# User task not getting assigned to anyone **URL:** \ **Category:** Flowable Engine\ **Created:** [January 31, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361 "2019-01-31T12:46:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RRSR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/rrsr/32/1011_2.png) [@RRSR](https://forum.flowable.org/u/RRSR)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/1 "2019-01-31T12:46:47Z")
I’m creating the demo **Vacation request app** following the [documentation](https://www.flowable.org/docs/userguide/index.html#flowableApps). For a user task _Provide vacation information_ as shown below : ![1](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/d/dd194a0e95046294a81043fb14f8a7169a8f9fc5.png) Even after setting the assignment to _Assigned to process initiator_ as shown below : ![2](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/8/8867767437054e4cd013bf1228aba8d6616f0fae.png) I am not getting the claim button and also the task is not assigned to anyone as shown below : ![3](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/f/fffe0b6c74d70b1a2f571f886e89936517740f8f.png) Any help is appreciated. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Robinyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Robinyo](https://forum.flowable.org/u/Robinyo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/2 "2019-01-31T22:12:38Z")
> [@RRSR](#): > > I am not getting the claim button ## Assign tasks to people > Responsibility for a task is defined by setting its assignment. You can do this by selecting a User Task and clicking its _Assignments_ property. A dialog pops up that allows you to choose whether the assignee should be a single person (it can be a named user, or simply the person that started the process); a list of _candidate_ users; or, one or more candidate groups. If a task is assigned to a list of candidates or groups, then someone from the list or group has to _claim_ the task to work on it – it then becomes directly assigned to them for that specific task in that specific instance of the process. Ref: - [Instant Gratification with Flowable 6](https://paulhh.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/flowable-6-instant-gratification/) - [Getting started with Flowable](https://robferguson.org/blog/2018/12/10/getting-started-with-flowable/) ---
**Author:** ![RRSR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/rrsr/32/1011_2.png) [@RRSR](https://forum.flowable.org/u/RRSR)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/3 "2019-02-01T04:05:27Z")
I exactly did the same but still no claim button is coming. Kindly refer the above screenshots of the same. ---
**Author:** ![Robinyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Robinyo](https://forum.flowable.org/u/Robinyo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/4 "2019-02-01T04:12:23Z")
> [@RRSR](#): > > I exactly did the same but still no claim button is coming. Have you: - created a **group** - created a **user** - added the **user** to the group - assigned the **group** to the User task Signed into the Flowable Task App as the **user** you created? > [@RRSR](#): > > Kindly refer the above screenshots of the same. You are signed in as the “Test Administrator”. ---
**Author:** ![RRSR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/rrsr/32/1011_2.png) [@RRSR](https://forum.flowable.org/u/RRSR)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/5 "2019-02-01T04:19:41Z")
I created the workflow signed in as `admin` user and then in the Task app started the process logged in as the same `admin` user. The admin user is by default present and I have not assigned it to any group ---
**Author:** ![Robinyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Robinyo](https://forum.flowable.org/u/Robinyo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/6 "2019-02-01T04:22:08Z")
> [@RRSR](#): > > I created the workflow signed in as `admin` user and then in the Task app started the process logged in as the same `admin` user. > The admin user is by default present and I have not assigned it to any group Have you tried: - creating a **group** - creating a **user** - adding the **user** to the group - assigning the **group** to the User task Signed into the Flowable Task App as the **user** you created? > … If a task is assigned to a **list of candidates** or **groups** , then someone from the list or group has to _claim_ the task to work on it. ---
**Author:** ![RRSR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/rrsr/32/1011_2.png) [@RRSR](https://forum.flowable.org/u/RRSR)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/7 "2019-02-01T04:32:43Z")
Got the issue. There was nothing wrong is the user assignment but the issue was that I was not deploying the app after doing changes in the workflow. After deploying the app now the assignment works just fine. I guess the app needs to be deployed(`publish`) every time any change is done so then only the same will be reflected in the task app. @Robinyo - Thanks for helping. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robinyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Robinyo](https://forum.flowable.org/u/Robinyo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/8 "2019-02-01T04:53:08Z")
If you create a new version of a business process then you also need to publish the updated app definition. > [@RRSR](#): > > I am not getting the claim button So are you ‘getting’ the **claim button** now? ---
**Author:** ![RRSR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/rrsr/32/1011_2.png) [@RRSR](https://forum.flowable.org/u/RRSR)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/9 "2019-02-01T05:37:35Z")
> [@Robinyo](#): > > If you create a new version of a business process then you also need to publish the updated app definition. Actually, I am not sure what defines a new version but what I experienced is that after doing any change you need to publish the app to see the changes reflected in the Task App. > [@Robinyo](#): > > So are you ‘getting’ the **claim button** now? As the task is assigned to one person only so no `claim` button is needed. Instead, the `save` and `complete` button are working as expected. ---
**Author:** ![Robinyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Robinyo](https://forum.flowable.org/u/Robinyo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/10 "2019-02-01T05:58:56Z")
> [@RRSR](#): > > I am not getting the claim button I guess I was confused by your question as it referred to the [claim button](https://www.flowable.org/docs/userguide/index.html#bpmnFirstExampleCandidateList): ![assigned](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/flowable/original/2X/c/c4580413c4dd78011836185492722b13fa4a62f5.png) ---
**Author:** ![RRSR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/rrsr/32/1011_2.png) [@RRSR](https://forum.flowable.org/u/RRSR)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/user-task-not-getting-assigned-to-anyone/3361/11 "2019-02-01T07:11:53Z")
> [@Robinyo](#): > > I guess I was confused by your question as it referred to the [claim button](https://www.flowable.org/docs/userguide/index.html#bpmnFirstExampleCandidateList): Actually that demo I completed. I was working on another demo which is a little below that: [vacation request app](https://www.flowable.org/docs/userguide/index.html#flowableTaskApp) which does not have any user group so no claim button will be present but just the `complete` button as the task is assigned to the initiator itself.