20.14 Managing Tasks

Manage tasks by configuring task definitions, task details, and unified task lists. Use page processes to create approval tasks or action tasks.

• About Tasks
  Use tasks to create items for users to approve or action.
• Example: Approval Tasks and Action Tasks
  View the approvals component and action tasks functionality in the Sample Workflows, Approvals, and Tasks app.
• Managing Task Definitions
  Task Definitions set up the structure for a particular set of tasks, including participants, parameters, and actions.
• Managing Task Details
  Task Details display when you open the task instance.
• Managing Unified Task Lists
  The Unified Task List allows workspace users to view and manage their tasks.
• Creating Tasks from Task Definitions
  Create tasks in an Oracle APEX application from existing task definitions.
• Example: Creating a Human Task from a Form Submission
  You can configure both approval and action tasks, collectively known as human tasks, as page processes that can run upon submission of a form.
• About Task States and Transitions
  Learn about the task lifecycle in the Oracle APEX approval component.
• About Task Retention and Task Purging
  Learn about task retention, task purging, and the Archive of Purged Task Files report.
• About Creating Human Tasks Programmatically
  Learn about creating human tasks programmatically.
• About Creating a Task Definition Process Plug-in
  Learn about creating a task definition process plug-in.
• Runtime Views for Tasks
  Learn about the APEX_TASKS, APEX_TASK_COMMENTS, APEX_TASK_HISTORY, APEX_TASK_PARAMETERS, and APEX_TASK_PARTICIPANTS views.
• Troubleshooting Tasks
  Methods to troubleshoot issues with tasks and the approvals component.
• Substitution Strings and Bind Variables for Tasks
  Oracle APEX uses substitution strings to pass information about a task to a page.