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 theAPEX_TASKS
,APEX_TASK_COMMENTS
,APEX_TASK_HISTORY
,APEX_TASK_PARAMETERS
, andAPEX_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.
Parent topic: Managing Workflows and Tasks