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.