---
title: "Workflow.Task"
slug: "workflowtask"
tags: ["luminesce ", "provider", "workflow service", "task"]
updated: 2024-08-21T13:30:34Z
published: 2024-08-21T13:30:34Z
canonical: "support.lusid.com/workflowtask"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Workflow.Task

| **Type** | **Read/write** | **Author** | **Availability** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Data provider](/v1/docs/what-are-a-data-provider-and-a-direct-provider) | Read | FINBOURNE | Provided with LUSID |

Providing you have sufficient [access control permissions](/v1/docs/creating-policies-to-control-access-to-providers-for-different-luminesce-end-users), the `Workflow.Task` provider enables you to write a [Luminesce SQL query](/v1/docs/understanding-the-luminesce-sql-query-syntax) that retrieves [tasks](/v1/docs/how-do-i-create-a-task) from the Workflow Service.

**See also**: [Workflow.Task.Writer](/v1/docs/workflowtaskwriter), [Workflow.Task.Field](/v1/docs/workflowtaskfield), [Workflow.TaskDefinition](/v1/docs/workflowtaskdefinition)

## Basic usage

```sql
select * from Workflow.Task where <filter-expression>
```

## Query parameters

`Workflow.Task` has parameters that enable you to filter or refine a query.

To list available parameters, their data types, default values, and an explanation for each, run the following query using a [suitable tool](/v1/docs/what-tools-are-available-to-write-luminesce-queries):

```sql
select FieldName, DataType, ParamDefaultValue, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Workflow.Task' and FieldType = 'Parameter';
```

## Data fields

By default, `Workflow.Task` returns a table of data populated with particular fields (columns). You can return a subset of these fields.

To list fields available to return, their data types, whether fields are considered 'main', and an explanation for each, run the following query using a [suitable tool](/v1/docs/what-tools-are-available-to-write-luminesce-queries):

```sql
select FieldName, DataType, IsMain, IsPrimaryKey, SampleValues, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Workflow.Task' and FieldType = 'Column';
```

> **Note:** Fields marked 'main' are returned by queries that select a caret character, for example `select ^ from Workflow.Task`.

## Examples

> **Note:** For more example Luminesce SQL queries, visit our [Github repo](https://github.com/finbourne/luminesce-examples/tree/master/examples).

### Example 1: Retrieve first 10 tasks

```sql
select * from Workflow.Task limit 10;
```

### Example 2: Retrieve the current state of a particular task

```sql
select State from Workflow.Task where Id = '22ffcc7c-3ab6-48cd-9c31-1c702b04a95e';
```

### Example 3: Retrieve all child tasks for a particular parent task

```sql
select * from Workflow.Task where ParentId = '22ffcc7c-3ab6-48cd-9c31-1c702b04a95e' or UltimateParentId = '22ffcc7c-3ab6-48cd-9c31-1c702b04a95e';
```