Workflow Designer
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Workflow is a place where all bits and pieces come together to create a magic. It provides a drag-and-drop interface for designing a meaningful course of actions utilizing Maps, Tasks and many other useful features of Workflow. It resembles flowchart where each step contributes to the final goal of the flow.
Workflow settings contain two things Workflow properties and selected Task properties.
Workflow properties get expanded by clicking Workflow Name. It allows the user to edit workflow properties like Name, Workflow ID, which will be used in Launch from CRM, and Run at App Launch, which enables the workflow to run when the App is opened in runtime mode. Users can enable the offline mode by checking the offline mode option.
Parallel Workflow enables the simultaneous execution of Query tasks, API tasks, or both within a workflow. Traditionally, workflows execute these tasks sequentially, one after the other. With Parallel Workflow, eligible tasks are executed simultaneously, significantly reducing total processing time and improving workflow efficiency.
Follow these steps to set up and execute a parallel workflow in Design Studio.
Open the App in Design Studio:
Launch the desired app from Design Studio.
In the Valorx Fusion ribbon, click on Workflow and UX to open the workflow editor.
Add Query Tasks to the Designer Canvas:
From the toolbar, drag and drop at least two Query Tasks onto the Designer Canvas. Note: A minimum of two Query Tasks (Standard Mode) is required to run tasks in parallel.
Select Query Tasks for Parallel Execution:
Use your cursor to click and select all the Query Tasks you wish to execute in parallel. Ensure that multiple tasks are selected for parallel execution.
Enable Parallel Execution:
On the Workflow Settings panel located on the right side of the workflow window, locate the Enable Parallel Execution option.
Check the box to enable parallel task execution.
Save the Workflow:
Once you’ve enabled parallel execution, click Save to apply the changes.
Offline Mode for Workflow Ux is one of the important features which we have implemented in V13. Offline mode will help the users to use the app even if they are offline and it will avoid many steps. Users will always have the option to go back Online. Users need to first enable this offline mode from Workflow and UX and Settings.
Follow the below steps to enable the offline mode from Settings.
Open an App in Design Studio.
Click Settings from the Valorx Fusion ribbon tab.
Go to App Settings and select “Enable Offline Mode”, "Run when going offline" and "Run when going online".
Follow the below steps to enable the offline mode from Workflow and UX.
Open an App from Design Studio and click on Workflow and UX from the Valorx Fusion ribbon button.
Check in the option for "Run while going Offline".
Click Save.
Now, open the App in Runtime mode and save the app in desired location. Users will find two options when they open the saved file.
Connect the app with any one of the two options:
Connect - This will connect you to the app in Design Studio.
Continue Offline – This will open the Runtime Saved file and Users can make the changes to the App.
Note: Users can go online when they want by clicking on “Go Online” this will again connect us to Design Studio.
'Launch from CRM instructions' Button
Designer canvas is an area where User can drag and drop various tasks from Toolbox and it becomes a Step of the workflow.
Each step is connected with an arrow connector which specifies the direction of the flow and the next Step in sequence. It also provides ability of zooming and panning, fit to screen and other helping features to visualize and navigate within the canvas.
Workflow trigger has a section which is named as Excel Ribbon.
When Excel Ribbon is checked workflow gets associated with a Ribbon button. Excel Ribbon section allows user to either select or create Button Group which will be rendered at Runtime in Ribbon. User can change the Label of the button, its icon and the size of the button. These are the same things that can be done from Ribbon UX too.
Users can select the size of the button either small or large and also select the button of their choice from Valorx Icon Store.
Open the Workflow now on the right-hand side of the workflow. Click the edit button under Workflow Settings.
Users can find a button named "Launch from CRM instructions" when the 'Launch from CRM' button is enabled in the Workflow Settings, which will open a popup window that guides the users on how to configure a workflow to launch it from CRM. When launch from CRM is checked, the Behavior column in workflow list shows icon.
