Tasks

A workflow can contain multiple tasks, where each represents a step in the workflow.

name: order-process

tasks:
    - id: collect-money
      type: payment-service

    - id: fetch-items
      type: inventory-service
      retries: 5

    - id: ship-parcel
      type: shipment-service
      headers:
            method: "express"
            withInsurance: false

Each task has the following properties:

• id (required): the unique identifier of the task.
• type (required): the name to which job workers can subscribe.
• retries: the amount of times the job is retried in case of failure. (default = 3)
• headers: a list of metadata in the form of key-value pairs that can be accessed by a worker.

When Zeebe executes a task, it creates a job that is handed to a job worker. The worker can perform the business logic and complete the job eventually to trigger continuation in the workflow.

Related resources:

• [Introduction to Jobs and Job Workers](/0.25/docs/components/zeebe/basics/job-workers