Sequential Tasks (External Forms) activity

An activity that represents a human task that must be completed by 1 or more participants in order. The activity is designed to be used as part of a loop in a process, so that the process flow returns to this activity until a sufficient number of participants have completed the task, or until some other condition ends the loop, and the process continues.

Configure the Sequential Tasks (External Forms) activity

To configure the Sequential Tasks (External Forms) activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Good to Know

In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
Use a Standard Task activity only if you do not want the form to start the process. If you want your form to start the process, use the Start Task (eForms) activity or Start Task (External Forms) activity.
This section shows the configuration settings on the configuration screens for this activity. Other configuration settings apply to human task activities. For more information, refer to:
Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

How to Start

Open Process Builder.
For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.
In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the External Forms tab.
On the External Forms tab, drag the Sequential Tasks activity onto your process.

Procedure

Complete the fields on the General Configuration screen.
Click Update Process Instance Variable .
Set process data variables whose values you want to change a variable on the Update Process Instance Variable screen.
Click Advanced > User Defined Properties
Configure user defined properties on the User Defined Properties screen.
(Optional) When the task changes status, you can send notifications using e-mail, Yammer, Salesforce Chatter, or SMS:
- To send an email notification, click Advanced > Email Notifications .
  For more information, refer to Email Notifications screen (Process Activities).
- To send a notification with Yammer, click Advanced > Yammer Notifications .
  For more information, refer to Yammer Notifications screen.
- To send a notification with Salesforce Chatter, click Advanced > Chatter Notifications .
  For more information, refer to Chatter Notifications screen.
- To send a notification with SMS, click Advanced > SMS Notifications .
  For more information, refer to SMS Notifications screen.
(Optional) If you want to configure your task to show on a mobile device, click Advanced > Mobile View .

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Sequential Tasks activity.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Display Name	Function: Specifies the activity name that shows in your process. Accepted Values: One line of text that can have spaces. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: No Example: This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to: Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.
Description	Function: Specifies an optional text description for your activity. Accepted Values: More than one line of text. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: No
Time To Complete	Function: Specifies the maximum amount of time that should be allowed for the completion of the task associated with this activity before it is considered Overdue. This is a combination of a number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks. Accepted Values: A number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks. Default Value: 1 Day Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
External form to be associated with this task	Function: Specifies the name of the task that shows in a participant's task list. In most cases, for processes that use ASP.NET forms, this value also determines the file names for the .aspx form pages. Accepted Values: The values for this property change with the type of process you are using: Generic - Does this: Specifies the name that shows in the participant's Task List for this task. If you create an ASP.NET project for this process in AgilePoint Developer, a new .aspx page is created for each human task with the same file name as the value of the Work to Perform property. SPList - Specifies the name that shows in the participant's Task List for this task. AgileForms - Specifies the name that shows in the participant's Task List for this task. The default value for this field is FormRender. AgilePoint recommends you change this value. Default Value: None, except for AgileForms processes. Accepts Process Data Variables: No

Update Process Instance Variable

Updates a value for a process data variable based on a specified type of event.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Process Instance Variable	Function: Specifies the name of the process data variable you want to update on the basis of an event type. Accepted Values: The name of process data variable to be updated. You can also use the XML variable associated with the process. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Example: A process data variable - EmployeeName An XML variable - /pd:myFields/pd:empName
Value	Function: Specifies a value for the process data variable that is set when an event occurs. Accepted Values: A number, or a text string that can contain spaces. A process data variable. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
When To Update	Function: Specifies the event that causes the process data variable to be set to your value. Accepted Values: Enter - The process goes into the activity. Assign - A task is assigned to a participant. Cancel - A task is cancelled. Complete - A task is completed. Leave - The process goes out of the activity. Default Value: None
Create	Function: Creates a row to add a process data variable, value, and event.
Delete	Function: Deletes the selected row from the variable list.

User Defined Properties

Specifies ClientData process data variable values that are associated with a human task activity when a process runs. You can specify a set of variables as name/value pairs that are sent to your web forms. This is an alternative to sending data with URL parameters.

Fields

Field Name	Definition
Name	Function: Specifies the name for the ClientData. The ClientData property stores data related to the human task activity. This is like defining a process data variable to store specific values. Accepted Values: One line of text that can have spaces. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Limitations: Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?
Value	Function: The value for the ClientData variable. Accepted Values: A number or a text string that can contain spaces. You can set the value for the process data variable by using an XML value. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Limitations: Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?
Type	Function: Determines the data type for the ClientData variable. Accepted Values: string int bool decimal Default Value: string
Create	Function: Creates a row where you can specify a ClientData property.
Delete	Function: Deletes the selected row from the user defined properties list.