1. Business Process Framework: Workflow Guide
  2. Viewing All Workflow Process/Task Steps in the Web Tools Workflow Process/Task Editor

Viewing All Workflow Process/Task Steps in the Web Tools Workflow Process/Task Editor

When a Workflow Process or a Task has many steps (more than three thousand) the Workflow Process/Task editor will not show these by default. If your Workflow Process or Task has more than three thousand steps (including connectors) you must add an optional System Preference and set it to an appropriate value to see them all.

Steps to follow to view more steps in the Workflow Process/Task Editor:

  1. Login to Web Tools.

  2. Open the System Preferences by Clicking Tools > System Preferences in the Application Toolbar.

  3. Query for WFTaskMaxRowsAllowedInEditor.

    Note: If it does not exist, the default of 3000 will be used to display Steps and Connectors in the Workflow Process/Task Editor. This System Preference is optional, so you do not have to define it to get the default of 3000 steps visible in the editor.

    If you want to increase this number add a new row with the values in the following table substituting your number for the default of 3000.

Name Value Description

System Preference Name

WFTaskMaxRowsAllowedInEditor

This is the System Preference that will drive how many steps are visible in the Workflow Process/Task Editor. This System Preference is optional. When it is not defined the default value is 3000 for steps and connectors.

System Preference Value

3000

The value you want to allow the editor to display. This includes Workflow/Task Steps and connectors. The default is 3000. If you define this to be less than 3000 this number will be ignored.
Note: In your application log file you may see the following if your log level is set to three (INFO):

  • "Max number of steps and branches allowed for the Workflow/Task editors in Web Tools is 3000" – This shows the current setting. The default is 3000. If you have increased this value that value will be displayed here.

  • "The System Preference – WFTaskMaxRowsAllowedInEditor has been set below the default of 3000. This value, 1200, will be ignored so that all steps are visible in the Workflow/Task editors in Web Tools."– Someone set the value to less than 3000 so the application will ignore this and still display 3000.