# Workflow

## How to Assign a Process to a Work Request/Work Order

| ### What to do:
| As a prerequisite for the following example you must have completed the example Create a Work Request/Work Order!
| Since a process is automatically generated from a process template, it is only required to assign a process template to the work request/work order!
| It is not possible to assign a process to a work request/work order without a process template!
| Click Start > Change Management > Work Requests.
| Search for the work request EWR-1000. The work request mask opens.
| Change to the ID field and click .
| Choose an ID number from the selection menu.
| In the example the ID number is 869 for the process template Order.
| The process template name will be displayed when clicking the Process Template field or when saving the entries.
| To save the entry click .
| The process template 869 - Order is assigned to the work request EWR-1000 -Purchase Requisition.
| When saving the process template, a process is automatically assigned to the work request.
| Select References > Process from the context menu to display the process. The Process in Definition mask opens, displaying the process assigned to the work request/work order.
| The process 861 - Order is assigned to the work request EWR-1000 - Purchase Requisition.
| When the work request is set to the state 120 | In Approval the assigned process is started. Selecting References > Process from the context menu will then open the Process in Execution mask!
| When a Work Request/Work Order is created, a process instance is automatically created from the selected process template and started (Process in Definition)!
| The process template cannot be changed when being saved!
| When the Change Management is active, a process template cannot be assigned to a preliminary but only to a persistent work order! Therefore, a process template that is assigned to a Work Request is not automatically copied to the preliminary Work Order! This is also the case when the Work Request is released and the preliminary Work Order becomes a persistent one!