Configure the My Workflow Tasks web part

Use the Nintex Workflow 2016 My Workflow Tasks web part to display a list of user-assigned workflow-related tasks on a page within a site. You can limit tasks to the user currently logged on or show tasks for all users.

Note: Any invalid task in the web part has an associated link for removing the entry from the list.

To use the My Workflow Tasks web part

  1. Navigate to the page of the site to which you want to add the web part.
  2. Click the settings icon () on the upper right and then click Edit Page.
  3. Click within the rich content area where the web part is to be inserted.
  4. In the Insert tab of the ribbon, click Web Part.

    Selections appear for categories and parts.

  5. Under Categories, click Nintex Workflow 2016.
  6. Under Parts, click Workflow Chart Viewer.
  7. Click Add.

    The page reloads with the web part inserted.

    By default, the following columns are displayed.

    • Item: The title of the item.
    • Workflow: The name of the workflow.
    • Status: The status of the workflow related task (relative to the 'expected duration' set at the time of workflow construction).
    • Waiting since: How long the current task has been necessary and not completed.
    • Current Action: The action for which the running workflow is waiting.
  8. Click the down arrow () on the upper right of the web part and then select Edit Web Part.

    The My Workflow Tasks panel appears on the right. The unlabeled section at the top has the following options.

    Option Instructions
    Show tasks from Select the task scope from the drop-down list. You can show workflow tasks from the current site, all sites in the site collection, or (for Enterprise Edition), the entire farm.
    Paging Set how many items are displayed on the page by the web part.
    Display

    Select the desired options.

    • Prefer filenames: By default, document titles are displayed in the web part. If there is no document title set, the document's filename is displayed.
    • Show tasks for all users: When selected, displays tasks for all users, adding a column to the web part. When cleared (not selected), displays the tasks for the current user only (default).
    • Show the Status column: When selected, displays the Status column.
    • The time elapsed between changes in the status indicator relative to the "Expected duration" days - hours - minutes: The number of days, hours, and minutes between changes of the status indicator ("New," orange circle, and red circle), relative to the "Expected duration" value.

      The time elapsed value applies to each change: Red from orange, and orange from "New." For example, if the time elapsed value is 8 hours, then the red indicator will be displayed 8 hours before the "Expected duration" value is reached and the orange indicator will be displayed 8 hours before the red indicator is displayed. Any time before the orange indicator is displayed, the "New" status indicator is displayed.

    • Show the time elapsed since the item was created: Shows the time elapsed since the item was created.
    • Display the user who initiated the workflow: Displays the user who initiated the workflow.
    Item name URL

    Specifies where the user is direct to when they click on the list item name in the web part.

    • Task display form: Directs to the view page of the task item.

      Note: The default view form for Request approval, Request review, and Assign a Flexi task has the same behavior as the edit form.

    • Task edit form: Directs to the edit page of the task.
    • Item display URL: Directs to the item that the task is associated to.
    • Custom: Specify a custom page to direct to. The following placeholders can be added to the query string:
      • {TaskListID}: The GUID of the task list.
      • {TaskID}: The ID of the task item in the task list.
      • {ListID}: The GUID of the list that the workflow associated to the task is running in.
      • {ItemID}: The ID of the item that the workflow associated to the task is running on.

    Default sorting

    Specifies the order that records are displayed in.