.What are "Task" Service Catalog Types used for? v2019.7

What are "Task" Service Catalogs?

'Tasks' are special types of Service Catalogs that can be set up.  When set up, these Tasks will never appear in a Services Grid, can still be managed from the Service Catalogs Grid. 

What can "Task" Service Catalogs be used for?

Task Types are useful for creating any one-time Actions that should not be tracked long term. For this reason, like Orders, Task will not be able to save Monthly-Recurring Charges. This makes them ideal for tracking Workflows, or for use in creating One-Time Actions with Charges.  When an Add Action completes for a Task, no Service record will be added to the system.  This makes them ideal for things such as "Painting a Room" or similar types of activity where the fact that is was done is all that is required for tracking purposes.

What makes Tasks different from other Service Desk Actions

Task Actions are a little different than other Actions. 

One of the key differences is that Equipment that is a part of the Task Action is expected to already be Installed. This is different from Equipment in other Action types.  Equipment being Installed, means a Task could be used for doing routine maintenance/cleaning of the Equipment, without removing it from it's current Location.

Task Actions fill in any potential gaps in tracking a technician's duties, that might not be clearly defined as other Action Types.

Sample Task Action