AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

1/40

Chapter5:Workflow5-1

CHAPTER5:

WORKFLOW

Objectives

Th

eobjectivesare:

ExplainsomeofthegeneralfeaturesofworkflowinMicrosoft

DynamicsAX2012.

Discussthearchitectureofworkflow.

Createaworkflowandconfigurebasicsettings.

Describethefeaturesanduseofthew

orkfloweditor.

Configureanapprovalelement.

Configuremanualandconditionaldecisions.

Configureparallelactivities.

Configureasubworkflow.

Configurealine-itemworkflow.

Configuretasksforaworkflow.

Completeaworkflowincluding,reviewingerrors,activatingand

viewingversions,andassociatingaw

orkflowtoorganizations.

ReviewthevariousworkflowtypesavailableinMicrosoftDynamics

AX2012.

Setupworkflowbatchjobs.

Setupworkflownotifications.

Createworkitemqueues.

Reviewuserperformanceonworkflows.

InstallationandConfigurationforMicrosoftDynamicsAX

2012

5-2

Introduction

Workflow

isdefinedintwoways:

Asasystem:WorkflowisasysteminstalledwithMicrosoft

DynamicsAXthatrunsontheapplicationobjectserver(AOS).The

workflowsystemprovidesfunctionalitythatyoucanusetocreate

individualworkflows,orbusinessprocesses.

Asabusinessprocess:Aworkflowrepresentsabusinessprocess.It

defineshowadocumentflowsthroughthe

systembyshowing

whomustcompleteataskorapproveadocum

ent.Forexample,

considerthefollowingillustrationofanexpensereportworkflow.

FIGURE5.1EXPENSEREPORTSAMPLEWORKFLOW

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

2/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

3/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

4/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

5/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

6/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

7/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

8/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

9/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

10/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

11/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

12/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

13/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

14/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

15/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

16/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-31

Procedure:AssignaTasktoaHierarchy

To

assignatasktoahierarchy,completethefollo

wingsteps.

1.IntheleftpaneofthePropertiesform

,clickAssignment.Onthe

Persontab,clickHierarchy.

2.ClicktheHierarchyselectiontab.

3.Tospecifythestartingpoint,selecta

personfromtheStartfrom

list.

4.Tospecifytheendingpoint,clickAddcondition.

5.ClicktheHierarchyoptionstab.

FIGURE5.8PROPERTIESFORM-HIER

ARCHYSELECTIONTAB-

TASKELEMENT

6.Specifythoseemployeesfromtheran

gespecifiedintheprevious

stepthetaskwillbeassignedto.

a.IfyouselectAssigntoallusersretrieved,thetaskwillbe

assignedtoallemployeesintherange.

b.IfyouselectAssignonlytolastuserretrieved,thetaskwillbe

assignedtoonlythelastemployeeintherange.

c.IfyouselectExcludeuserswith

thefollowingcondition,the

systemwillnotassignthetaskto

usersintherangewhomeeta

specificcondition.ClickAddcon

ditiontospecifythecondition.


2012

5-32

7.

ClicktheTimelimittab.

8.

IntheDurationfield,specifyhowmuchtimetheuserhasto

completethistask.Iftheuserdoesnotcompletethetaskinthetime

allowed,thetaskisconsideredoverdueandw

illbeescalated

accordingtotheoptionsyouselectedintheE

scalationarea.

Procedure:AssignaTasktoaWorkflowUser

Toassignatasktoaworkflowuser,completethefollowingsteps.

1.

IntheleftpaneofthePropertiesform,clickAssignment.

2.

OnthePersontab,clickWorkflowuser.

3.

ClicktheWorkflowusertabandfromtheW

orkflowuserlist,

selectauser.

4.


5.


completethistask.

Iftheuser

doesnotcompletethetaskinthetimeallowed,thetaskisconsidered

overdueandwillbeescalatedaccordingtotheoptionsyouselectedinthe

Escalation

area.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

17/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-33

Procedure:AssignaTasktoaUser

To

assignatasktoauser,completethefollowing

steps.

1.IntheleftpaneofthePropertiesform

,clickAssignment.

2.OnthePersontab,clickUser.

3.ClicktheUsertab.

FIGURE5.9PROPERTIESFORM-USERTAB-TASKELEMENT

4.TheAvailableuserspaneincludesallMicrosoftDynamicsAX

users.Selecttheusersyouwantthistaskassignedto,andmovethose

usersintotheSelecteduserspane.

5.ClicktheTimelimittab.

6.IntheDurationfield,specifyhowmuchtimetheuserhasto

completethistask.

If

theuserdoesnotcompletethetaskinthetimeallowed,thetaskisconsidered

ov

erdueandwillbeescalatedaccordingtotheoptionsyouselectedinthe

Escalationtab.


2012

5-34

Procedure:AssignaTasktoaQueue

Toassignatasktoaqueue,completethefollowingsteps.

1.

IntheleftpaneofthePropertiesform,clickAssignment.Onthe

Persontab,clickQueue.

2.

ClicktheQueuebasedtab.

3.

Ifyouwanttoassignthetasktoaspecificqueue,dothefollowing:

a.FromtheConditionalworkitemqueue

providerlist,select

Workflowworkitemqueueprovider.

b.FromtheQueuenamelist,selectthespe

cificqueueyouwant

thetaskassignedto.

4.

Ifaspecificconditionshoulddeterminewhichqueueataskis

assignedto,dothefollowing

a.FromtheConditionalworkitemqueue

providerlist,select

Conditionalworkitemqueueprovider.

b.FromtheQueuenamelist,selectConditionalqueue.

5.


6.


completethistask.

Iftheuser

doesnotcompletethetaskinthetimeallowed,thetaskisconsidered

overdueandwillbeescalatedaccordingtotheoptionstha

tyouselectoninthe

Escalation

area.

ConfigureaParallelActivity

Youcanuseaparallelactivityfortwoormoreprocessestoexecuteatthesame

time.Toconfigureaparallelactivitytoaworkflowconfiguration,followthese

steps:1.

Right-clicktheparallelactivityonthecanvas

oftheWorkflow

editorandthenclickProperties.ThePropertiesformisdisplayed.

2.

Intheleftpane,clickBasicSettings.

3.

IntheNamefield,enterauniquenamefortheparallelactivity.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

18/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-35

To

configurethestepsofeachbranchintheparallelactivity,clicktheLevel

do

wnbuttonontheActionPaneordouble-clicktheparallelactivityinthe

Canvas.

FIGURE5.10USERREQUESTWORKFLOW-P

ARALLELBRANCHDETAILS

SA

MPLE

Bydefaulteachparallelactivitywillhavetwobra

nches.Toaddadditional

branchesdragtheBranchnodefromtheWorkflowelementspaneintothe

Canvas.Toconfigureoneoftheparallelbranches,doubleclickthenode.Or,

yo

ucanclicktheexpandbuttontoenlargethebranch.Usethecollapseiconto

returntotheoriginalview.

To

returntothemainworkflowwindow,clickLe

veluporclickWorkflowand

in

theworkflowbreadcrumbbar.


2012

5-36

ConfigureaSubworkflow

Asubworkflowisaworkflowthatrunswiththecontexto

faparentworkflow.To

configureasubworkflow,right-clickthesubworkflownodeonthecanvasand

thenclick

Properties.ThePropertiesformisdisplayed.

Usethefollowingstepstoselecttheworkflowthatwillru

nwhenthis

subworkflowelementisexecuted.

1.

IntheleftpaneofthePropertiesform,clickBasicSettings.

FIGURE5.11PROPERTIESFORM-BASICSETTINGSTAB-

S

UBWORKFLOWELEMENT

2.

FromtheSubworkflowlist,selectanexistingworkflow.

3.

FromtheFieldlist,selectthefieldthatrepres

entstheassociationto

thedocument.

4.

