Components of the Workflow Management Server Component Group

The following table describes the components of the Workflow Management server component group.

Server Component Alias Description

Workflow Process Manager

WfProcMgr

The Workflow Process Manager server component does the following:

  • Executes a single time when invoked by some other process.

  • Acts as the Application Object Manager that runs Workflow Processes.

  • Is a specialized server component configured and tuned to run Workflow Processes.

  • Is similar to a server component that provides a multithreaded environment.

Workflow Process Batch Manager

WfProcBatchMgr

The Workflow Process Batch Manager server component does the following.

  • Executes the same workflow over and over again against different records.

  • Acts as the Application Object Manager that runs Workflow Processes.

  • Is a specialized server component configured and tuned to run Workflow Processes.

  • Is similar to a server component that provides a multithreaded environment.

Workflow Monitor Agent

WorkMon

Runs and monitors Workflow Policies, and then runs actions when the conditions of a Workflow Policy are met.

Workflow Action Agent

WorkActn

Logs requests in the action request table (S_ESCL_ACTN_REQ) for a policy group and calls actions that the Workflow Policy uses.

Workflow Recovery Manager

WfRecvMgr

Polls the Workflow Engine to identify Workflow Process instances that are running on the Siebel Server. Recovers failed instances and resumes instances that are waiting beyond a due date. For more information, see Recovering a Workflow Process.

Generate Triggers

GenTrig

The Generate Triggers server component does the following:

  • Allows you to create database triggers that Workflow Policies use to identify records that match Workflow Policy conditions

  • Must be rerun if you create, update, or delete a policy

  • Can be run from the Server Manager command line or through a command line interface.

For more information, see Overview of Creating Database Triggers.