In the workflow definition an activity is represented with the symbol .

One of the following prerequisites must be fulfilled when you create a new activity:

• You know the task (single-step or multistep) that you want to reference in the activity.
• You know an object type and one of its methods that has the required functionality.

During definition of an activity, you can find a defined single-step task via the method. If there are no appropriate single-step tasks, you can define one from the workflow definition.

The maintenance of an activity is spread across several tab pages. You can process the properties of the activity here, for example:

The order of the tab pages defines the recommended sequence of processing. You should start the definition of a new activity on the tab page Control, since certain entries are made automatically on other tab pages when the task is entered.

The system inserts a step of the type Activity into the workflow definition. To ensure the consistency of the workflow definition, all active outcomes are inserted with the actual step. For each outcome, the system adds a branch in the workflow definition and puts an undefined step into this branch. To ensure the consistency of the block structure, all branches created are brought together before the next step of the workflow definition.

At runtime, an activity is represented with a work item of one of the following types: