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Configuring Custom Columns for Task Roles Filtering

In the Task Role Filters section of the

.avcconfig

file, you can add the task column names you want to display for a category (folder) of tasks. There is a default configuration of column names, and you can add to or replace the columns displayed.

To add standard WS-HT column names, see WS-HT Task Property List elsewhere in this help

To add custom column names see Creating Custom Task Properties elsewhere in this help

To localize the column names, see the example below

Default Configuration

The default configuration for

taskColumn

uses standard WS-HT task properties (all prefixed with Task
):

<avccom:taskColumns>
    <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.Id">Id</avccom:taskColumn>
    <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.Status"></avccom:taskColumn>
    <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.Priority"></avccom:taskColumn>
    <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.Name"></avccom:taskColumn>
    <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.PresSubject"></avccom:taskColumn>
    <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.CreatedOn"></avccom:taskColumn>
</avccom:taskColumns>

To replace or add to these columns, you can add your own column specification, using a custom task property, such as:

<avccom:taskColumn property="first">First Name</avccom:taskColumn>

You must create the custom column names as part of the task definition in a People activity.

To localize the column name, you can specify a key from a message properties file that you create. For example, the column name below is specified as

${bundle.key}

<avccom:taskColumn property="Task.CreatedOn"
   type="dateTime">${bundle.key}</avccom:taskColumn>

For details on creating a message properties file, see Adding Multilingual Support for Task Forms.

The following sample Task Role Filter section illustrates the use of custom columns for Process Central.

 <!-- 
     Example - adding a new category/folder called Hello Tasks.
     This folder will appear in the All role.
  -->
 <tns:taskRoleFilterDefs>
   <tns:taskRoleFilterDef 
        id="ae-avc-role-all" name="${ae.avc.role.user.name}">
     <tns:taskFilterCategoryDef id="custom-cat" 
           name="Hello Tasks">
         <avccom:allowedRoles>
         </avccom:allowedRoles>
         <!-- 
           Define custom columns that appear in Process Central
           (or remove/comment out root element to use 
           default column list provided out of the box).
         -->
         <avccom:taskColumns>
               <!-- Task.Id, Task.Status and Task.Name are 
                     standard WS-HT columns.
               -->
            <avccom:taskColumn 
                   property="Task.Id">Id</avccom:taskColumn>
            <avccom:taskColumn 
                   property="Task.Status"></avccom:taskColumn>
            <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.Name">Task Name</avccom:taskColumn>
            <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.PresName">
                   Display Name</avccom:taskColumn>
               <!-- You can also specify the column data
                    formatting via the type attribute. Useful
                    values are date, dateTime and boolean. The
                    column display name can also be externalized
                    via ${18n.key} method.
                -->
            <avccom:taskColumn property="Task.CreatedOn"type="dateTime">
                    ${bundle.key}</avccom:taskColumn>
               <!-- The property names 'first' and 'last' are
                    WSHT task presentation parameters defined in
                    your tasks (custom properties).
               -->
            <avccom:taskColumn property="first">First Name</avccom:taskColumn>
            <avccom:taskColumn property="surname">Surname (Last Name)</avccom:taskColumn>
         </avccom:taskColumns>
         <avccom:taskFilterDefRef ref="ae-avc-user-open-all"/>
         <avccom:taskFilterDefRef 
                             ref="ae-avc-user-open-unclaimed"/>
         <avccom:taskFilterDefRef 
                             ref="ae-avc-user-open-claimed"/>
         <avccom:taskFilterDefRef 
                             ref="ae-avc-user-open-suspended"/>
      </tns:taskFilterCategoryDef>
   </tns:taskRoleFilterDef>
</tns:taskRoleFilterDefs>

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