Stopping a Workflow

FIGURE 7-10 You can change Outlook in Office 365 to view any workflow notifications you have received.

Depending on the types of tasks you manage, it’s very possible you’ll need to create some tasks that are independent of other workflows you might have running. Perhaps you have one workflow that tracks tech support requests and others that organize your training process. When you want to create a task that is independent of a workflow—for example, you want to design a marketing strategy—you can create the task and then stop the workflow for that particular item. Here’s how: 1. Click New Item in the New group of the List Tools Items tab. 2. Create the task as normal, entering the task information in the task window. Click Save.

3. In the task list, click the status of the task that is listed in the column on the right side of the window.

4. In the Workflow Information window, click Terminate This Workflow Now. 5. In answer to the prompt window, click OK, and the workflow is removed for that task.