ActiveVOS Designer BPEL for People User’s Guide

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Creating an Inline or Local Notification Action for a Task Deadline

A common escalation action associated with a task deadline is a notification. When a deadline is reached, a notification can alert a task owner about a late task. For a discussion of escalations, see About Task Deadlines and Escalations.

Two of the escalation actions you can select are inline notification and local notification.

An inline notification is a new notification, defined exclusively, in this case, as an escalation action. For details on defining a notification, see About Notifications.

A local notification is defined at the process or scope level, within a Human Interaction element. You can customize the notification for a particular escalation by providing overrides for the existing people assignments and the existing priority.

To create an inline notification:

1. In the Outline view, right mouse click on Task> Start (or Completion) Deadline>Inline Notification.
2. In the Properties view, fill in all the required details for the notification, including interface, assignments, priority, and presentation Subject.

To create a local notification:

1. In the Outline view, right mouse click on Task>Start (or Completion) Deadline>Local Notification.
2. In the Local Notification Properties view, select a Notification from the drop-down list.
3. If desired, add a new priority.
4. If desired, add new assignments on the Assignments tab.

For details on setting a condition and using task data, see Defining a Condition for an Escalation Action and Using Task Data or Mapped Data for a Notification.

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