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title: "How to manage tasks in Task Manager"
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published: 2026-11-03T14:48:17Z
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# How to manage tasks in Task Manager

This document provides a step-by-step guide for administrators to add and manage tasks and authorized users to run tasks in **Task Manager**.

## Requirements

- **System administrator** or **Task Manager administrator** permissions to add and manage tasks.
- **System user** permission to run tasks.

## Path to access

1. On Segura™ Platform, in the navigation bar, hover over the **Products menu** and select **Task Manager**.
2. In the side menu, select **Tasks**.

## Run task

To run a one-time task, you must be included in an access policy that contains the task and necessary permissions. See the following steps:

1. In the **Tasks** screen, identify the desired task or use the search filters.
2. Click the **Actions** button and select **Run task**.
3. In the **Run task** screen:
  1. Enter a justification.
  2. If required, enter the governance code and select a reason.
  3. Click **Run task**.
4. After going through the approval flow, the task will run automatically.

Attention

The following steps can only be performed by users with **System administrator** or **Task Manager** **administrator** permissions.

## Add task

To add a task to be ran by **Task Manager**, see the following steps:

1. In the **Tasks** report, click **Add**.
2. In the **Main information** tab, enter the following information:
  1. **Task identification name ***: enter a name to identify the task.
  2. **Environment ***: select the environment where the task will run.
  3. **System ***: select the system where the task will run.
  4. **Tags**: enter keywords to categorize the task.
3. Click **Continue**.
4. Optional: In the **Execution** tab, enter the following information:

Attention

  - The **Identifier** must be referenced in the template between hashtags. Example: `[#SERVICE#]`.
  - The **Value** can be fixed or requested from the user during task execution.
  - Multiple variables can be configured for the same task.
  1. **Plugin**: select the plugin that will run the task.
  2. **Change template**: select the template used to run the task.
  3. **Variables for execution**: click **+ Add** to add a unique name for the execution variable and a value for the variable.
  1. **Use a registered credential to access all devices**: select to use a registered credential to authenticate in the system.
  2. **Access credential registered in the system**: select the credential you want to use to authenticate in the system.
  3. **Use own credential to connect**: enable to use your own credential to authenticate. Otherwise, the task will use the execution settings for the selected credential in the **Access credential registered in the system** field.
  4. **Credential username**: use to authenticate with a credential not registered in the Segura™ Platform. The system will use this username to search for the credential in each device where the task will run.
5. Click **Continue**.
6. Optional: In the **Devices for execution** tab, click **+ Add** to select the devices where the task will run.
  1. Select the desired devices and click **Add**.
7. Click **Continue**.
8. In the **Review** tab, review all information entered previously and click **Save**.

## Edit a task

To edit a task added in **Task Manager**, see the following steps:

1. In the **Tasks** screen, identify the desired task or use the search filters.
2. Click the **Actions** button and select **Edit**.
3. In the **Edit task** screen, make the necessary changes.
4. Click **Save**.

## Disable task

To disable a task added in **Task Manager**, see the following steps:

1. In the **Tasks** screen, identify the desired task or use the search filters.
2. Click the **Actions** button and click **Disable**.
3. Click **Yes** in the confirmation pop-up.

## Enable task

To enable a disabled task added in **Task Manager**, see the following steps:

1. In the **Tasks** screen, identify the **Status** filter and select **Disabled**.
2. In the disabled tasks list, identify the desired task.
3. Click the **Actions** button and click **Enable**.
4. Click **Yes** in the confirmation pop-up.

## View task executions

To view the executions of a task in **Task Manager**, see the following steps:

1. In the **Tasks** screen, identify the desired operation or use the search filters.
2. Click the **Actions** button and click **Executions**.
3. In the **Executions** screen, view the task’s executions.

## View task execution operations

To view the operations of each task execution in **Task Manager**, see the following steps:

1. In the **Operations** screen, identify the desired operation or use the search filters.
2. Click the **Actions** button and click **View details**.
3. In the **Operation details** screen, view the operation’s information.