User task

A task where a user needs to perform a specific activity within a process engine or application. For example, the user is prompted to enter their details on a form.

Attributes: General

Attribute	Description
Model ID	The unique identifier of the element within the process model.
Name	The name of the element displayed in the diagram.
Documentation	A description and any additional information about this element.

Attributes: Assignment

Attribute	Description
Candidate users	Defines a list of users that can become assignee by claiming the task.

Attributes: Details

Attribute	Description
Form reference	Reference to the form that will be displayed when this task is opened.
Task listeners	Allows you to invoke Java logic after the creation, reassignment, completion and deletion of the task.
Task ID variable	An optional variable that contains the ID of the task.
Form properties	Custom form properties which are used within the legacy or custom form engine.

Attributes: Execution

Attribute	Description
Asynchronous	When enabled, the activity will be started as an asynchronous job.
Execution listeners	Allows you to invoke Java logic after certain events.
Skip expression	Defines an expression which is evaluated before executing the task. If it evaluates to true, the task is skipped.

Attributes: Multi instance

Attribute	Description
Multi instance type	Determines if multiple instances of this activity are created. There are three choices: None - default, only one instance is created. MI parallel - activities are created in parallel. This is good practice for User Tasks. MI sequential - activities are created sequentially. This is good practice for Service Tasks.
Collection	The number of instances is determined by the elements of a collection. For each element in the collection, a new instance is created.
Element variable	The variable under which each element is available to the newly created instance.
Element index variable	The variable under which the current number of iterations is stored.
Cardinality	An expression or numeric value which determines how many instances are created.
Completion condition	An expression which, if evaluated to true, stops the creation of new instances.

Attributes: Visual

Attribute	Description
Font color	The font color of the element in the diagram.
Font size	The font size of the element in the diagram.
Font style	The font style of the element in the diagram.
Font weight	The font weight of the element in the diagram.
Background color	The background color of the element in the diagram.
Border color	The border color of the element in the diagram.