Map Hierarchies

PeopleSoft Workflow uses three hierarchical levels. The first two levels, business processes and activities, are both maps: graphical representations of the relationships between the component objects (other maps or steps).

The third level, steps, are not maps. Steps are elements within activities. They represent the level at which the user interacts directly with application pages.

Business processes and activities are both freestanding definitions that you can open in PeopleSoft Application Designer and include in projects. Because business processes include icons for other maps (activities or other business processes), create these lower level maps before you add them to a business process. You can develop in a top-down approach by creating the lower level maps from the Business Process Designer directly.

Steps are not freestanding definitions in PeopleSoft Application Designer; they exist only within a particular activity. You create steps as you define an activity.

Note:

PeopleSoft Workflow and PeopleSoft Navigator applications require all three levels: all activities must belong to business processes. Workflow activity guides, on the other hand, do not involve business processes. Workflow activity guides are built from standalone activities and their component steps. A setting in the Activity Properties dialog box identifies the activity as being used in a workflow activity guide.