Set Up Characteristic Types

When the system activates a workflow event that submits a Pending batch job, it updates the workflow event with information about the batch job. It does this by populating characteristics on the workflow event. In order for the system to do this, you must set up the following characteristic types:

• Batch Job ID. This must be FK characteristic to the Batch Job object.
• Batch Control Code. This must be a FK characteristic to the Batch Control object.
• Batch Run Number. This must be an ad hoc characteristic.

In addition to the above workflow event characteristics, you must also set up a workflow process characteristic:

• Business Date. This must be an ad hoc characteristic. It holds the business date that's passed to the job stream's batch jobs (all batch jobs in a job stream use the same business date).