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Getting started with Process applications
Setup and maintain a Process system
Design a workflow
Launch a workflow
Participate in a workflow
Manage work in progress
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Design a workflow

Process Designer is the tool you use to create a workflow definition, which is an electronic representation of the activities required to accomplish a business process. A workflow definition consists of:

  • A graphical map showing the sequences of steps needed to complete the business process. Each step represents a specific activity or task in the business process.
  • Specification of each step, including who will complete the step, which step processor the participant will use, which attachments are required, what data is necessary, what responses the participant can choose, and other options.
  • Routing logic that specifies how work will advance from one step to the next.

Making a workflow available for launch

In addition to creating and modifying workflow definitions, a workflow author might be responsible for associating a workflow definition with the appropriate document classes or documents in a Content Services (CS) or Image Services (IS) library.

Associating a document class with a workflow definition enables a user to launch the workflow from any document belonging to that class. The subscription can also be configured to launch a workflow automatically when a document is checked into or added to the class. Associating an individual document with a workflow definition enables a user to launch the workflow from that document.

For further information about workflow authoring activities, see the following.

Process Designer online help

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