The Previous task field determines which single task or tasks must be completed for a current task to be indicated as ready.
The default Previous task is “Flow” meaning that only the actual previous task must be completed for the task to be indicated as ready.
The default “Flow” can be changed by selecting in the “Previous task” field any other tasks that are positioned before the current task in the order’s workflow.
In the “My tasks” page and other pages, this column will indicate if the previous tasks have been completed, meaning the current task is ready to be started:
To select multiple previous tasks for a current task, click the Previous task field and select the required tasks:
In the following example, for the “Final QC” task to be indicated as ready for the assigned resource, both QC and Final Proxy received tasks must be completed, it’s not enough that only the actual previous task will be completed:
Previous tasks should be set on the Workflow template level so that all orders created from this workflow template will be created with the required setup.