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Architecture You Use to Simulate a Workflow Process

You can use the Process Simulator to test a workflow process. Testing your workflow process before you migrate it to the production environment makes sure that it works correctly and that the results meet your business requirements.

Figure 4 describes the architecture that you use to simulate a workflow process.

Figure 4. Architecture You Use to Simulate a Workflow Process

Explanation of Callouts

You use the following items to simulate a workflow process:

1. Repository data. The Process Simulator accesses object definitions from the repository that are part of the workflow process or that the workflow process references.
2. Run-time data. Siebel Tools accesses or modifies data during the simulation, depending on how you define the workflow process. It can access data in the run-time database, such as customer data that resides in various fields of an opportunity.

If you run a workflow process from the Process Simulator, then it runs in the Application Object Manager. You can start a workflow process in the Application Object Manager or in a server session of the Workflow Process Manager.

For more information, see About the Testing Tools.