# Task Priority

### Creating a Task Priority

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### Before you start

If your system is partitioned, ensure that you are working in the appropriate partition.

You must have **Workflow Management Set Up** enabled within your General Access Security Role to work with task priorities.
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1. Select ≡ > **Admin** > **System Administration**. The System Administration window appears. In the Explorer pane, expand **Workflow Management**.
2. Select the **Task Priority** option. The **Task Priority** window appears, with a browse table listing all of the existing priorities, along with the default settings.
3. Select . A blank row is inserted in the browse table.
4. Key a name for the priority into the **Name** field.
5. If you want to set a priority as the default, select the checkbox in the **Default** column. The selected priority will be set by default on the **Task Details** window.

* A default must be selected. The system-defined task priority (Unspecified) is set as the default if you don’t set any other value as the default.

6\.  Select  to save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.

### Updating Task Priorities

You can change the order in which the priorities are displayed. Changing the order here will display the priorities in the same order on the **Task Details** window. You can also select an alternative default, which will be used on the **Task Details** window unless another priority is selected.

1. Select ≡ > **Admin** > **System Administration**. The System Administration window appears. In the Explorer pane, expand **Workflow Management**.
2. Select the **Task Priority** option. The **Task Priority** window appears, with a browse table listing all of the existing priorities, along with the default settings.
3. Use the Reorder icons to change the order of the priorities. The highest priority should be at the top of the table, followed by the second highest, and so on.
4. Change the default, if necessary, by checking the appropriate box in the **Default** column.
5. Select to save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.

### Deleting a Task Priority

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You cannot delete the **Default** priority.  

If you attempt to delete the system default, you will receive a warning message.

You cannot restore a deleted priority; you will have to re-create it if needed.
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1. Select ≡ > **Admin** > **System Administration**. The System Administration window appears. In the Explorer pane, expand **Workflow Management**.
2. Select the **Task Priority** option. The **Task Priority** window appears, with a browse table listing all of the existing priorities, along with the default settings.
3. Select the priority you want to delete. Select the Delete Icon. 
4. Select to save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.