WF DESIGN

WF DESIGN

Lets get started with our WF Process design.

I. Start WF Builder either by

OR type “WFBLDR” in Start >> Run

Workflow Builder will open.

Following screen shot is just to make you familiar with the look and feel of various workflow builder components.

S START WORKFLOW DESIGN

Select File >> Quick Start Wizard from Menu

You can change the Name information as per your requirement and then click OK.

A New Process with just a START and END activities will be left open as shown below.

This blank process is the place where we will design our business logic/process.

UNDERSTANDING WORKFLOW COMPONENTS

Lets see the mapping of various WF components with the tasks they can perform.

This will help us understand what workflow component will be needed to perform each task in business process.

Now we will summarize what are the components required to design and develop our WF process.

·         Two “Notification” for sending notification to Approver to get his approval and to the employee in case of rejection of his requisition

·         Two “Messages” which will have the actual body/text of message to be conveyed to Approver and employee

·         One “Lookup” for the two options namely Approve and Reject

·         One “Function” for calling the procedure/function that will record requisition detail data in both the cases

Database object required

1.       New Package and procedure which will have logic to insert data in staging table

2.       Custom Table to capture requisition detail along with requisition status (APPROVED/REJECTED)