We should choose the Task tab and then bring up the context menu or click the button in the top right corner of the view to add a Task to our Task node.

Every added Task has its own configuration possibilities. You can access them through the Properties view as well.

The General page is a place where you can specify the name of a Task and its description. For instance, let it be approve oder with appropriate description that you can see in the figure below.

Now, look at Details page. First, you should specify the due date that is a mandatory property for the Task. The due date is the date on which the task should be accomplished. Here you can also set a Task priority as well as signalling, notifying or blocking. The Blocking attribute indicates that the process will not be able to continue if this task is still unaccomplished. The Generate Form... button is for creating a simple task form that can be rendered by the jBPM console.

For our example, we specify the due date as 2 business days, choose the high priority and also check the Signalling and Notify attributes. It means that the Task should be accomplished in 2 business days and the assignee will be notified by email when the task is assigned. To specify how the Task should be assigned switch on to the Assignment page.

On the Reminder page you can specify whether the assignee will be reminded of the task that awaits him.

In our case, the assignee will be reminded by email after two business hours and continue to get reminding every business hour after that.

In the next figure you can see our configuring generated into XML.