In some instances, it may be necessary to create two or more task types with the same task type name. Programmatically, this is not a problem because the Task Engine tracks each task type by its task type ID, not its task name.

However, the existence of duplicate task type names in the My webMethods user interface will cause problems when you publish task types with duplicate names, unless you take the task editing precautions described below. Specifically, the most recently published task type will overwrite any existing task type with the same task type name.

Whenever a you create a task type with a duplicate name, before publishing the task type, you must use the task editor to manually rename the task application root page to make it unique among all tasks deployed to My webMethods Server; otherwise, the most recently deployed duplicate task type will overwrite the existing task application pages. This will also ensure that custom inbox page names will be unique. For information about modifying the task application root page, see Renaming a Task Root Page.