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About the Start Step

A start step indicates the starting point for the workflow. A workflow process must have one, and only one, start step.

Conditional logic and run-time events can be defined on the connector emanating from the start step, but not the start step itself. Purposes that the connector emanating from the start step can fulfill include:

• To establish the conditional logic that describes input conditions that must be met for a process to execute. For example, to handle open service requests, you can define a condition of Status equals Open on the connector. For more information, see About Conditional Logic on a Branch Connector.
• To define a run-time event that is used to invoke the workflow process. For example, to generate an activity when an opportunity's revenue is greater than $10,000, you can define a WriteRecord run-time event, then configure a workflow process that inserts the activity record when an opportunity record is saved that meets the condition. For more information, see Invoking a Workflow Process from a Run-Time Event. To view an example that uses a run-time event, see Example Workflow Process That Creates an Activity for a Sales Representative.

Defining a Start Step

You define a Start step in the Process Designer in Siebel Tools.

To define a Start step

Perform the procedure described in Adding a Step to a Workflow Process with the following modifications:

• If a run-time event is used to invoke the workflow, attach a connector to the Start step, then define the run-time event on that connector.