Transferring work items for which you are the starter, originator, or administrator of the task

You might need to change a work assignment after work begins on the task. For example, you might want to transfer a work item to another user if the task owner is on vacation and the task must be completed before this person returns. The way in which you can transfer a work item depends on the role that you have and the state of the task.

Before you begin

To transfer a work item you must have one of the following roles and the task must be in one of the following states.

Role Task state Work items can be transferred to the following user roles:
Owner Claimed Potential owner, administrator.
Starter Terminated, expired, finished, failed, or running Potential starter, administrator.
Originator Any task state Potential instance creator, administrator. If the task is in the active state, it can be transferred to any user role.
Administrator Ready, claimed, terminated, expired, finished, failed, or running Any user role.

Why and when to perform this task

In Business Process Choreographer Explorer, complete the following steps to transfer a work item.

Steps for this task

  1. Display the task instances that you can administer.

    Click Administered By Me under Task Instances in the navigation pane.

  2. Display the work items for a task instance.

    In the Task Instances Administered By Me page, select the check box next to the task instance and click Work Items.

  3. Transfer the work item.
    1. In the New Owner field, specify the user ID of the new work-item owner.
    2. Select one or more work items and click Transfer.

Result

The transferred work item with the new work-item owner appears in the list of work items.
Related concepts
Authorization roles for human tasks
Related tasks
Using Business Process Choreographer Explorer

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