Activity step - general properties

An activity step represents an activity in the workflow that is assigned to either a participant or to a work queue. Activity steps can be on any workflow map.

To specify the general properties of an activity step

  1. If necessary, select the activity step on the map, then select 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, do one of the following to specify how the step will be processed:
  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:
  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.

    To register a new step processor, click the list of step processors and click Register a new step processor. See Step processor registration for detailed information. You can register a new step processor for either IBM FileNet Workplace or Open Client, or for a custom application, such as IBM ECM Widgets.

    TIP The default step processor, Approval HTML (FileNet), displays any parameters (data fields, attachments, and so on) on the initial page; the other FileNet-provided step processor, HTML (FileNet), displays parameters on separate pages.