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title: Manual task
slug: manual-task
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createdAt: 2021-11-03T08:05:55.000Z
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Manual tasks are used when you need human input in the workflow process (e.g. - you need to manually fill out the information about the customer/vehicle so it can be processed by other nodes). There are the following settings:

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### Description 

Here you can describe the nature of the task, what should be done, etc. (You can enter it for each available language).

### Deadline 

Here you can the deadline for the task. It will be displayed on the [dashboard](https://docs.hyperportal.org/dashboard). You can also set the deadline permissions for the task by clicking on the 'cog' icon near the deadline settings. 

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In this menu, you can set which users or groups can see or/and edit the deadline of the task.

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### Priority 

Here you can set the priority of the task. The priority of the task decides where it will be placed on the dashboard (e.g. - urgent tasks are displayed at the top of the list.)

### Required fields 

You can choose the required fields from the process properties. The person who is working on the task wouldn\`t be able to finish it without filling in those fields. You can choose entity-type properties or their child properties as required fields. 

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The required child properties will be displayed in the tooltip in the task window.

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### Optional fields 

The optional fields function is similar to the required fields, except the task can be completed if these fields are empty.

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Optional fields are displayed in their section on the task window

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### Executor information

The entity ID of the user(contact) that completed the task is displayed in the task output under $json.executor.entityId. You can use this info to get the contact with the "get process" values node if you place it right after the manual task

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The manual task can also be autocompleted. You can read about it [here](https://docs.hyperportal.org/workflows-autocomplete-task-setting).

[Here](https://docs.hyperportal.org/process-page) you can see how the manual tasks are displayed on the process page.

### Override create/edit permissions

Workflow processes have the ability to "override create/edit permissions" for manual task/activity settings.

Tasks can give a user overwrite permissions for specific objects and properties, letting them access and edit data they normally may not create or modify.

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