The Tasks pane shows you all tasks that allow you to complete an action. These tasks can be part of processes that you created or have been created by other users and delegated or assigned to you. All options for working with tasks depend on rules: the configuration of the corresponding processes must allow assigning, delegating, and applying actions to user tasks. The process configuration also determines which actions are available for a task and the results of the task execution.

To prevent different users from editing a task simultaneously, tasks are automatically locked for other users as soon as the task is edited. The Lock Indicator icon indicates the lock status of each selected task.

Notifications about new tasks that appear in your tasks list can be shown as browser alerts if the Tasks pane is open but not visible. For additional information, see Showing Desktop Notifications from Panes.

The following topics provide information about the options you have when working with user tasks: