What is a Workflow

A Valuemation Workflow is a sequence of standard (and non-standard) activities which can be connected using Boolean logic and basic conditions.

Activities are simple specific tasks which can be carried out by a user or by Valuemation itself without user intervention. Different mechanisms can be used to pass information between activities, between two workflows and also between the Valuemation GUI and a workflow.

Valuemation provides the building blocks of the basic core services to be used in activities. Typical activities are:

• Open a Catalog
• Open the Business Object Editor
• Save the Business Object
• Send an E-mail
• Etc.

A workflow can be started explicitly by a user (via menu entry or a button), by Valuemation itself or by an external event.