Copy and migrate Manual Tasks
In Intelligent Automation Cloud Enterprise, you can save time and effort by reusing previously created Manual Tasks.
Tasks with the same name have a common template (Definition). Therefore, if you modify the design or parameters of one task and save it, all other tasks with the same name are affected.
Tags are unique for each Manual Task. Hence, you can use them to distinguish tasks with the same definition.
Create a copy
There are several ways how you can copy a Manual Task to get a different outcome, such as:
Copy with new data
To copy a Manual Task with new data, do as follows:
Go to Manual Tasks > View All and select a Manual Task.
In the Actions drop-down menu, select Copy.
In the popup that opens next, do not select any options and click Copy. As a result, a new Manual Task instance with the same name as the original is created. The data file is not copied with the task: you will need to upload new data.
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All changes to the newly created Manual Task will affect tasks with the same name. If you want to unlink the task, change its title on the Design tab and save the task.
You can also copy a Manual Task with the Create an independent task option selected. As a result, a new task instance is created that is not linked to the source task.
Include input data
To re-run the same Manual Task with the same data, select the Include the input data option while copying. This action is helpful if some issues occur.
As a result, a new Manual Task instance with the same name and data as the original is created.
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All changes to the new Manual Task affect tasks with the same name. If you want to unlink this task, change its title on the Design tab and save the task.
Create independent task
Selecting the Create an independent task option to create a Manual Task is recommended in the following cases:
- To avoid affecting all task instances with the same name
- To create a new task instance based on an existing one
As soon as you select the option, you are prompted to enter a new task name in the Definition name field.
The created copy is not linked to the original Manual Task.
Migrate between instances and environments
Intelligent Automation Cloud Enterprise enables to migrate (copy and deploy) Manual Tasks from one Control Tower instance to another. To migrate, export the Manual Task as an XML file or a zip package from the source instance and import it to the target instance. This way, you can also move a Manual Task from the development environment to production.
There are two migration options: