Workflows in Product Development

Workflows provide a mechanism to submit change orders and change requests for review and approval. You can use workflows to manage business objects such as items and documents.

The type of the change order determines the kind of workflow. You define entry criteria for the workflow to enter a particular status; define exit criteria for advancing the change order to the next status.

The Workflow tab in a change order documents the progress of status changes. To view the details of a status, select the status.

The History tab records the sequence of actions performed on the change order.

After the edits are made to attributes and structure, the change order can be submitted to a formal workflow to be approved. Once the change order is approved, the item's revision is changed according to the scheme defined by the administrator using the system's automatic naming.