Tallis Composer

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Tallis Composer

• Task Properties

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Task Definition ProcessTask Properties
(Attributes)

• Properties Inspector or Dialog window?

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Task Properties Schematic Layout

• Defined sets of task attributes
• Task Specific
• General
• Scheduling
• Execution
• Instance specific vs. shared
• Enabling disabling of relevant functions
• Terminology

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ltTask Captiongt
General
Scheduling
Action
Execution
Proforma
Context
Name
Caption
Description
Goal

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ltTask Captiongt
General
Scheduling
Action
Execution
Proforma
Context
View
Plain Text
HTML
?
When clicking the selected text invoke trigger
--- None ---
When the selected text is clicked invoke trigger?
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ltTask Captiongt
General
Scheduling
Action
Execution
Proforma
Context
Scheduling constraints
Scheduling constraint
Run when one of the following tasks completes and
the others either completed or are discarded
Read only
?
Lower priority?
State Trigger
Wait Condition
Wait for this condition to be satisfied

Precondition
When Task is scheduled to run check that
Precondition

Otherwise discard task
Task Trigger/User Scheduling Bypass
Override all scheduling constraints when the
following trigger is invoked

Event Trigger
?
Note The task state will become dormant once it
completes
Change task state to dormant once it completes?
?
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ltTask Captiongt
General
Scheduling
Action
Execution
Proforma
Context
Instance Specific Attributes
Cyclic
Number of cycles
Cycle until

Cycle forever
Optional
Mandatory Task for guideline completion
?
Automatic
Request user confirmation/Hide Task from
user/Invisible Task
?
Postcondition
On Task completion do

Parameters?
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ltTask Captiongt
General
Scheduling
Action
Execution
Proforma
Context
Cyclic
Instance Specific
Cyclic
?
Number of cycles
Cycle until

Cycle forever
Mandatory Task for guideline completion
?
Request user confirmation/Hide Task from
user/Invisible Task
?
On Task completion do

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ltTask Captiongt
General
Scheduling
Plan
Execution
Proforma
Context
Abort Condi
Termination
To be continued
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ltTask Captiongt
General
Scheduling
Enquiry
Execution
Proforma
Context
Queries
Name
Caption
Info Type
Range
Default
Response
Mandatory
Queries that are linked to data items should be
indicated (icon?)
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Add Query
Name
Caption
Info Type
Text
Range
?
?
Default
None
Response is disabled unless there are Range values
Response
Single value selection
Multiple value selection
Mandatory Query for guideline completion
?
OK
Cancel
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Add Query
Name
Caption
Info Type
Text
Range
Value A Value B Value C
?
?
Default
None
Response
Single value selection
Multiple value selection
Mandatory Query for guideline completion
?
OK
Cancel
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Add Query
Name
Caption
Info Type
Integer
Range
From
To
Default
Response
Single value selection
Multiple value selection
Mandatory Query for guideline completion
?
OK
Cancel
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Add Query
Name
Caption
Should there be a Default for Boolean?
Info Type
Boolean (Yes/No)
Default
Mandatory Query for guideline completion
?
OK
Cancel
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• Decision-specific attributes
• Candidates
• Response

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Add Candidate
Arguments Decision Rule are part of a
Candidates definition
Name
Description
Priority
Arguments
?
?
?
Condition
Support
Description
Decision Rule
Simple
Advanced
Recommend this candidate if Total Support is
Reset / Revert to default
Larger than or equal to
1
Reset
OK
Cancel
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Add Argument
Condition

Description
Priority?
Support
For ()
Confirm/Exclude
Against (-)
Conclusive Argument
?
OK
Cancel
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Add Argument
Condition

Description
Priority?
Support
For ()
Against (-)
Weight
1
Conclusive Argument (8)
OK
Cancel
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Add Candidate
Name
Description
Priority
Arguments
?
?
?
Condition
Support
Description
Decision Rule
Simple
Advanced
Recommend this candidate if Total Support is
Reset
netsupport(decision_1, can1) gt 1

OK
Cancel
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Add Query
Name
Caption
Info Type
Text
Range
?
?
Default
None
Response
Single value selection
Multiple value selection
Query
Value
?
Enable if
Is
OK
Cancel