, you can select the Human Task activity, click Open Properties, and then edit the title using the Title field.