Skip to main content

Understanding the Work items repeating tasks tab

Roles and permissions

The following roles can access the Work items - Repeating tasks tab:

  • Administrators

  • Compliance managers

  • Users

  • Limited access users

The Work items - Repeating tasks tab lists all configured repeating task templates. Repeating tasks can be attached to a control, label or risk. Repeating task templates generate tasks on a schedule or when triggered by a user-specified event.

Work Items Repeating tasks tab fields and options

Field/Option

Definition

Import

Import repeating tasks from a CSV file. See Importing repeating tasks.

filter.png

The Filter icon opens the Filter panel, where you can filter repeating tasks by the following fields:

  • Name

  • Description

  • Repeats - Options include Schedule or Event

  • Target type - Options include Control, Scope assignment, Label, Risk, Multiple scope assignments

  • Target ID or name

  • Assignee

  • Group

  • Created on

  • Created by

Menu bar

Use the Menu bar options to complete bulk updates to the list of repeating tasks.

Clear

Clears any checkboxes you have selected on the Grid view. Displays only when at least one checkbox is selected.

Delete

Deletes the selected repeating tasks. See Deleting a repeating task.

Assignee

Bulk edit the assignee for selected repeating tasks.

Organizer

Bulk edit the organizer for selected repeating tasks.

Grid view - Columns

Name

The Name of the repeating task.

Repeats

Displays the trigger for the repeating task. Options include On schedule or On event.

Repetition

Provides the details for the Repeats trigger. Triggers include:

  • On schedule - The interval that causes a new task to be created, such as Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semiannually, Annually.

  • On event - The system event that causes a new task to be created, such as a change to freshness on the target object.

Target type

The object type of the object targeted by the repeating task. This object is where proof will be uploaded when the resulting task is completed. Options include:

  • Control

  • Label

  • Risk

  • Scope assignment

  • Multiple scope assignments

Target ID

The ID of the object that is targeted by the repeating task. This value also serves as a link to the target object. Target IDs for the Multiple scope assignments target type are not links because the repeating task is applied to multiple scope assignments.

Integration

The icon for the task integration configured on the repeating task. Hyperproof supports task integrations with Asana, Jira, and ServiceNow. When the repeating task is triggered, a task is created in Hyperproof and the integration system.

Assignee

Displays the user icon and name of the person assigned to the repeating task. The tasks generated from the repeating task inherit this assignee, except in the case where the target object is scope assignment or multiple scope assignments. In that case, the user can configure a different assignee for each scope when configuring the repeating task.

Group

If the repeating task assignee is set to a Hyperproof group, the group name displays.

Due date

The number of days from the creation of a task until that task is due.

Open tasks

The number of open tasks associated with a repeating task. For example, if Repeating task one has generated 25 tasks, how many of them remain open/incomplete.

Created on

The date the repeating task was created.

Created by

Displays the user icon and name of the person who created the repeating task.

Did this answer your question?