# Data Object - TaskInfo

Property of
  Task, TaskEvent, TaskHistoryCollector
Parameter to
  PostEvent
Returned by
  CreateTask, ReadNextTasks, ReadPreviousTasks
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  LocalizableMessage, LocalizedMethodFault, ManagedEntity, Task, TaskInfoState, TaskReason
Since
  null

## Data Object Description

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
activationId* | xsd:string | Since vSphere API 6.0
cancelable | xsd:boolean |
cancelled | xsd:boolean |
changeTag* | xsd:string | Since vSphere API 4.0
completeTime* | xsd:dateTime |
description* | LocalizableMessage | Since vSphere API 4.0
descriptionId | xsd:string |
entity* | ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity |
entityName* | xsd:string |
error* | LocalizedMethodFault |
eventChainId | xsd:int |
key | xsd:string |
locked* | ManagedObjectReference[] to a ManagedEntity[] |
name* | xsd:string |
parentTaskKey* | xsd:string | Since vSphere API 4.0
progress* | xsd:int |
queueTime | xsd:dateTime |
reason | TaskReason |
result* | xsd:anyType |
rootTaskKey* | xsd:string | Since vSphere API 4.0
startTime* | xsd:dateTime |
state | TaskInfoState |
task | ManagedObjectReference to a Task |
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set