Create a Service Task in a Workflow

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Service Tasks initiate automated tasks while User Tasks assign tasks to users, user groups, or task queues to be completed. In this guide, we will go over how to create Service Tasks within a Workflow.

To Create a Service Task

  1. When you are in the Workflow Engine editor, click the Addition icon and select Service Task from the Workflow Option menu.

  2. Enter Service Task details and click Save. The Task Name is mandatory. At least one Action needs to be defined in “Add Action”.

Service Task — Field Descriptions

Term

Description

Task Label

Enter a name for the task. This will be the name of that task throughout the platform.

Description

Enter more in-depth task details by adding a description.

Add Action

Select the action you want the system to perform. The options vary based on the Entity Selected when creating your Workflow.

In this example, we're asking the system to set the Campaign Status field to approved when the Workflow is initiated.

(+) Add Action

Add an additional action.

Actions

Cancel

Close the window and do not save the contents of the Service Task.

Save

Save the task.