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 appearance of duplicate task type names in the Task List Management results could be potentially confusing to Task List Management users.

When searching or filtering tasks, the Advanced tab of the Task List Management page enables a user to filter the task results by task type name. In the event of task types with duplicate names, the list of tasks will contain an entry for each duplicate name, potentially making it difficult for the user to select the desired task.

To alleviate this problem, the Value field on the Advanced tab displays the task type ID in parenthesis so you can differentiate the tasks. In addition, you can hover the cursor over the Value field or a task name entry in the results list; this displays a tooltip that contains the unique task type ID.