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Workflow Properties
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  Add a step
  Move steps
  Specify step properties
  Delete a step or route
  Change step type
  Launch step
  General steps
    General properties
      Participant
      Work queue
      Reassign
      View status
      View history
    Fields, attachments,
workflow groups
      Operation parameters
      Expression parameters
    Assignments and milestones
    Responses and routing
    Deadline
    Rules
  Submap steps
  System steps
  Component steps
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General step - parameter properties

On the Parameters tab, you specify the data fields, attachments, and workflow groups that will be used as parameters in the current general step. You can also specify expression parameters that will be evaluated when the step executes.

To specify parameters for a general step

  1. If necessary, select the general step in the workflow map area and click the Parameters tab in the Properties pane.
  2. If the work queue or user queue specified as the step destination includes operations, you optionally can select an operation. See About operations for additional information.

    If the operation has input and output parameters, specify the appropriate expression for each parameter.

  3. In the list of available parameters (on the left), select each field, attachment, or workflow group that will be used in the current step, then click the right arrow to add the item to the list of parameters for this step.
  4. You can also define expression parameters that will be used only for this step.
  5. Under Access Rights, specify the participant's access to the parameter: Read, Write, or Read/Write.
  6. Under Prompt, you can optionally enter a short description for the current item. In Workplace and FileNet Web Services Client, the prompt displays as a tool tip for the parameter on the step processor page.
  7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for each parameter to be used in the launch step.
   

TIP If a field, attachment, or workflow group you want to use is not displayed, do one of the following:

  • Check the boxes above the Available Parameters list to show the data fields, attachments, and workflow groups defined in the Workflow Properties dialog.

  • If the item you need has not yet been defined, open Workflow Properties on the Process Designer toolbar and create the item.

TIP As an alternative to selecting the parameters in each step, you can specify the data fields, attachment specifications, and workflow groups for all of the steps in the workflow using the Field usage option in the Workflow Properties dialog. See Field usage.

expression parameter
A parameter defined for use in a single step. The parameter is not defined in the workflow properties, but the expression can reference fields defined in the workflow properties. An expression parameter is read-only.