Workflow Group Configuration Description

The Workflow Group configuration enables management of workflows. 

A workflow group can consist of one or several workflows, each with a diverse setup of scheduling, load balancing, and event notifications. Workflow groups enable you to configure these as a single entity. 

Groups are either of type batch or real-time, which means that batch and real-time workflows cannot be mixed in the same group. 

The example below shows a workflow group consisting of two batch workflows with a dependency (the first one must finish before the second can start). 

Workflow Group Editor  

Grouping of workflows can be useful in the following scenarios: 

• There are dependencies between workflows within one line of business (e.g., collection, processing and forwarding) which can be managed through prerequisites, and the workflows need to be executed in a certain order. 
• To limit the resource usage when executing groups with multiple workflows in parallel, you can control the maximum number of simultaneously running workflows. 
• If there is a need to complete all collection before beginning the processing step, this can be achieved by creating a collection group and a processing group that belong to a super group. 
• To simplify the monitoring as the groups, show their status in the Execution Manager.