3.2.1 Creating a Workflow Group Configuration

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To create a new workflow group configuration, click the New Configuration button in the upper left part of the Desktop window, and then select Workflow Group from the menu.

To open an existing workflow group configuration, double-click the configuration in the Configuration Navigator, or right-click a configuration and then select Open Configuration(s)... .


A Workflow Group configuration

Workflow Group Menus

The contents of the menus in the menu bar may change depending on which configuration type has been opened in the currently displayed tab. The workflow group configuration uses the standard menu items that are visible for all configurations, and these are described in 2.1 Menus and Buttons. The menu items that are specific to a workflow group configuration are described in the next coming sections:

The Edit Menu


ItemDescription

Prerequisites


Select this option to open the Prerequisites dialog where you can decide the execution order of the different group members.

The View Menu

Item

Description

Show Member Tool Bar

The Member toolbar is located beneath the Group Members table and consists of three buttons: Remove, Up and Down.

This option must be selected if you want to have these buttons visible in the view. To remove the buttons, clear the check box for this option.

Configuration Filter

Enables you to include or exclude the following from the Available to Add list:

  • Workflow Groups

  • Workflows

  • Batch- and Task Workflows

  • Real-time workflows

Workflow Group Buttons

The contents of the button panel may change depending on which configuration type that has been opened in the currently displayed tab. The workflow group configuration uses the standard buttons that are visible for all configurations, and these are described in 2.1 Menus and Buttons.

Workflow Group Tabs

A workflow group configuration has three different folder tabs:  Members, Execution, and Scheduling which are all described in more detail below.

Members


Item

Description

Available to add

Upper pane: Displays a tree view of the workflows and workflow groups that are saved within their respective configurations, and are available to you to add as members when creating a new workflow group.

Lower pane: Displays a list of workflows that are included in the workflow configuration that you select from the upper pane.

Note!

A workflow group can be a member of another workflow group.

Group Members

Shows the currently added workflow group members.

Execution Tab

Contains settings described in the section Executing a Workflow Group in 3.2.2 Managing a Workflow Group.


Scheduling Tab

Contains settings described in the figure, The Workflow Group Scheduling Tab in 3.2.2 Managing a Workflow Group.


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3.2.2 Managing a Workflow Group