Introduction to Workflow

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Introduction

The Ebase Xi system provides the ability to create and execute workflow processes. These processes are specified using the Ebase Xi Designer and are then enacted (i.e. executed) by the Ebase Xi Server. The various users of the Ebase Xi Workflow System may view and manage their task lists using separate Ebase Xi forms.

The Ebase Xi documentation includes a number of sections describing the various aspects of the workflow system:

• Workflow Concepts introduces the general notion of workflow and describes how it is integrated into the rest of the Ebase Xi system.
• Working with Workflow shows in detail how to use the Ebase Xi Designer to create and test workflow processes.
• Workflow Form Integration shows how to add workflow aspects to an Ebase Xi form. Includes a description of all script workflow commands.
• Out of the box Tools provides details on the tools included as standard with the workflow system. In particular, this document describes the task list application which is the core view of a workflow process available to a user of the workflow system.
• Configuring Workflow shows details on how to configure a particular installation of the workflow system.
• Customising Workflow provides details of the mechanisms that are available for customizing the operation of the workflow system, including the configuration of the assignment mechanism – how tasks are assigned to users.
• The Workflow API provides programming language details of the external interface to the workflow system. This API allows the creation of specialized tools, if required, in addition to those included with the system.
• Workflow Supplied Custom Resources provides details of the supplied custom resources that can be used to access tabular information such as tasks, jobs, audit trail records etc via the workflow API from an Ebase Xi form.
• Workflow Task List Performance discusses factors that can affect the response times of a task list application
• Tutorial - Building your First Workflow Process provides a complete worked example of creating and using a workflow process.