Table 6. WF Steps Applet Fields
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Name |
All |
The name of the step. |
A descriptive name that is:
- Consistent with your overall naming strategy
- Meaningful to the designer of the process
- Unique
NOTE: When you create a new step, the step is automatically assigned a unique name, with a unique number. You can change this name or leave it as is.
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Type |
All |
The type of step. |
This value is automatically entered when you create the step in the Process Designer view. This is a read-only field. |
Business Component |
Siebel operation step |
Required. The business component that will perform the action you specify. |
Choose from a list of business components that have been defined for the selected business object. |
Business Service Name |
Business service step |
The name of the service to invoke. |
The picklist displays business services existing in Siebel Tools with the Hidden flag set to FALSE. See Enabling a Business Service for Workflow Processes for more information. |
Business Service Method |
Business service step |
The name of the method to invoke on the service. |
The picklist displays methods defined for the selected business service. |
Subprocess Name |
Subprocess step |
The name of the subprocess step. |
A descriptive name that is:
- Consistent with your overall naming strategy
- Meaningful to the designer of the process
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Error Code |
Stop step |
A number associated with a string in the database that comprises the error message. |
Numeric value. |
Error Message |
Stop step |
A string in the database that comprises the error message. |
Text string. |
User Interact View |
User interact step |
The name of the view for the user interact step. |
Choose from a picklist containing predefined view names. |
Operation |
Siebel operation step |
The type of operation. |
Insert, Query, or Update. |
Maximum Iterations |
Wait step |
The maximum number of times you can execute this step within a process instance. |
When the maximum number of iterations is reached, an Object Manager error will be generated and the workflow process will return an In Error status. If you want the process to run to completion, you need to use a Workflow exception mechanism (such as an error process or exception branch) to catch and handle the error. For more information, see Using Exceptions to Handle Errors. |
Service Hours |
Wait step |
The name of the schedule used in calculating the wait end time. |
This value is selected from a picklist of service calendars. |
Description |
All |
A text narrative describing the purpose of the step. |
Free-form text. |
Update Snapshot |
All |
This parameter is used for recovery. Update Snapshot indicates that when the process reaches this step, Workflow takes a snapshot of the process state, so that if there is a crash, you can get the state back. |
Check mark. |
Processing Mode |
Wait step |
The mode in which the process will be run when triggered by run-time events. |
(Optional) Local Synchronous. Executes the process in the application object manager. This is the default. Remote Synchronous. Submits a synchronous request to the Workflow Process Manager server component to execute the process. Remote Asynchronous. Submits an asynchronous request to the Workflow Process Manager server component to execute the process. |