Workflow Maps

Workflow maps, also known as PeopleSoft Navigator maps, are visual representations of your organization's business processes. Maps are necessary to all workflow processes, and they can also be used as navigational aids for users.

Workflow maps are of two types, each representing a different hierarchical level. The top-level map, known as a business process, represents broad areas of functionality. Business processes contain one or more activities, or subprocesses. Activities contain individual steps that represent the specific transactions that complete the activity.

When you create workflow maps, you first create basic maps (business processes and activities) as described in these topics. As you continue with subsequent steps, you add workflow-specific elements—events and routings—to the activities. You need events and routings only in activities that are used as workflow tools, not in those that are used as navigation tools.