A task is a unit of work that has arrived in ActiveVOS Central.. The task contains information for your review and requires a response. When you submit a response, the task is complete. Tasks are most likely sent to you and other users who share your area of expertise. Each of you can claim a task to work on. When you do this, the task is removed from other users' list.
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The task you work on is a step in an automated, running business process. The process is waiting for you or someone else to send back data so that the process can continue to its next step.