Comparison of alerts, task, and notifications
This table gives an overview of features and differences between alerts, tasks, and
notifications.
See the respective sections for detailed explanation of each feature.
| Feature | Availability |
|---|---|
| Message with translations and parameter placeholders. | Alert, Task, Notification |
| When shown in the user interface, the message detail contains automatically generated drillbacks if a noun reference is included. | Alert |
| When shown in the user interface, the message detail can contain user-defined drillbacks, that have been modeled based on view definitions. | Alert, Task, Notification |
| Contains a list of parameter name-values, read-only. | Task, Notification |
| Possibility to edit parameter values. | Task |
| Can contain data tree structures, read-only. | Alert, Task, Notification |
| Can contain custom action buttons, such as or . | Task |
| Can use a custom form to display details. | Task |
| Can contain a button to start a workflow. | Alert |
| User can add attachments. | Alert, Task |
| User can view attachments added by others in the previous steps of a workflow. | Task, Notification |
| The message can be escalated to another user or a manager. | Alert, Task |
| The message can be delegated when the current user turns on the out-of-office setting in Infor OS. | Alert, Task |
| The message can have a due date displayed in the user interface and that can be used for filtering. | Alert, Task |
| The message can have an expiration date that is not visible in the user interface. The message is automatically removed from Inbox on this date. | Notification |
| Can be distributed to one or more users and only one user needs to take an action to close the message. | Alert, Task |
| Can be distributed in parallel to several users. Each user gets a copy of the message and all users must complete their copy for the message to be closed. | Task, Notification |
| When shown in the user interface, the message details can contain a view of the Workflow Progress diagram. | Task |
| Users can add notes and can view notes added by other users for the same message. | Alert, Task |
| Users can view notes added by other users in previous steps of a workflow. | Task, Notification |
| When created by Workflow, this step halts the workflow execution until the step is completed by a user. | Task |
| An email notification can be sent when a new message is created, and on significant status changes. | Alert, Task, Notification |