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Siebel Business Process Framework: Workflow Guide > Developing Workflow Processes > Process of Planning Workflow Processes > Determining How to Start a Workflow ProcessThis task is a step in Process of Planning Workflow Processes. During the planning phase of a development effort you can determine if a run-time event, user event, workflow policy, or a script starts the workflow process. For more information, see Starting a Workflow Process. To determine how to start the workflow process
Using a Workflow Policy to Start the Workflow ProcessA workflow policy starts a workflow process after a database change. If the workflow policy conditions are met, then an action occurs. In some situations, the action calls the Workflow Process Manager server component to run a workflow process. Processing that a workflow policy starts does not occur in real time. The following are typical uses of a workflow policy:
Using an Event to Start the Workflow ProcessYou can use the following events to start a workflow process:
You can define an event from the administrative interface for one of the following object types: Using a Script to Start the Workflow ProcessA script can start a workflow process programmatically as a business service. The Workflow Process Manager server component includes APIs that you can use with a script to start a workflow process from an external system. The Object Manager starts a script. You can add a script to one the following object types: Summary of Configurations That Start the Workflow ProcessTable 8 summarizes some of the configurations that can start a workflow process. |
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