IBM FileNet P8, Version 5.2.1            

Launching a workflow

You launch a workflow to start the process specified in a saved workflow definition.

Since workflows are frequently designed to process specific documents or other items in your object store, you can launch an appropriate workflow either manually or automatically from a document. You can also directly launch a workflow definition.

To launch from a document, the document (or the document class to which it belongs) must be associated with one or more workflow definitions designed to process that type of document.

In Workplace or Workplace XT, the association is called a workflow subscription.

To launch a workflow manually

Select the document or workflow definition file in the object store, and then select the Launch command, as appropriate for your client interface.

Setting up an automatic launch

An administrative user specifies the conditions that will trigger the launch for a particular workflow. The most usual events that trigger automatic launching of a workflow are adding or checking in a document of a specific document class. For example, adding an expense report document to the object store could automatically launch an expense approval process. There can be additional options, such as particular values of document properties, and so on.



Last updated: October 2015
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