Setting up Task Assistant Manager properties

Task Assistant Manager has properties that allow you to set preferences for working with a workflow . You can choose whether or not steps should be executed when clicked, whether ToolTips are displayed when the mouse pointer is hovered over a step, and whether all workflows are going to close when you close an MXD.

Additionally, you can also refresh the configuration settings for the default Task Assistant Manager configuration file. This includes information such as the commands, tools, and geoprocessing tools and scripts that are available; feature templates and layers in the map; and snapping and construction tools that are available. You can restrict what is updated when the configuration file is refreshed by indicating that items in the current map will be appended to the configuration file or that only the layer and geoprocessing tool information should be updated

The Properties tab on the Task Assistant window contains the following options:

Steps:
  1. Start ArcMap.
  2. If necessary, click the Task Assistant button Task Assistant on the Task Manager toolbar to display the Task Assistant window.
  3. Click the Properties tab.

    Properties tab

  4. If necessary, check the Execute Step(s) check box if you want the step to execute when clicked in the Task Assistant window.
  5. If necessary, check the Show Tooltips check box if you want the step description to appear in a pop-up window when you hover over a step.
  6. If necessary, check the Close Workflow(s) on MXD Close if you want all the workflows to close when you close ArcMap or the current MXD.
  7. Check the Append MXD Items check box if you want to specify that the configuration is reset when the map document is changed.
  8. Check the Refresh MXD Items Only check box to specify that only the MXD information (layer information and geoprocessing tools) is refreshed.
    NoteNote:

    Configuration items, such as commands, would not be refreshed in this case.

  9. Click Refresh Config to refresh the configuration file.
4/17/2014