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Section 6.5.3, "Decision Step," on page 134
Section 6.5.4, "Mail Step," on page 134
"Command Step" on page 134
Section 6.5.6, "Activity Step," on page 135
Section 6.5.7, "End Step," on page 136
Section 6.5.8, "Adding Steps to a Workflow," on page 136
Section 6.5.9, "Managing Steps," on page 136
6.5.1 Start Step
Every workflow template must have one and only one Start step. The transition from a Start step is
always Unconditional.
6.5.2 Manual Step
This type of step indicates that manual work must be performed. Every manual step in a template
must be assigned to a role. The users in that role are notified through a worklist item when an
instantiated workflow process reaches the manual step. When a user accepts the worklist item, it is
removed from the queue of the other users in that role. For more information about worklists and
stepping through a workflow process, see
The description of the step should indicate what work needs to be performed. The user is expected to
perform that work and then acknowledge completion.
A manual step includes the following attributes:
Name of step
Role
Variables
Delete
Add
Description
From a manual step, you can set Conditional, Unconditional, Timeout, or Alert transitions.
Variables
The user can also be asked to set one or more variables to appropriate values. Four variable types
can be assigned to manual steps: Integer, Boolean, String, and Float. This variable can be set to an
explicit default value during the step definition, or the user can set the value at run-time as part of
the workflow process. The value can be optional or required.
The value of the variable can be used as part of a Conditional transition to determine the path the
workflow follows. It can also be used later as part of a Conditional transition from a decision step to
determine the workflow path.
130 Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment User Guide
Section 7.1, "Work Item Summary," on page
161. section.
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