A general step represents an activity in the workflow that is assigned
to either a participant or to a work queue. General steps can be on any
workflow map.
To specify the general properties of a general step
If necessary, select the general step on the map, then click the General
tab in the Properties pane.
Under Instruction, enter instructions for the participant
who will process this step when the workflow is running.
Under Step Destination, specify one or more participants
to process the step, or specify a work queue as the step destination.
See Participant selection for additional
information about selecting users.
For Ignore Missing Participants, specify whether to ignore
a missing participantone or more users that is missing from a workflow groupand
continue with the running workflow.
NOTE
If there are no valid participants specified for a workflow group, the workflow will stop
with an exception when it reaches a step assigned to this workflow group.
Under Participant Privileges, specify one or more of the
following:
whether the participant can reassign the work to another
participant
whether the participant can view the status of the workflow.
whether the participant can view the workflow history
including the participants at each step, when a step was completed, which response was selected,
and any comments. This feature is available only in the Java step processor.
Under Step Processor, select the step
processor for this step. The FileNet-provided step processors are designated in the list
with (FileNet). The list of choices might include custom step processors if an application developer
has created any. If necessary, work with your application developer to determine the appropriate
selection. See About step processors for additional information.