Quick Task example

Question

I'm not sure what the purpose of a Quick Task is. Do you know any YouTube video to see an example of use? Thanks in advance.

Stefan Helzle · Answer

Quick tasks are mostly legacy and only play a role for process backed records. Quick tasks then become the related actions.

Karumuru Abhishek · Answer

hi danielg424213 Quick Tasks are useful for completing ad-hoc tasks in process, and for enabling additional related actions on a Process-backed record. They were more relevant in Appian before the introduction of Records, but have a few use cases in the latest Appian versions.Quick tasks will not show up as tasks in Tempo->Tasks. Some designers use this behavior to hide tasks in a workflow, but they must take care to close these tasks appropriately.

Stefan Helzle · Answer

You are pretty save to ignore quick tasks. Nowadays, we typically use a database backed record to reflect process status. In case you need any ad-hoc actions, add related actions to that record.

Peter Lewis · Answer

The 60 second summary is that a quick task is a task that does not show in the task list; instead, it is shown as a related action on process-backed records. To configure a quick task all you need to do is check the box in the general tab of your User Input Task. 
 It's mostly legacy because very few people use process-backed records any more (although they are still supported!). They have mostly fallen out of favor since storing data in a database table often provides more flexibility than the process-backed record. 
 Here's the design pattern from the docs: docs.appian.com/.../Process_Model_Recipes.html