Tasks
Introduction to tasks and their common parameters
The basic unit in miManager is the task. There are many types of tasks available, and you can also create custom tasks of your own. Tasks are defined within the sequence just like any other element, and you can use mixers, inheritance, and templates to control their flow.
For example, following is a manager sequence with two subsequent tasks - first a questionnaire, then a time-sensitive tasks.
API.addSequence([
{ type: 'quest', name: 'race-questionnaire', scriptUrl:'race.quest.js'},
{ type: 'time', name: 'race-iat', scriptUrl:'iat.js'}
]);
Task properties
All tasks have some common properties that can be used to customize their behaviour. Following is a list of such properties and a description of their behaviour.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| name | Task name. |
| type | Type of task (quest,message etc.). |
| pre | A function to invoke before the task (may return a promise). |
| load | A function to invoke as soon as the task is loaded (may return a promise). |
| post | A function to invoke after the task (may return a promise). |
| canvas | A canvas object (as defined under settings) to invoke at the beginning of the task and remove |
| title | A string to be used as the page title (the name displayed on the tag). It is reset at the end of the task. |
| preText | A template to be expanded before the task |
| postText | A template to be expanded after the task |
| current | An object that will be merged into the task current object. |
Last modified March 11, 2021: setup hugo (11980dc)