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Process Designer
Getting Started
Workflow Properties
Steps
  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
Routes
Validate & Launch
   

General step - general properties

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

  1. If necessary, select the general step on the map, then click the General tab in the Properties pane.
  2. Under Instruction, enter instructions for the participant who will process this step when the workflow is running.
  3. 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.
  4. For Ignore Missing Participants, specify whether to ignore a missing participant—one or more users that is missing from a workflow group—and 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.

  5. 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.
  6. 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.