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Diagramming a Workflow Process

This task is a step in Roadmap for Developing Workflow Processes.

Diagramming workflow process steps is an important part of defining a functioning workflow process. The Process Designer allows you to create a visual representation of the entire flow, including decision points and conditional logic. You can define the details for each step while you define each step in the Workflow Designer, or you can define the entire flow, and then define details for each step. For more information, see Using the Process Designer.

To diagram a workflow process

1. Drag, and then drop a Start step from the palette to the canvas.

   A workflow process must contain only one Start step. For more information, see Adding a Start Step.

2. Drag, and then drop one or more middle steps from the palette to the canvas.

   A workflow process can contain one or more steps that perform an action, such as a business service, decision point, sub process, task, stop, wait, or Siebel operation. A workflow process can include more than one of each type of step. For more information, see Adding Steps and Connectors.

3. Drag, and then drop an end step from the palette to the canvas.

   A workflow process must contain at least one end step. For more information, see Adding an End Step.

4. To define the flow and path of the workflow process, drag, and then drop a connector from the palette to the canvas. Position one end of the connector on one side of a step, and then drag the connector handle to connect the other end of the connector to the next step in the flow.

   A connector end point that is colored white is not connected correctly to a step. A red end point indicates that the connector is correctly connected. Make sure each end of every connector in the workflow process is colored red.

5. Repeat Step 4 until every step in the workflow process is connected correctly.

A connector that emanates from some step types can provide conditional logic for the workflow process. For more information, see Adding a Branch Connector.