Creating Decision Tasks

A decision task is only required for steps of the type user decision . You should only create a new decision task if:

• You want to restrict the possible agents.

• You require another decision text.

A decision task must always refer to the object type DECISION with the method Process .

Always create a new decision task as a copy of the standard decision task supplied by SAP. This is task generic decision task ( TS00008267 ).

1. Go into the step definition of a decision task. A decision task is referenced there in the field Task . To make a copy of this task, select .

2. Specify a new ID and new name for the task and assign it to a package.

3. Process the relevant text types on the tab page Description . The task description is displayed to the recipient when the user decision is executed. For more information, see Maintaining Task Texts .

4. Add the elements that you inserted into the description text as text variables (or object references) to the task container as mandatory import elements . To do this, choose .

   Note

   In order for the text variables to be filled with values at runtime, you must define the binding from the workflow container to the task container in the definition of the user decision.

5. Process the possible agents of your decision task. Choose  Additional Data  Processor Assignment  Maintain .