Instructions, Sections and Testing a Task

On the Assignment tab, the editor toolbar has a More button. Its menu works with the whole task form: it copies the form to other tasks, imports it from another task, shows it on a real task, edits instructions for the solver, manages the template sections and deletes the whole assignment. The menu is available only for tasks of the To be solved by user type.

Copy to others

In the Copy assignment to task field, select one or more tasks. The list offers To be solved by user tasks from the same template, except the current one. Select Copy conditions as well to also copy the dynamic conditions and loaded scripts.

When you click Save, the form is written to the selected tasks immediately and their existing form is overwritten. The form is copied as it currently appears on screen, including unsaved changes. Conditions are copied in their saved form. If the form contains an empty section, copying does not start.

Import from another task

In the Select task to import field, choose a task from the same template. Select Import conditions as well to also take over its dynamic conditions and loaded scripts. Clicking Confirm displays the source task's form in the editor in place of the current one. If the current form or conditions are not empty, the editor first asks whether you want to overwrite them.

The import is written only when you save the task. If you do not save the task, nothing changes.

Test

The Select task for testing dialog shows the tasks that have already been created in cases from this template task. Columns: ID, Task name, Case name, Solver, Case owner, Status, Assignment date and Actual end. Rows can be filtered and sorted; the newest are at the top. If you opened the editor from a task in a case, that task is preselected.

Click Test or double-click a row to open the Variable assignment test dialog. It shows the actual form of the selected task with the current settings of the assignment, instructions and dynamic conditions. The Language button switches the interface language for this dialog only. The Show as on mobile button narrows the form to phone width, and Show as on PC restores it.

If the form has unsaved changes, the editor prompts you to save before testing. The test does not create a new case; it works with an existing task. You can therefore test only a task that has already been created in some case.

Instructions

Instructions are saved directly in the dialog, independently of saving the task. For a new task, the dialog opens only after the task has been saved. The solver sees the instruction above the task form. Longer text is truncated and displayed in full via the More link.

Sections

The Sections dialog shows all sections of the template. Each section shows the number of tasks that use it and the names of the first two. Further tasks are hidden behind a link with their count; their list appears when you hover over it.

• The pencil opens the Rename section dialog. The new name applies in all tasks of the template and is saved immediately.
• The bin deletes the section. The dialog shows the Affected tasks and warns that the variables in all tasks will be moved to the variables without a section. The deletion takes effect immediately and cannot be undone.

New sections are created directly in the form; see the article Variable Assignment and Sections.

Delete assignment

After you confirm Delete, the editor removes all variables and sections from the form. If the task has dynamic conditions, the dialog also offers the Delete conditions as well option. The deletion takes effect only when you save the task; until then, you can cancel it by closing the editor without saving.

Related: Variable Assignment and Sections, Dynamic Conditions: Builder, Solving a Task.