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title: "Search for a Task"
slug: "search-for-a-task"
updated: 2024-08-13T05:37:13Z
published: 2024-08-13T05:37:13Z
canonical: "docs.processmaker.com/search-for-a-task"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.processmaker.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search for a Task

Search for any Task that has been assigned to you.

## Search for a Task using PMQL

Follow these guidelines to do an advanced search for a Task using PMQL:

1. [View your tasks](/v1/docs/tasks#view-tasks).
2. Ensure that the advanced search setting is displaying on the **Tasks** page you are viewing.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/82d66573-7831-474c-aa43-2e4504ce9968.png)

If not, then click the **Advanced Search** button![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/24e198e2-912f-4ef0-b1fc-64d3e1cae379.png).
3. In the **PMQL** setting, enter your PMQL parameters that compose your advanced search. See `Task` Data Type PMQL Properties.

Note that PMQL searches for [self-service Tasks](/v1/docs/self-assign-tasks-from-a-queue) that have not been self-assigned by a user do not use the `_user.ID` Magic Variable because self-service Tasks do not have a Task assignee. Therefore, the `_user.ID` Magic Variable is not available when doing advanced searches for self-service Tasks.
4. Click the **Search** button![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/106296a6-442f-41ca-b0f6-acc1c06d117d.png)to search for Tasks based on your entered criteria. If there is no search criteria in the **PMQL** setting when the **Search** button is clicked, the following message displays: **Search query is empty. Please add search attributes or PMQL before saving.**
5. Optionally, save and share the Task search by clicking the **Save Search** button![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/f8bd7611-e031-41ac-9248-b5b0cdc716dd.png). See [Save and Share Request- and Task-Related Searches](/v1/docs/saved-searches).

> ### View a Request Summary Associated with a Task
> 
> To view a Request summary, do one of the following:
> 
> - From the **Case # or Case Title** column, click the link for the assigned Task.
> - Hover over the row, click the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/2d311614-fcb7-4424-8b4c-d4d3091eebeb/Images/Documentation/86be7995-191a-4d87-a60a-440fc5565fca.png) menu, and then select the **Open Request** option for the Request associated with the Task.
> 
> ### Super-Charge Search: Save Searches and Share Them With Others
> 
> See [Save and Share Request- and Task-Related Searches](/v1/docs/saved-searches).
> 
> ### No Search Results?
> 
> If there are no search results, the following message displays: **No Data Available**.