Collaboration Task Notification Settings

Use

The collaboration task can provide notifications using either the KM notification service or the JavaMail transport service.

You can also specify a new notification channel.

Notifications are sent to the tracker(s) of a task. Collaboration task provides its notifications using one of two mechanisms, which can be specified in the Workflow configuration:

  • If installed with Knowledge Management (KM), collaboration task will use the KM Notification service, which can be configured to use various channels including e-mail and internet.

  • Additionally, collaboration task can use JavaMail to provide notifications. This option is available whether KM is installed or not. If JavaMail is to be used, a mail server and any required authentication must be entered in the Workflow configuration.

When a task is created using the collaboration task wizard, the creator can specify the conditions under which notifications are to be sent:

  • None

    No notifaction is sent.

  • When Complete

    When a task has been completed, a notification is sent.

  • On Updates, Completion, and if Overdue

    When the task has been completed or updated or if it is overdue, a notification is sent.

Editing Parameters

Description

New

Create new channel (name)

Duplicate

Copy all settings of the existing channel to a new one

Edit

Edit settings

View

View or edit the notification channel

Delete

Delete the selected channel

Example

Following is an example of a collaboration task notification.

Task Details

Values (updated values are displayed in bold)

Task Name

ST2

Status

Approved

Completed By

admin, admin

Priority

Low

Creator

admin, admin

Time created

2005-01-21 10:24

Time due

2005-01-28 00:00

Completion Progress

100%

Task Notes

Some notes