Task Flows

Task flows are containers in which you can add components such as data controls, portlets, content, and other task flows. Task flows provide the advantage of being reusable, so that the same task flow can be consumed on multiple portal pages. You can create your own custom task flow, and add components to the task flow.

Data retrieved from a web service by a data control can be rendered on a portal page in a custom task flow. You can select how to present the data, appropriate to the specific data control. For example, the data can be shown as a table, graph, form, button, or label. You can enable users to control the data displayed by a data control by including a parameter form along with the data presentation. You can also wire data control parameters to task flow parameters so that the data control retrieves data based on the values specified for the task flow parameters. Users can change the value of the task flow parameters in the page editor to request the corresponding data from the data control.

Select icons and actions in the toolbar to work with task flows. Refer to the online help in the resulting dialogs for information and assistance.