Steps in a Workflow 

Structure of the Workflow

The workflow structure is made up of several parallel branches consisting of an activity and three wait steps (see graphic below). The workflow structure is defined such that the system only has to process one of the four branches. The standard task is specified in the activity.

Determining the Agent

To identify the agent, the system searches for the person responsible in the quality notification. The following two partner functions are defined in the quality notification:

The system first searches for the coordinator. If a coordinator is not specified, the system searches for the department that is responsible for the task. If a responsible department cannot be found, then all persons assigned to this task will be notified.

The system identifies the agent on the basis of a role resolution. The role AC00000172 QM_NOTIF_ROL ( Standard role for quality notifications) is defined as the default role for this standard task.

Result of Processing and Termination of Workflow

Processing the work item terminates the task and the entire workflow. The workflow is also terminated if one of the three wait steps occurs.

The terminating events Quality notification completed, All task completed and Deletion flag set can also occur outside of the workflow process.

When the user has processed the quality notification, the notification receives the status Notification in process (NOPR).