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Overview
PhixFlowWorkflows model the steps of a business process from end to end,showing the actual components of your application that performs each activity.They visually depict a detailed sequence of business activities and information flows needed to complete yourbusiness process. Workflows provide a live document outlining the structure of your application. It provides direct access to each item that makes up your application such a as screens and other workflows.
An application can have multiple Workflows, each of which can be divided into sections called Swimlanes, which allow . The latter allows for the separation of functions within your business process.
This is illustrated below in this a customer onboarding workflow:
The Workflow Window Layout
Here is a simplified view of the Workflow window:
- The toolbar provides Workflow specific options, such as displaying the available screens. Click on a toolbar option to display available items in the repository or drag the option onto the canvas to create a new instance.
- The repository where available items will be listed and an item's properties will be displayed.
- The main central part of the window is the canvas, where you create the workflow and add swim lanes.
- To add a swimlane, right-click on the existing swimlane one and select either add new swimlane above or below.
- Drag options from the toolbar onto the canvas to create new items. Then double click on them to create or configure them.
- The swimlanes used in the workflow diagram to visually distinguish responsibilities or for sub-processes within a business process.