Create Linked Work Item screen (Modern, SharePoint On-Premises)

Creates a linked work item for other participants in SharePoint on-premises.

Figure: Create Linked Work Item screen

Create Linked Work Item screen

Prerequisites

Good to Know

  • Once you create the linked work item, a duplicate task starts for the specified user.
  • This duplicate task does not need to complete for the process to move forward.

How to Start

  1. In on-premises SharePoint, on the SharePoint site, open the AgilePoint Work Center web part.

    Shows AgilePoint Nx Portal
  2. Click Inbox > Tasks.

    Click Inbox Tasks
  3. On the task list, click Ellipses (...) > Create Linked Work Item.

    Click Create Linked Work Item

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Task Name

Description:
Shows the name of the task.
Allowed Values:
Read only.

Process Instance

Description:
Shows the process instance name.
Allowed Values:
Read only.

Assigned To

Description:
Specifies the participant to whom to assign the linked work item.
Allowed Values:
A user name from the list.
Default Value:
None

Comments

Description:
Specifies a description for the task you created for a participant.
Allowed Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None

Duration

Description:
Specifies the number of time units to do the work in the set time.
Allowed Values:
An integer.
Default Value:
1
Example:
If you enter 2, the task expires in 2 seconds, days, hours, or minutes, as you specified in the Time Unit.

Time Unit

Description:
Specifies the unit of time for the task to expire.
Allowed Values:
  • Second
  • Minute
  • Hour
  • Day
  • Month
  • Year
Default Value:
Day

Business Hours

Description:
Determines whether the time span represents actual time or business hours.
Allowed Values:
  • On - The time span represents business hours only. For example, 5 days of business time might be equivalent to 7 days of actual time. 8 hours of business time might be equivalent to 24 hours of actual time.
  • Off - The time span represents actual time. There is no effect for any business time configuration settings.
Default Value:
Off
Example:
If the Business Hours field is turned on, business hours are configured as 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A manual activity with a time span of 6 business hours is entered at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, then the task must be completed by 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

Create

Description:
Creates a linked work item.