Is there a limit to the number of people that can be assigned a task?
We have a group of 122 people that can potentially approve a task.
I am using a method of querying a distribution group and adding the email addresses to a variable.
The variable is assigned to the Assignees list.
It says “Assignees
Search for and select up to 20 users.”
I guess that is the limit. I must have missed that. Does anyone get around that limit?
Hi
Yes, the limit is 20 assignees.
Possible Workaround:
I have never tried this, but it may be possible. It is possible to delegate each task to a maximum of 10 users.This theoretically means that you can assign a task to 200 users.
Workflow Design:
Use a Run parallel paths action.
On the first branch assign your task to 20 users.
On the second branch, you query the task for the task ID’s.
You then loop through your user's variable retrieving 9 users at a time.
You then delegate the task to the original assignee plus the 9.
To query the task ID’s and to do the delegation, you use a Call a Web Service action and the Nintex Automation Cloud API.
https://developer.nintex.com/docs/nc-api-docs/94907225d0e8f-delegate-a-task-assignment
Thank you very much.
Doing the parallel paths seems like an interesting way to do it.
I was unaware of the task delegation feature. And thank you for the link to the Developers page.
I originally wanted to do this with API but assign a task seems limited to email.
The APIs open up a world of possibilities.
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