Converting a Workflow Policy to a Workflow Process
It is recommended that you keep a Workflow Policy simple and place most business logic in the Workflow Process. You can convert a Workflow Policy to a Workflow Process. If you convert a Workflow Policy to a Workflow Process, then it is recommended that you adhere to the guidelines described in the following table describes.
Configuration Used in a Workflow Process | Configuration Used in a Workflow Policy |
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A runtime event. |
A specialized operator, such as IS UPDATED or IS ADDED. |
A branch or decision step. |
A standard operator, such as |
A Siebel operation step at the object layer uses logic that modifies data at the data layer. A Workflow Process cannot call a Workflow Policy program, but a Siebel operation step can perform an operation in the data layer. |
A Workflow Policy program performs an operation at the Siebel database layer. |
A Workflow Process uses the communication outbound manager to send email. It can use a recipient group and the exact email address. |
Not applicable |