To 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.
Each milestone can be used in one or more steps. You can place a milestone either before or after an Activity 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.
The Milestone table displays all milestones in the workflow definition—milestones inherited from a base workflow and milestones created in the current workflow. You cannot delete an inherited milestone and you can change only the level and the message. See Workflow Preferences - Workflow to hide inherited items.
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To define a milestone
"Pending final approval"
"Credited to account #: "+ convert(acct_num, string)
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 Edit at the right side of the expression field to access the Expression Builder dialog box.
To view the steps in the workflow where the selected milestone is used
Click Milestone Usage, and select the appropriate map. See Milestone Usage for additional information.
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Alternative ways to use milestones