Task Overview
This guide explains how to view, filter, and perform actions on tasks in Release.
About the Task Overview
The Tasks page displays all tasks you have permission to access across releases that are in active or planned states - Planned, In Progress, Failing, or Failed.
Tasks that are Paused, Completed, or Aborted are not shown in this list.
You can view:
- Tasks assigned to you
- Tasks assigned to your team
- Tasks from releases you can view, even if not assigned to you or your team
Administrators can see all tasks in these statuses across the system.
Accessing Task Overview
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From the sidebar, click Tasks under the Overview group.
- The Task Overview displays the status of each task and any set flags.
- An orange triangle indicates an active task.
- A clock icon indicates a pending task.
Changing View Options
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To switch to grid view:
- Click the grid view icon in the toolbar.
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To group tasks by release:
- Select the Group by release checkbox.
- You can view who completed a task by hovering over the Completed status icon.
Understanding Task States
Locked Tasks
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Tasks can be locked to restrict editing to users with lock permissions.
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Locked tasks appear with a striped pattern.
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For details, see Configuring lock tasks.
Task Dates
- Started tasks show their start date.
- Future tasks show either:
- Planned: waiting for preceding task completion.
- Scheduled: waiting for a scheduled start date.
- Tasks with deadlines show their due date.
Available Task Actions
You can perform the following actions on each task:
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Complete
- Marks task as complete.
- Optionally add a comment.
- Advances to next task.
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Skip
- Bypasses the task.
- Requires a comment explaining the skip.
- Moves to next task.
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Fail
- Sets manual task to failed state.
- Requires explanation comment.
- Notifies release owner.
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Abort
- Stops automated task.
- Sets to failed state.
- Requires explanation comment.
- Notifies release owner.
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Assign to me
- Takes ownership of the task.
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View in Release
- Opens the task in the release flow editor.
noteFailing or aborting a task will stop the release process.
Sorting Tasks
You can sort tasks in the overview by different attributes. The following sorting logic is applied:
Task Due Date (Default)
Tasks are listed by their due date, with those due soonest appearing first.
Task Start Date
- Tasks that have already started are listed from the earliest start date to the latest.
- Tasks scheduled to start in the future appear below, also sorted from the earliest to latest start date.
Task Status
Tasks are sorted by status: Failed or Failing tasks first, followed by In Progress, and finally Planned tasks.
Filtering Tasks
You can filter tasks using several criteria to quickly narrow down what you need to work on.
Use free text search to filter tasks by Title. For more filtering options, use Filter Drawer.
You can filter tasks by the following criteria:
Filter by Tasks Ownership
Choose which set of tasks you want to display:
- My tasks: Shows only the tasks assigned directly to you.
- Teams tasks: Shows tasks assigned to any of your teams.
- All tasks: Shows every task you have permission to view globally.
Filter by Task Status
Filter by one or more task statuses:
- Failed: Tasks that attempted to run but failed.
- In progress: Tasks that have started and are currently running.
- Pending: Tasks that are queued or waiting to run.
- Planned: Tasks that have been created but have not yet started.
Use the Select All option to apply all available statuses at once.
Filter by Folder
Use the Choose folder option to display only the tasks that belong to a specific folder.
Filter by Tasks Active Within
Filter tasks that were active for at least one day within the selected date range.
- From date / From time – Specify the start of the time window.
- To date / To time – Specify the end of the time window.
Filter by Task Tags
Use Filter by task tags to include tasks that contain at least one of the selected tags.
