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Search Attributes for Viewing Submitted Tasks

To review tasks that have been submitted for processing, you can use the search feature in View Submitted Tasks. You can search for tasks based on the following criteria:

Initiated By

Identifies the name of the user who has initiated a task as the search criteria. Searches are based on the user name. To ensure that you entered a valid user name, use the Validate button.

Approval By

Identifies the name of the task approver as the search criteria. Searches are based on the user name. To ensure that you entered a valid user name, use the Validate button.

Note: If you select Approval Tasks Performed By criteria to filter the tasks, the Show approval tasks criteria is also enabled by default.

Task Name

Identifies the task name as the search criteria. You can refine the search by specifying conditions such as equals, contains, starts with, or ends with the value of the Where Task Name field. For example, you can specify the search criteria "task name equals Create User" by selecting the equals condition, and entering Create User in the text field.

Task Status

Identifies task status as the search criteria. You can select the task status by enabling Where task status equals, and selecting the condition. You can further refine the search based on the following conditions:

Task Priority

Identifies task priority as the search criteria. You can select the task priority by enabling Where task priority equals, and selecting the condition. You can further refine the search based on the following conditions:

Low

Specifies that you can search for tasks that have a low priority.

Medium

Specifies that you can search for tasks that have a medium priority.

High

Specifies that you can search for tasks that have a high priority.

Performed On

Identifies tasks that are performed on the selected instance of the object. If you do not select an instance of the object, the tasks that were performed on all the instances of that object will be displayed.

Note: This field appears only when the Configure Performed On field is populated in the Configure Submitted Tasks screen. You use this screen to configure the Submitted Tasks tab.

Date range

Identifies the dates between which you want to search submitted tasks. You must provide the From and To dates.

Show unsubmitted tasks

Identifies the tasks in the Audited state. Identifies the tasks that have initiated other tasks or tasks that have not been submitted. All such tasks will be audited and displayed if you select this tab.

Show approval tasks

Identifies the tasks that have to be approved as part of a workflow.

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Task Status Description

Task Status Description

A submitted task exists in one of the following states. Based on the state of the task, you can perform actions such as cancelling or resubmitting a task.

Note: To cancel or resubmit a task, configure View Submitted Tasks to display the cancel and resubmit buttons that are based on the task status.

In progress

Displayed in any of the following situations:

You can cancel a task in this state.

Note: Cancelling a task cancels all the incomplete nested tasks and events for the current task.

Cancelled

Displayed when you cancel any of the tasks or events in progress.

Rejected

Displayed when CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management rejects an event or task that is part of a work flow process. You can resubmit a rejected task.

Note: When you resubmit a task, CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management resubmits all the failed or rejected nested tasks and events.

Partially Completed

Displayed when you cancel some of the events or nested tasks. You can resubmit a partially completed event or nested task.

Completed

Displayed when a task is completed. A task is completed when the nested tasks and nested events of the current task are completed.

Failed

Displayed when a task, a nested task, or an event nested in the current task is invalid. This status is displayed when the task fails. You can resubmit a failed task.

Scheduled

Displayed when the task is scheduled to execute later. You can cancel a task in this state.