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Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
Release 2.6.3.5

Part Number B12161-02
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To Define Nodes in a Process

Note: You can also create a new node by dragging and dropping a predefined activity from the navigator tree into the process window. This automatically populates the node's property page with predefined information. Double-click on the node and skip to Step 5 to further edit its property page.

Caution: Any changes that you make to the any of the above tabs automatically propagate to the master activity and affect all other instances of that activity. Only changes that you make to the Node and Node Attributes tabs, and to the Event Details tab for an event activity, are local and specific to the current node activity.

Attention: When you call most Oracle Workflow APIs, you must pass the activity's label name and not its activity name. See: Workflow Engine APIs, Oracle Workflow API Reference.

Attention: The Start/End field is always set to Normal by default for all activity nodes. Even if you use the Standard Start or Standard End activity, you must manually edit the Start/End field to be either Start or End, respectively.

Attention: The dynamic timeout value stored in this attribute is interpreted as a relative offset from the begin date of the activity, in the unit of MINUTES. A null timeout value or a value of zero means no timeout.

Note: The computed priority value can be any number between 1-99. Oracle Workflow automatically converts the number to a priority level as follows: 1-33 = High, 34-66=Normal, and 67-99=Low.

Note: If you set the Performer Type to Constant and you are connected to the database and have loaded roles from the database, you can select a constant role name from the Performer poplist. If you are working in a .wft file data store without any open connection to the database, you can directly type in a valid role display name in the Performer field. When you upload the file to a database, the role will be resolved to the appropriate role data stored in the database based on the role display name you entered.

Note: When you assign a notification to a multi-user role, the Workflow Engine keeps track of the individual from that role that actually responds to the notification. See: Respond API, Oracle Workflow API Reference.

Note: Although Oracle Workflow Builder allows you to specify a performer for any type of node activity, Oracle Workflow only considers the value of Performer for notification activity nodes.

See Also

To Find an Object in the Navigator Tree

Using the Edit Button in a Property Page

To Add Nodes to a Workflow Process

To Define Event Details for an Event Node

To Define Activity Attribute Values

To Create and Edit a Transition

To Display a Process Overview

To Print a Process

To Copy a Process Diagram to the Clipboard

To Validate a Process Definition


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