When you configure a Human task, you specify the task output values that you want to assign to workflow variables on the Output tab. The Data Integration Service copies the Human task output values to workflow variables when the Human task completes.

For example, a Human task produces a start time output value that indicates when the Data Integration Service started running the task. The workflow cannot directly access the Human task output data. To use the data in the remainder of the workflow, you assign the start time output to a workflow variable that you name HumanTaskStartTime. Then you use the HumanTaskStartTime workflow variable in an expression for a conditional sequence flow. The Data Integration Service runs the next object in the workflow if the Human task started before the specified time.