We learned about the task assignment patterns in the Task assignment patterns section. In this section, we will cover the dispatching pattern. Dispatching patterns select a particular user or group from either a group or a list of users or groups. There are many patterns offered by Oracle BPM for escalating and dispatching; interestingly, we can create our own patterns too. Usually, a user needs to manually claim the task. However, using dispatching patterns, we can configure the task to dispatch messages based on one of the following patterns:
LEAST_BUSY: The tasks will be dispatched to the user who has the least number of tasks currently assigned. This will pick the least busy user, group, or application role with the least number of assigned tasks. In the case of users, tasks that are assigned to the user and the task that the user has claimed are counted. In the case of groups and roles, all the tasks assigned to the group and role are counted, irrespective of the...