Skipping Work Items

The skip function allows you to select one or more work items in your work item list and "skip" them. This marks the work item(s) as complete, removes them from the work item list, and causes the process to advance. It has the same affect as opening the work items and submitting them.

To be able to skip a work item, the following must all be true:

  • the work item cannot have any required data fields that are not filled in, and
  • the work item’s state must currently be Allocated.

Procedure

  • From a work item list, select one or more work items that can be skipped according to the requirements stated above.

    Click the button, or select Skip Work Item(s) from the Tools menu on the work item list.

    Note that if the work item cannot be skipped because it does not exist anymore (i.e., your work item list has not been refreshed since the work item was submitted by someone else), the following dialog is displayed:

Result

When the work item is successfully skipped, it is submitted and removed from your work item list.