General description
The Tasks module allows to create tasks of various types and track their execution. Currently, there are four types of tasks
- Photo reports
- General tasks
- Issues
- Surveys
Photo reports, general tasks, and surveys can either be created manually or automatically, according to periodic task generation rules.
When working with a task, there are three user roles
- a task author is a user who has created a task (more info here)
- an executor is a user assigned to execute a task (more info here)
- an observer is a user assigned to track task execution and remind the author and executors about deadlines of their tasks
The author decides whether a task needs an observer or not. A user who is a task author can also be an executor of the same task. Observers can be assigned to both individual tasks and group tasks. In case an observer is assigned to a group task, the hierarchy rules take effect.
An author created a group task Z for store X in region X and store Y in region Y and assigned two observers, regional manager X, and regional manager Y. According to hierarchy rules, regional manager X will observe only for the task of store X and will be unable to track the execution of the task of store Y.
Hierarchy rules do not apply to individual tasks. When creating such tasks, the author can make any user of any level an observer.
It is possible to create tasks for users of a lower level only. Therefore, a user with level Company can assign tasks to all users of the system. A user with level Division can create tasks for any user with Region or Store level within their division.
