Work Item Columns

You can view information about your work items, like its status, priority, and target date.

You can select which columns are displayed by selecting .

Tab Description
ID A unique number identifying the work item.
Name The name of the user activity within the process template that generated the work item.
Version Identifies the version of the process template.
State The work item's current state. See Work Item State
Start date The scheduled date and time specified for the work item. Example: 2008-08-30 15:00:00. If no scheduled date and time has been specified for the work item, the column is empty.
End date The end date and time specified for the work item. Example: 2008-08-30 15:00:00. If no end date and time has been specified for the work item, the column is empty.
Description The label of the user task associated with the work item. This is specified in TIBCO Business Studio - BPM Edition at design-time.
Priority The priority is a numeric value indicating the relative importance of the work item. You can sort your work list by setting the work item priority. Also, scripts and processes can check the priority value and perform actions based on a work item’s priority. For more information, see Changing Work Item Priority.
Distribution Strategy A distribution strategy determines how a work item should be distributed to the resources in your team. The distribution strategy is configured at design-time. The distribution strategy can be one of the following:
  • offer - the work item is offered to you to work on. The work item may be offered exclusively to you or it may be offered to a group of users, any of whom can open and work on it.
  • allocate - the work item given to you only. You can change a work item that is allocated to you back to an Offered state so other users can work on it.
Application Name The name of the application that generated the work item.
Process Instance ID A unique number specifying the instance of the process that generated the work item.
Attribute 1 - Attribute 40 These fields are used to contain data that is associated with a work item. They are specified in TIBCO Business Studio - BPM Edition. Once these fields are specified, they can be used to filter the work items in your work item list.
Note: If a Work List Facade is deployed, attributes are displayed showing the display names.