Configure Voting for External Forms

Voting Task Configuration Screen

Good to Know

• In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.

How to Start

1. On the Organizer, do one of these:
   • Open a process.
   • Create a process.
2. Do one of these:
   • Add an activity:
     1. In the Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Human Tasks (External Forms) tab.
     2. On the Human Tasks (External Forms) tab, drag one of these activities onto your process:
        • Advanced Task (External Forms)
        • Voting Task (External Forms)
   • Change a human task activity:
     1. In your process, double-click a human task activity.
3. On the Voting Task Configuration screen, click Voting Data Configuration .

Procedure

1. On the Voting Task Configuration screen, complete these fields.

   Field Name	Definition
   Select the repeating data node that will contain the approvers data	Function: Specifies a group of approvers for a human task. Accepted Values: An XML variable that represents a group of approvers. This is a parent node where the children represent individual approvers within the group. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: No
   Store The Voting Result In	Function: Specifies the final result that says if a task is approved or rejected. Accepted Values: An xpath to a process data variable that represents the final result of the voting. The final result can be stored in a variable. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes
   The result is considered when % of the users approve	Function: Specifies the minimum proportion of approvers required to approve the item, expressed as a percent. Accepted Values: An integer. Default Value: None Accepts Process Data Variables: Yes Example: If you have enter 60, and you have 7 approvers, at least 5 of the approvers would need to vote Yes for the item to be approved because 4/7=57%, and 5/7=71%.

RelatedTopics

• Add Participants to a Human Task with External Forms
• Change a Process Instance Variable
• Configure General Options for an Activity with External Forms
• Configure User Defined Properties
• Configure Voting for External Forms
• Advanced Task (External Forms) activity
• Process Data Variables
• Voting Task (External Forms) activity