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Workflow properties - milestonesTo facilitate tracking of the progress of a workflow, you can define key points—milestones—in a workflow. When the running workflow reaches a milestone, a specified message is written to a log file and, depending on its assigned level (1 to 99), the milestone displays for workflow participants, trackers, and the user who launched the workflow. See About milestones for additional information about where milestones display. Each milestone can be used in one or more steps. You can place a milestone either before or after a General step, or after the Launch step. The status message can be either specific text, or it can include the values of one or more data fields. To define a milestone
NOTE Expressions such as the one shown in the second example are resolved before the runtime display limit of 250 characters is calculated. For assistance in entering a message expression, click the Expression Builder dialog. button at the right side of the expression field to access the |
TIP Alternative ways to use milestones Define multiple milestones in a workflow, each with a specific status message. For example, for a loan application, you could define three milestones Submitted, InReview, Approved each with corresponding message text. You would assign each of these milestones to the appropriate step in the workflow. Define one milestone in the workflow with a data field for the status message. At the appropriate steps in the workflow, assign the milestone and assign the appropriate text for the status data field. |
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