About Workflows

The Unifier Essentials workflow engine routes a business process form through business protocols.

When you participate in a business process workflow, you are taking action on the form. For example:

Depending upon the workflow setup, you may choose the next recipient of the business process in the workflow, or this may be automatically selected for you. When you send the business process to the next step, it proceeds along the workflow and records each action taken at each step.

This image displays an example workflow.

In the above example, the workflow proceeds as follows:

  1. Creation: The form is created and filled out and sent for review.
  2. Review: During the review, a reviewer has the following options:
    • Return the form for revision (step 3)
    • Send it forward for approval (step 4)
  3. Revision: Upon review, if the form is returned to incorporate suggested changes, you will have to resubmit it for review.
  4. Approval: In this step of the workflow, an approver can:
    • Return the form for further clarification or revisions
    • Reject the form or
    • Approve the form

    A rejection or approval status essentially ends the workflow. When a business process is approved or rejected, it is considered to be in a "Terminal" status, and this status cannot be changed. However, you can add comments and certain edits to the record.

  5. End: After a business process reaches a terminal status, it proceeds to the End step.

    Note: A "terminal" status differs from a "terminated" status. A business process is at a terminal status when it reaches the final step in the workflow. A business process with a terminated status was stopped at some point before it reached the final step in the process.

See Also

Business Processes

Workflow and Non-workflow BPs

Business Process Step Editor

Business Process Dates and Calendars

Business Process Forms

Completing a BP Record Form

Creation Step

Update Step

View Step

Viewing Messages or Cc'd Tasks

Accessing a BP Record from an External System

Business Processes in Company Logs and Navigation Nodes

Creating a Business Process (BP) Record

Viewing the Import Audit Log

Filling Out a Business Process Form

Saving a Draft of a Workflow Business Process

Accessing Custom Business Process Help PDF File

Adding and Managing Line Items

Restricting Line Items by Using Copy with Conditions Option

Adding and Managing Line Items Using the Grid View Feature

Adding and Managing Comments

Working with Query-Based Tabs

Working with File Attachments and Markups

About Linking Business Process Records to other Business Process Records

Working with Linked Mail

Attaching External Emails from the Project or Shell Mailbox to a Record

Sending Attachments for E-Signature

Adding an Image

Adding or Updating a Hyperlink

Viewing Referencing Records

Participating in a Workflow

About Email Notifications for Business Processes

Managing Business Process Records

Printing and Distributing BP Forms

Auto-Populating BP Data Picker on BP Auto-Creation

Auto-Populating Record Due Date on BP Workflow Auto-Creation

Updates on Document Attributes for Business Processes

In This Section

Using Business Processes with Oracle Integration



Last Published Monday, April 14, 2025