View Manual Tasks

In Control Tower, to view a list of available Manual Tasks, go to Manual Tasks > View All.

To access any particular MT from the list, click the task name.

Sort and filter

Before taking any actions, set appropriate sorting and filtering at the top of the grid:

• To sort MTs by order, select an option in the Sort by drop-down list in the top right corner.

  

• To filter by the MT status or other parameters, select a filter in the Filter by drop-down list.

  

To reset any added filters, click the Clear button.

To use advanced filtering options, follow the steps below:

1. Next to the Filter field, select the Advanced checkbox.

   

2. In appropriate fields, set filters. Use the + button to add more of them.

3. Click Apply to filter MTs accordingly.

View task data and initiate actions

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The display of MT parameters and functions on the View All page varies depending on the MT status.

Apart from a list of available Manual Tasks, the View All page gives users access to the MT data and actions as described below:

1. Task name. Click it to perform the following actions:

   • Continue creating a task for draft MTs.

   • View MT data, properties, and results for MTs with other statuses.

   • Edit the MT name. To do that, after clicking the task name, click the pencil button next to it.

   • Add or edit tags to distinguish between the MTs with similar names. To add or edit tags, after clicking the task name, click the pencil button next to existing tags or the No tags indication.

     

2. Business Process name. If an MT is a part of a Business Process (BP), the name of the latter is displayed under the MT name.

3. Progress bar. The progress bar displays the number of completed MTs against the total number of tasks. The bar is clickable for all non-draft tasks, and the link redirects you to the MT results.

4. Indication icons:

   • means the MT is used as a BP step.
   • indicates the MT is in the Draft status.
   • means the MT was created from an Operation, for example, Other > Miscellaneous Tasks.
   • indicates the task was created using the Task Designer Operation.
   • means there are some issues associated with the MT.

5. Generate Snapshot. To generate a snapshot for non-draft tasks, click Generate Snapshot. As soon as a file is generated, click the active arrow button and then the data file to download.

   

   For draft tasks, the button is replaced by the Edit & Run button.

6. Actions. Click the button to view the list of available MT actions:

   

   • Copy: copies the task; for details, refer to Copy Manual Tasks.
   • View Properties: opens MT properties; for details, see Configure and run Manual Task.
   • View Data: redirects to MT results.
   • Pause Task: in case the MT is in progress, pauses its execution.
   • Stop Task: in case the MT is in progress, stops it.
   • Delete Task: removes the MT permanently.
   • Download Original Data: downloads the input data file.

7. Expanded MT details. Additional MT information.