Advanced Workflow
Workflow enables users to automate routine processes in a few quick steps. ICEing for Advanced Workflow, an inexpensive add-on module for Novell Teaming + Conferencing, enables anyone to apply sophisticated business processes to collaboration content — with no programming required.
Advanced Workflow turns the built-in workflow engine into a powerful application development engine that can be used by the people who understand and own the business processes. It includes capabilities gathered from hundreds of professionals involved with business process.
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Transition an entry from one state to another — for example, from "In review" to "Approved" — based on:
- Survey of users
- Time that the entry has remained in a state
- Value of a variable contained in a form
- User actions (such as add a Comment)
- Outcome of another workflow process
Parallel workflows enable separate workflows (business processes) to transition content into multiple states simultaneously. For example, a financial document might be going through an editorial review process. At some point in that process, a separate process can be initiated to audit the spreadsheet numbers embedded in the document. Only when both workflows are complete can the document transition into a "Publish" state.