Exploring the activities

The activities available to the workflow are listed on the extreme right-hand pane of the graphical workflow editor. Some are dependent on the table the workflow is running against. For example, task activities are only available to a workflow from a table extended from Task.

The following activities are more commonly used:

  • The Approvals group provides several activities that are mostly only available to Task tables. Workflow allows complex scenarios to be determined using the Approval Coordinator activity. The Group Approvals functionality allows us to involve multiple people easily. The next section dives into this topic in much more detail.
  • The Conditions group allows logic to be made in the workflow through ...

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