Human Task Manager settings
Use this panel to manage the Human Task Manager for a given server.
A Human Task Manager provides services to run human tasks within an application server. To view this administrative console page, click , then on the Configuration tab, in the Business Process Manager section, expand Business Process Choreographer, click Human Task Manager, and select the Configuration tab.
E-mail session JNDI name
The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) name of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) email session resource that will be used by the Human Task Manager to send escalation mails.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Read-only string |
| Value | mail/HTMNotification_clusterName |
Sender e-mail address
The address that is used as the sender for escalation emails.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Default | taskmanager.emailservice@htm.companydomain |
Escalation URL prefix
This prefix can be used to provide a link in escalation emails for more details about the escalation.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Default | None |
| Example | http://myServer:9080/EscalationDetailsView.jsp |
| Example that works with the default configuration of the Business Process Choreographer Explorer | http://myServer:9080/bpc/faces/pages/layouts/views/EscalationDetailsView.jsp |
<a href="%htm:escalation.URLPrefix%?id=%htm:escalation.instanceID%">Escalation details</a>Task URL prefix
The prefix for the URL that can be included in emails for more details about a task.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Default | None |
| Example | http://myServer:9080/TaskInstanceDetailsView.jsp |
| Example that works with the default configuration of the Business Process Choreographer Explorer | http://myServer:9080/bpc/faces/pages/layouts/views/TaskInstanceDetailsView.jsp |
<a href="%htm:task.URLPrefix%?id=%htm:task.instanceID%">Task details</a>Administrator URL prefix
The prefix for the URL that can be included in the escalation email that is sent to people who perform the task administrator role.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Default | None |
| Example | http://myServer:9080/AdministratorTaskDetailsViewer |
| Example that works with the default configuration of the Business Process Choreographer Explorer | http://myServer:9080/bpc/faces/pages/layouts/views/TaskInstanceDetailsView.jsp |
<a href="%htm:task.URLPrefixAdmin%?id=%htm:task.instanceID%">Task details</a>Process Explorer URL prefix
The prefix for the URL for the Business Process Choreographer Explorer.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Default | None |
| Example | http://myServer:9080/bpc |
Enable Common Event Infrastructure logging
Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) logging can be enabled or disabled.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Check box |
| Default | Not selected |
Enable audit logging
Audit logging can be enabled or disabled.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Check box |
| Default | Not selected |
Enable task history
Select this check box to display task history data in Business Space, or to retrieve task history data using the Task Instance History Representational State Transfer (REST) interface.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Check box |
| Default | Not selected |
People query refresh schedule
The schedule for refreshing people queries. If you are using people substitution, a people query refresh must be performed after changing a person's "is absent" status for the people assignment to take their new status into account.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Format | This field uses the WebSphere crontab format <Seconds> <Minute> <Hour> <Day_of_the_Month> <Month_of_the_Year> <Day_of_the_Week> according to com.ibm.websphere.scheduler.UserCalendar |
| Example | To refresh the people queries once per hour on Thursdays, use the schedule 0 0 * * * 4 |
| Default | 0 0 1 * * ? (every night at one o'clock) |
Timeout for people query result
The duration in seconds that the results of a people query are considered to be valid. After this duration, the people query results will expire.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Integer |
| Default | 3600 |
| Units | Seconds |
Enable group work items
Select this check box to if you want Human Task Manager queries and API methods to consider group work items. Queries are faster if group work items are not enabled.
Any applications that were written for a version before Version 6.0.2 that use one or both of the interfaces com.ibm.bpe.api.StaffResultSet or com.ibm.task.api.StaffResultSet should be modified in order to cope with group work items before you enable group work items.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Check box |
| Default | Not selected (group work items are not enabled to ensure compatibility with applications written before Version 6.0.2) |
Enable substitution
Select this check box if people are allowed to perform a substitution action for a user ID that is not their own.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Check box |
| Default | Not selected |
Restrict substitute management to administrators
Select this check box if only administrators can perform staff substitution. If this option is selected, an exception is generated if a non-administrator attempts to perform a substitution action for a user ID that is not her own.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Check box |
| Default | Not selected (substitution is not restricted to administrators) |
Enable work basket-based people assignment and routing
Select this check box to use work baskets to assign tasks to people.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Check box |
| Default | Not selected |
Enable business categories
Select this check box to use business categories to classify tasks according to business criteria
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Data type | Check box |
| Default | Not selected |