diff --git a/web/client/actions/__tests__/tasks-test.js b/web/client/actions/__tests__/tasks-test.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2015, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+var expect = require('expect');
+var {
+    taskSuccess,
+    taskStarted,
+    taskError,
+    TASK_STARTED,
+    TASK_SUCCESS,
+    TASK_ERROR
+} = require('../tasks');
+
+describe('Test correctness of the tasks actions', () => {
+    it('test taskSuccess action', () => {
+        let result = {value: "true"};
+        let name = "myName";
+        let actionPayload = null;
+        const retVal = taskSuccess(result, name, actionPayload);
+        expect(retVal).toExist();
+        expect(retVal.type).toBe(TASK_SUCCESS);
+        expect(retVal.result).toBe(result);
+        expect(retVal.name).toBe(name);
+        expect(retVal.actionPayload).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it('test taskError action', () => {
+        let error = {value: "true"};
+        let name = "myName";
+        let actionPayload = null;
+        const retVal = taskError(error, name, actionPayload);
+        expect(retVal).toExist();
+        expect(retVal.type).toBe(TASK_ERROR);
+        expect(retVal.error).toBe(error);
+        expect(retVal.name).toBe(name);
+        expect(retVal.actionPayload).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+
+    it('test taskStarted action', () => {
+        let name = "myName";
+        const retVal = taskStarted(name);
+        expect(retVal).toExist();
+        expect(retVal.type).toBe(TASK_STARTED);
+        expect(retVal.name).toBe(name);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/web/client/actions/tasks.js b/web/client/actions/tasks.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2016, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+const TASK_STARTED = 'TASK_STARTED';
+const TASK_SUCCESS = 'TASK_SUCCESS';
+const TASK_ERROR = 'TASK_ERROR';
+
+function taskSuccess(result, name, actionPayload) {
+    return {
+        type: TASK_SUCCESS,
+        result,
+        name,
+        actionPayload
+    };
+}
+
+function taskStarted(name) {
+    return {
+        type: TASK_STARTED,
+        name
+    };
+}
+
+function taskError(error, name, actionPayload) {
+    return {
+        type: TASK_ERROR,
+        error,
+        name,
+        actionPayload
+    };
+}
+
+function startTask(task, taskPayload, name, actionPayload) {
+    return (dispatch) => {
+        dispatch(taskStarted(name));
+        task(taskPayload, (result) => {
+            dispatch(taskSuccess(result, name, actionPayload));
+        }, (error) => {
+            dispatch(taskError(error, name, actionPayload));
+        });
+    };
+}
+
+
+module.exports = {TASK_STARTED, TASK_SUCCESS, TASK_ERROR, startTask, taskSuccess, taskError, taskStarted};
diff --git a/web/client/reducers/__tests__/tasks-test.js b/web/client/reducers/__tests__/tasks-test.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2016, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+var expect = require('expect');
+
+var {TASK_STARTED, TASK_SUCCESS, TASK_ERROR } = require('../../actions/tasks');
+var tasks = require('../tasks');
+
+describe('Test the tasks reducer', () => {
+
+    it('test tasks started', () => {
+        let name = 'started';
+        let testAction = {
+            type: TASK_STARTED,
+            name: name
+        };
+        let state = tasks({}, testAction);
+        expect(state).toExist();
+
+        expect(state[name].running).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('test tasks success', () => {
+        let result = {value: "true"};
+        let actionPayload = null;
+
+        let name = 'started';
+        let testAction = {
+            type: TASK_SUCCESS,
+            name,
+            result,
+            actionPayload
+        };
+        let state = tasks({}, testAction);
+        expect(state[name].name).toBe(name);
+        expect(state[name].actionPayload).toBe(actionPayload);
+        expect(state[name].result).toBe(result);
+    });
+
+    it('test task error', () => {
+        let name = 'started';
+        let error = {value: "true"};
+        let actionPayload = null;
+
+        let testAction = {
+            type: TASK_ERROR,
+            name: name,
+            error,
+            actionPayload
+        };
+
+        let state = tasks({}, testAction);
+        expect(state[name].name).toBe(name);
+        expect(state[name].actionPayload).toBe(actionPayload);
+        expect(state[name].error).toBe(error);
+    });
+
+});
diff --git a/web/client/reducers/tasks.js b/web/client/reducers/tasks.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2016, GeoSolutions Sas.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+var { TASK_STARTED, TASK_SUCCESS, TASK_ERROR } = require('../actions/tasks');
+var assign = require('object-assign');
+
+function tasks(state = {}, action) {
+    switch (action.type) {
+        case TASK_STARTED: {
+            return assign({}, state, {
+                [action.name]: {
+                    running: true
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        case TASK_SUCCESS: {
+            return assign({}, state, {
+                [action.name]: {
+                    actionPayload: action.actionPayload,
+                    name: action.name,
+                    result: action.result,
+                    running: false,
+                    success: true
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        case TASK_ERROR: {
+            return assign({}, state, {
+                [action.name]: {
+                    actionPayload: action.actionPayload,
+                    error: action.error,
+                    name: action.name,
+                    running: false,
+                    success: false
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        default:
+            return state;
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = tasks;