# Editing a task

## About this task

Users with the Job conductor execute: allow to modify params right can edit and save only the Log Level, Execution server, Run As User, and Statistics enabled values for a task. To edit other task settings, the Job Conductor author right is required.

## Procedure

1. On the Job Conductor page, select the task you want to modify. Its details are displayed in the Execution task configuration panel.
2. Make the relevant changes to task details where necessary.
3. Click Save to validate the changes or Cancel to cancel the changes.

   Note that you can also edit a task (name, context values, Job .zip file, etc.) via the MetaServlet application using the updateTask command. For more information about the MetaServlet parameters, see [Parameters and actions in metaServlet](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/parameters-and-actions-in-metaservlet).

   To update only the execution parameters available with the Job conductor execute: allow to modify params right, use the updateTaskParamsForExecute MetaServlet command. For more information, see [Parameters and actions in metaServlet](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/administration-center-user-guide/8.0/parameters-and-actions-in-metaservlet).