# Workflow

## How to Accept/Reject Work Items

| ### What to do:
| In order to work through this example you must have completed the example Open the Inbox!
| Click the work item Create in the Description field of the Inbox. A Work item mask is opened.
| Click the corresponding buttons to accept or reject a work item.
| It is also possible to highlight the work item in the Inbox and use the following buttons: to accept a work item and to reject a work item.
| When accepting a Work Item, the current date is added to the Accepted field of the Inbox.
| Work items that have already been accepted cannot be rejected!
| When rejecting a Work Item, the Work Item is removed from your Inbox. A rejection message is sent to the employee transferring the activity/Work Item to you.
| Since the Work Item form is generated automatically, using information such as Process Variables and Split Operator options, the composition of the Work Item form can vary.
| Process Variables values are viewed and entered within the Work Item form.