Before you can route records into a Workflow process, you must activate them. When you activate a Workflow process record, the system preforms the following tasks:
Adds the Workflow actions and buttons to the application(s) associated with the object if they do not support Workflow yet. You can perform this action separately by using the Add Workflow To Applications action.
Selects the Active? check box to indicate that the record is currently being used to manage records.
When you activate a process revision, the system deactivates the previously active revision. The system does not disable the revision because active instances of the process might exist.
Note: Before you can activate a Workflow process, it must be validated and enabled. Validation tests whether a record can travel each of the paths in a process without interruption. When you enable a Workflow process, the system validates the process before it enables it.
Caution: Subprocess records should be enabled, but not activated. Records are routed to a subprocess through the main process.
In the Workflow Designer application, select the process record that you want to activate.
Select one of the following options:
From the Select Action menu, select Activate Process. The Add Workflow Support to Applications dialog box opens.
Or
On the toolbar, click Activate Process . The Add Workflow Support to Applications dialog box opens.
Note: If the application(s) associated with the object already support Workflow, for example, if you are activating a process revision, the system displays a message in the navigation bar that tit has activated the process and selects the Active? check box in the record heading.
The Add Support? check box for each application is selected by default.
Click OK to add Workflow actions to the application. The system displays a message in the navigation bar that it has activated the process and selects the Active? check box in the record heading.