Disabling a workflow

To deploy a study without validating data-entry rules, workflow rules, or global conditions, you can disable the rules in the Central Designer application. Disabled rules are not deployed to the InForm application. This functionality allows you to more easily perform testing for a study during a development process in which forms and rules are being developed collaboratively by different users, by viewing the study in the InForm application, without having to validate rules. Disabling a rule does not prohibit you from performing rule-related tasks, such as editing the rule, and creating and running test cases for the rule.

Note: You can successfully run a test case for a single disabled rule. However, if you run more than one rule at a time, the Central Designer application will not run the test cases for any disabled rules.

Disabling a workflow disables all workflow rules and global conditions associated with the workflow. You cannot disable an individual workflow rule or global condition. However, this functionality only applies to the current workflow, and does not apply to child workflows. For example, if you disable a workflow at the study design level, the child workflows at the event or form level are not disabled.

Workflow rules and global conditions in a disabled workflow are:

• Not validated.
• Excluded from the deployment package.

When a study with a disabled workflow is deployed, the forms associated with that workflow appear in the InForm application in the order specified by their sequence numbers in the Workflow Diagram.

To disable a workflow:

1. In the Project Explorer, select the Visit Schedule Explorer bar.
2. Select a study design, study element, or study event.
3. Select the Workflow Diagram tab.
4. Click Disable Workflow.

   The workflow arrows turn gray, and the study event sequence numbers re-appear and turn gray.

Note: The Central Designer application only sends a message on validation about disabled rules. You will not receive a message that lists the disabled workflows in your study.