A task is a collection of fields which appear together on the same screen.  Just as commonly grouped fields constitute a task, commonly groups tasks constitute a process.  Fields may be used by more than one task, and a task may appear in more than one procedure.

• Task: name of the task as it appears on screen and in documents.
• Label:  
• Description:
• Instructions:  end-user instruction which appear at the top of the task screen.
• Help URL:  the help page displayed when the user clicks on the Help icon from this task.
• Custom URL:  redirection to a custom-built URL, rather than a standard Aspen task.  See Custom Task pages below for more information.
• Repeatability:  how often this task may be added to a process.
• Key Task:  makes this task appear on the Matter Summary screen.
• Auto Complete:  the stop actual date will automatically be filled in on the projected stop date.
• Add Wizard:  (not currently implemented).
• Default Team:  team assigned to this task by default whenever this task is added to a file.
• Default Person:  person assigned to this task by default whenever this task is added to a file.

Accounting information for a task includes the following:

• Client Type:   the drop-down list of clients provided for this task.  This is a list of all stored procedures beginning with 'lClient'.  See Categories for creating additional lookup stored procedures.
• Price:  the default price assigned to this task when added to a file.
• Bill Request:
• Receivable Code:
• Vendor Type:  the drop-down list of vendors provided for this task.  This is a list of all stored procedures beginning with 'lVendor'.  See Categories for creating additional lookup stored procedures.
• Cost: the default cost assigned to this task when added to a matter process.
• Check Request:
• Payable Code:

Triggering Information includes:

• Start Trigger: default start date is calculated by the field or task assigned in this trigger.
• Stop Trigger:  default stop date is calculated by the field or task assigned in this trigger.

Business Logic events include:

• On Load:
• On Unload:
• On Change:
• On Save
• On Cancel:

• Javascript Events
• Custom Task Pages
• Categories
• System Tasks