Calling the Workflow Builder 
Procedure
You can call the Workflow Builder in two ways:
- Direct start: Choose Tools
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Business Workflow
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Development
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Definition tools ®
Workflow BuilderStart from task: From a screen for processing or displaying a multistep task
Direct start
This loads the workflow definition you last saved. If you want to switch between change mode and display mode, choose 
. To load another version of the workflow definition or a new workflow definition, you have the following options:
- If the workflow definition is displayed in the task area in the folder Workflows last processed, the version number of the workflow definition is also specified in parentheses.. To load it, select the multistep task and choose Load workflow definition in the context menu.
- If the multistep task is displayed in a different folder in your task area, you can select the version that you want to load in the dialog box Open another workflow definition. Select the multistep task and choose Load workflow definition in the context menu.
- If you want to load another workflow definition, select
. In the dialog box Open another workflow definition, you can select the workflow and version that you want to load.
- If you want to create a new workflow definition, choose Workflow ®
New. You make specifications for the multistep task when the workflow definition is first saved.
Start from task
If you start the Workflow Builder from a screen for processing or displaying a multistep task, choose Workflow Builder. The active version of the workflow definition is loaded. If there is no active version, the version with the highest version number is loaded.
To call another version of the workflow definition, choose Goto
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Workflow Builder
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Choose version. This takes you to a dialog box in which you can choose a version of the workflow definition.For further information, refer to
Versions of a Workflow Definition.
Result
The workflow definition is displayed and can be processed as applicable. If the Workflow Builder is being called to process a newly-created, initial workflow definition for the first time, the following representation is displayed:
The start of the workflow definition is indicated by 
Start workflow. If the new workflow definition was called from the definition of a multistep task in which
triggering events are defined, these are represented by the symbol 
and their description.
The end of the workflow definition is indicated by Workflow terminated.
The area in which the new workflow definition can be inserted is indicated by an undefined step with an outcome. Steps are represented by symbols. The name of an outcome is represented in the standard view on the arrow.