About the Actions on a Task

When creating a task, you can open it and edit it in the authoring world using the Open option. The opening has three different behaviors corresponding to the three statuses a task can have.

The following topics describes the 3 different status:

This page discusses:

See Also
Making Actions on a Task
About Projects in the Asynchronous Mode

Waiting Children Task

A task with a waiting child task status opened in the VPMExplore Navigator window has the following behavior:

  • The task is open in the authoring mode and a new editor appears.
  • The editor presents you a copy of the representation reference attached to the project you can work on. It contains all the settings and environment of the original representation reference.

Important: When you are assigned with a task with a Waiting Children Tasks status, you must design what is asked in the task. When done, you must share your work using the standard Sharing Data in Asynchronous Mode mechanism. The briefcase produced is put as the output of the task.
Warning: You must log in to your PLMChat before activating a task. If you are not logged in before the activation of the task, a warning message appears to suggest your logging.

Starting Task

When opening a task with a starting task status open in the VPMExplore Navigator window, you can:

  • Open the task in a new authoring editor where you can find a copy of the original representation reference. You can therefore edit the copy in the new authoring editor window.
  • Receiving and Merging Data the open representation with the output briefcases of the children tasks if the task has children tasks.
    Tip: If there are conflicts during the merge, the Merge Assistant dialog appears. You then have to solve the conflicts using the Merge Assistant.
  • Save the result of all these operations in the copied representation.

When all these actions are done, the status of the task turns to Work In progress. You can then start working on the task and modify it as requested by the project manager.

Work In Progress Task

A task with a Work in progress status opened in the VPMExplore Navigator window has the following behavior:

  • A new authoring editor window with the copied representation opens.
  • The output briefcases of the children tasks and the possible modifications brought to the task are already merged in the representation.

You can go on working on the task and bring all the modifications requested by the project manager.