This topic covers the process of marking tasks and jobs as completed. It is important to note that there is no checking that the work specified in the tasks in question was actually completed in the lab; these tools offer a tracking mechanism for humans completing their work.
Open a job by clicking the job name. Find it:
- On the Jobs panel on the home dashboard under Your Queue if it is assigned to you. You can filter by priority to find the most pressing work.
- If the job or current task is not assigned to you, you can click the Active Jobs tab on the home page, or the Jobs Home link for a grid of all jobs.
- Use the main menu from anywhere in the application. Click Workflow for the grid of all jobs.
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Overview Tab
On the
Overview tab, you will see the job details, assignments, and list of tasks with status of each task. Status values include:
- In Progress: the current/active task to be completed
- Pending: future tasks that need to wait for the 'in progress' task
- Complete: completed tasks.
Learn about editing job details in this topic:
Edit Jobs and Tasks
Tasks Tab
Switch to the
Tasks tab to see a more detailed view of job progress. Each task is listed on the left, with details of the selected task on the right.
Completed tasks show a green
check. Tasks that involve assays include an
Import Data button.
Switch among tasks by clicking the task name on the left.
Comments
On the
Tasks tab, you can enter
Comments to accompany any task, including the ones marked completed. Click
Start a thread to add a new comment.
Add your own comments or notes about the step in the box.
- You can use markdown formatting, with the help of buttons for bold, italic, link, list, and numbered list formatting.
- Switch the Markdown mode dropdown to Preview to see the formatted result.
- Click the to attach files to comments.
- Click Add Comment to save.
Once a task has one or more comments, you can reply to existing comments or start another new thread.
Email notifications will be sent when comments are added to tasks. The email will include a link to the task itself.
Complete Task
If the 'In Progress' task is assigned to you, and you have performed the actual work described, you can click
Complete Current Task on the Overview tab (or
Complete Task on the Tasks tab) to mark it completed. The task status changes to Complete and the next task on the list is now
In Progress.
If the 'In Progress' task is not assigned to you, the button for completing the task will be inactive so that you cannot inadvertently complete others' tasks. Administrators are exempted from this restriction and can both mark any task as completed and reassign tasks as needed.
Complete Tasks with Samples
When your task involves samples, you can access and review them on the
Samples tab. Samples of all types are shown on a shared tab, with common properties like storage information and status. The samples of an individual type are available on additional tabs ("Plasma" and "Serum" shown here), with the properties specific to that type.
Use the menu on the right to select whether to show "All Samples, Samples Only, Aliquots Only" in the grid.
When viewing samples on a sample-type specific tab, all of the following menus and actions are available. When viewing the tab containing samples of all types, the Manage actions specific to a type are not available (like bulk editing properties and lineage).
Actions available on the
All Samples here:
- Create:
- Manage:
- Jobs:
- Storage:
Complete Tasks involving Assay Import
On the
Tasks tab, select the task that involves an assay. Under
Assays, you'll see a pair of links for each assay involved in this task.
- View Data: Once there has been data uploaded for this assay in this task, this link will take you to the filtered run.
- Import Run: Open the importer for the requested assay.
- By default you will see the Enter Data into Grid option, with rows prepopulated for the samples assigned to this job task, making it easy to manually enter values.
- You can use bulk insert, file upload, or copy/paste import methods if desired.
Once the import is complete, you can click
here in the green banner to return to the workflow job you came from.
Reassign Task
From the
Tasks view, users with sufficient permissions can reassign tasks that have not been completed by changing the
Task Owner. Click
to edit, use the dropdown to select the new task owner, then click
.
Reopen Task
If you find you have closed a task by mistake, you can reopen it using the
Reactivate Task button.
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