The Launch step is the first step in the workflow. The user who launches the workflow completes any tasks specified in this step as part of starting the workflow.
You do not specify a participant for the launch step because any user with appropriate access privileges can launch a workflow.
You can rename the Launch step but you cannot change its type, copy it, or delete it.
To specify Launch step properties:
If an initiating attachment was specified for this workflow, it will appear in the list of parameters for this step. This parameter must have Read/Write access.
Note that if this workflow will be launched automatically using events specified in workflow subscriptions (Workplace or Workplace XT), those data fields must be parameters for the launch step.
TIP If a field, attachment, or workflow group you want to use is not displayed, do one of the following:
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.
In Workplace or Workplace XT, the prompt appears as hover help for the parameter on the launch processor page.
The IBM® FileNet-provided step processors are designated in the list with (FileNet®). The list of available launch processors might include custom processors if an application developer has created any. If necessary, work with your application developer to determine the appropriate selection.
TIP The default launch processor, Approval Launch HTML (FileNet), displays any parameters (data fields, attachments, and so forth) on the initial page. The other FileNet-provided launch processor, Launch HTML (FileNet), displays parameters on separate pages.