Close an external work order task as incomplete

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  • Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
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    • Close a work order task as incomplete if there is work pending on the task.

    Vorbereitungen

    Role required: wm_ext_agent and wm_ext_manager

    Prozedur

    1. Navigate to All > Field Service Contractor Portal > Homepage.
    2. Open a work order task that is already in progress.
    3. Click Close Incomplete.
    4. Close or create a follow on task.
      ToDo this
      Create a new follow-on task From the Create a follow on task? list, select Yes.
      Close the work order as incomplete without creating a follow-on task. From the Create a follow on task? list, select No.
    5. In the Reason for the incomplete closure field, enter a reason for not completing the task.
      This information is copied to the Work Notes field on the work order task form.
    6. Click OK.
      The status of all unused parts automatically changes to In-Stock.
      The parent work order state changes based on the following conditions:
      If The work order state changes to
      All work order tasks are in the Closed-Complete or Canceled state and at least one work order task is in Closed-Incomplete state. Closed - Incomplete
      Only one work order task is associated with a work order and that task generates a follow-on task, which is in Draft state. Awaiting Qualification
      More than one work order task is associated with a work order and one or more those tasks generate a follow-on task, which is in Draft state. Work in Progress
      All follow-on tasks generated from any of the work order tasks are in Closed Complete state.
      Hinweis:
      The task that generated the follow-on task will be in Closed Incomplete state.
      		 Closed Complete
      Hinweis:
      Additionally,

      Closing child Work Order task also closes parent work order.

      This business rule is configured on parent (sm_task) table and runs when a (sm_task) record's state changes. There is logic hardcoded to rollup the state change to its parent.

      If this behavior is not desired for work orders you can implement the following condition on this business rule to ensure this business rule does not run for (wm_task/wm_order) records.

      Condition = current.sys_class_name != 'wm_task' && current.sys_class_name != 'wm_order'.

    Ergebnisse

    The task is closed successfully and follow-up task is created if you have selected Yes from the Create a follow on task? list.