Roles

In addition to assigning individual users to a distribution list, you can also assign one or more roles to a distribution list using group processing. In JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software, roles are assigned to groups of users that share similar tasks. When sending a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne workflow message to a distribution list that includes a role, all users assigned to that role receive the message. Only one person in the role needs to act on the message in order for it to advance to the next group.

You can only assign a role to a distribution list used for group processing.

Note: For a distribution list using group processing, it is recommended that you use roles rather than individual address book numbers for members of the list. Roles are easier to maintain as people change positions within the enterprise.Do not assign a role to a distribution list for hierarchical processing. If an individual in a role is included in more than one list of the same structure type, this inclusion can result in circular or ambiguous hierarchies that JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Workflow is unable to reconcile.