Opening an existing task assistant workflow in Task Designer

Existing task assistant workflows can be opened and viewed in the Task Assistant window. A task assistant workflow is stored as an XML file. You can opt to open multiple task assistant workflows at one time. This would be helpful if the task assistant workflow did not launch automatically, or an update has been made and you want to compare workflows side-by-side.

A task assistant workflow may be a stand-alone task. However, as the GIS tasks become more complex, you may find that grouping existing workflows together is easier for the Task Assistant user. With the option to open existing task assistant workflows, you can group multiple workflows into a new XML.

Steps:

1. Click the Open Workflow button on the Task Assistant toolbar.

   The Open Workflow dialog box appears.

2. Navigate to the workflow you want to open.
3. Click Open.

   If a style file exists at the same location as the workflow to be opened, the Load Styles dialog box appears asking how the custom styles should be loaded.

4. Choose one of the following:
   • Select Load all styles to load all the workflow's custom styles and to overwrite any existing styles with the same names.
   • Select Load only styles which do not exist to load only those custom styles for the workflow that do not already exist in the Style Manager for the current ArcMap session.
   • Click Cancel to not load the styles or the workflow file and to close the Load Styles dialog box.

   In the Load Styles dialog box, you can also select from the following options:

   If you want to apply the selected Load Style settings to all subsequent workflows in this operation	Check the Apply to all subsequent workflows in this operation check box.
   If you do not want to show the Load Styles dialog box in the future	Check the Do not show this dialog box in the future check box.

   The previously created task assistant workflow displays in the Task Assistant window. If a workflow was already loaded in the Task Assistant window, the newly opened workflow will be appended to it.

Tip:

You can also open an existing workflow by right-clicking in the Task Assistant window and choosing Open Workflow.