1. Business Process Framework: Workflow Guide
  2. Process Property and the Property Set

Process Property and the Property Set

A property set is a hierarchical structure that contains name and value pairs, known as properties, at each level in the hierarchy. The process property stores data that is associated with the property set. A Workflow Process uses a property set to send data to and from a Workflow Process step.

The following figure describes how Siebel CRM uses a process property in a Workflow Process.

How Siebel CRM Uses a Process Property in a Workflow Process: This image is described in the surrounding text.

As illustrated in this figure, Siebel CRM typically does the following when it uses a process property in a Workflow Process:

  1. The process property sends data to Workflow Step 1 as an input argument.

  2. Workflow Step 1 modifies the data according to the configuration for Step 1.

  3. An output argument on Workflow Step 1 sends data from the step to the process property.

  4. An input argument on Workflow Step 2 brings the data that Step 1 uses into Workflow Step 2, where the Workflow Process can use it according to the internal configuration that is defined for workflow Step 2.

You can define the process property and step arguments in the Multi Value Property Window (MVPW) pane. For more information, see Using the Multi Value Property Window.