Bookshelf v8.0: About the Validate Tool

The Validate tool in Siebel Tools is an error-correction tool you can use before simulation and deployment. You can launch the validate tool for a workflow process by using the context-sensitive right-click menu in either the process designer or the Workflow Processes Object List Editor (OBLE).

Validation enforces the semantic consistency of a workflow process that otherwise cannot be readily enforced by structural constraints. For example, using validation, you can make sure an error process does not itself contain an error process. When you validate a workflow process, you are given warnings about errors the workflow process contains. You can then correct the errors before running the Process Simulator.

Table 51. Description of Errors the Validate Tool Can Detect
General Description of Error	Result of Using Validation
Connectors not attached correctly.	Makes sure the workflow process diagram's branches are connected correctly.
Outgoing branches not specified for Decision points.	Makes sure you specify outgoing branches for each Decision point in the workflow process.
Business services and business service methods not specified for Business Service steps.	Makes sure each Business Service step in the workflow process is not missing a business service or a business service method.
Business components missing from Siebel Operation steps.	Makes sure you specify the business component upon which each Siebel Operation step acts.
Subprocess names not specified for Sub Process steps.	Makes sure each Sub Process step specifies the appropriate subprocess the workflow calls.

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