Using the Workflow Palette

In the workflow editor, you drag items from the Workflow Palette and arrange them in a process flow. You then use Property Editors to configure the items. This topic describes each section of the Workflow Palette.

Common Items

The following items are included in the Common Items section.

Item Notes
Swimlane See About Swimlanes for information.
State This item is identical to Active in the States section. See About States for information.
Decision Two outgoing transitions are automatically added to the decision: Otherwise and Branch. Both transitions are required. See About Decisions for more information.
Transition This item is identical to Regular in the Transitions section. See Transitions Overview for information.
Annotation See Working With Annotations for information.

States

The following items are included in the States section. After you drag a state to the workflow editor, you can rename the state and change its properties. For more information about states, see About States.

Item Notes
Active A generic active state.
Completed A preconfigured inactive state.
Rejected A preconfigured inactive state.
Pending A preconfigured inactive state.

Transitions

The following items, which represent transition types, are included in the Transitions section. After you drag a transition to the workflow editor, you can rename the transition and change its properties. For more information, see Transition Types.

Related Topics

Using the Workflow Editor