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Activating a Workflow Process

This task is a step in Process of Deploying a Workflow Process. Note that the first procedure describes how to activate a single workflow process. The second procedure describes how to activate workflow processes in batch.

To activate a workflow process

1. Log in to the Siebel client with administrator privileges, connected to the appropriate database.
2. Navigate to Administration-Business Process > Workflow Deployment.
3. In the Repository Workflow Processes applet, query for the workflow you published in Step 2.
4. With the workflow process chosen, click the Activate button.

   Activate adds a new record which is visible in the Active Workflow Processes applet. Activate checks the syntax for validity, registers run-time events if used, and changes the status of the process to Active. If the workflow process has previously been activated, Activate also changes the status of the previous active version to Outdated.

5. In the Active Workflow Processes applet, set the deployment parameters for the workflow process:
   1. If necessary, query for the workflow you just activated.
   2. Set the activation date in the Activation Date/Time field.
   3. Set the expiration date in the Expiration Date/Time field.
   4. Make sure Replication is set to None, unless you are deploying the workflow process to the Siebel Mobile Web Client.

      If you are deploying the workflow to the Siebel Mobile Web Client, see Deploying a Workflow Process to the Siebel Mobile Web Client.

   5. Set the monitoring level in the Monitoring Level field.

      For more information, see Setting Workflow Process Monitoring Levels.

6. If a run-time event is defined in the workflow process, you must reload the run-time events.
   1. Navigate to Administration-Runtime Events.
   2. Click the applet menu then choose Reload Runtime Events.

      This reloads the run-time events in the current object manager session. To view an example, see Deploying a Workflow Process Invoked By a Runtime Event. For more information, see Siebel Personalization Administration Guide.

Now you can invoke the workflow process through the Process Simulator, a script, or a Workflow Policy. For more information, see Invoking a Workflow Process.

To activate workflow processes in batch

1. In the Siebel client, navigate to Administration-Business Process > Workflow Deployment.
2. Query for the workflows you need to activate.
3. Choose the workflows you need to activate, then click the Activate button.

   NOTE:  It is recommended that you do not choose every workflow in the list.