Indicateifthesubworkflowmustfinishproce

ssingbeforethenext

elementintheparentworkflowisexecuted.

a.Ifthesubworkflowmustfinishprocessing,clickWaitforthe

subworkflowtocompletebeforecontin

uing.

b.Ifthesubworkflowisnotrequiredtofinishprocessingbeforethe

nextelementintheworkflowisexecuted,clickDonotwaitfor

thesubworkflowtocomplete.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

19/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

20/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

21/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-41

2.UsetheinformationintheErrorPan

ewindowtoresolveany

issues.

3.Double-clickanerrormessagetoopenthesourcethatiscausingthe

error.

4.WhenallerrorsareresolvedclickSaveandclose.

5.OntheSaveworkflowdialogentera

descriptionaboutthechanges

youhavemadetothisversionoftheworkflowandclickOK.

6.OntheActivateworkflowdialog,selectoneofthefollowing:

a.SelectActivatethenewversion

tosavethechangesand

activatethenewversion(whichw

illdeactivateonanolder

versionifoneexists).

b.SelectKeepthepreviousversionactivatedtosavethechanges

withoutactivatingthem.Thenew

versioncanbeactivatedlater.

7.ClickOK.

NOTE:YoucanalsoclickSaveandclosewhenerrorsexist.Whenyoudothis,

theSaveworkflowdialogwillappear.Enteranyversionnotesandthenclick

OK.TheActivateworkflowdialogwillnotopen.Theworkflowcannotbe

activateduntilallerrorsareresolved.

TI

P:Ifyouwanttodisregardanychangesintheworkfloweditor,clickCancel.


2012

5-42

Procedure:ViewWorkflowVersions

Eachwork

flowconfigurationcanhavemultipleversions.

Onlyoneversionofa

workflow

canbeactivatedatatime.Tovieworeditwork

flowversions,follow

thesesteps:

1.

Openthemoduleyouareworkingin,andthenclickSetup>

[Modulename]workflows.

2.

IntheWorkflowslistpage,selecttheworkflowyouwantto

activate,andclickVersionsintheActionPane.TheWorkflow

versionformopens.

FIGURE5.13WORKFLOWVERSIONSFORM

Usethefollowingbuttonstotakeactiononaselectedworkflowversion:

Button

Description

View

Viewtheselectedversionoftheworkflowinread-onlymode.

Modify

Opentheworkfloweditor,sothatyoucanmodifytheselected

versionoftheworkflow.

Make

active

Maketheselectedversiontheactiveversionoftheworkflow.

Delete

Deletetheselectedversionoftheworkflow

.Deletedversions

cannotberetrieved.

Copy

Createacopyoftheselectedversionofthe

workflow.Youcan

thenmodifythecopy,asnecessary.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

22/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

23/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

24/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

25/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

26/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

27/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

28/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

29/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

30/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

31/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-61

Procedure:RuntheWorkflowInfrastructureConfiguration

W

izard

RuntheWorkflowinfrastructureconfiguration

wizardtospecifyhowoften

workflowbatchjobsshouldrun.Ifthebatchjobs

arenotsetup,notificationswill

no

tbesent.ToruntheWorkflowinfrastructure

configurationwizard,follow

thesesteps:

1.OpenSystemadministration>Setu

p>Workflow>Workflow

infrastructureconfiguration.

2.OntheWelcometotheWorkflowin

frastructureconfiguration

wizardpage,clickNext.

3.OntheConfiguretheworkflowmes

sageprocessingbatchjob

page,selectabatchgroup.ClickNext.

4.OntheConfiguretheworkflowdue

dateprocessingbatchjob

page,specifyhowoftenworkflowduedatesshouldbecalculatedby

doingthefollowing:

a.Selectabatchgroup.

b.Enteranumberofhourstoindica

tehowoftenthebatchjob

shouldrun.

c.ClickNext.


2012

5-62

5.

OntheConfiguretheline-itemworkflownotificationsbatchjob

page,specifyhowoftenline-itemnotification

sshouldbeprocessed

bydoingthefollowing:

a.Selectabatchgroup.

b.Enteranumberofminutestoindicatehowoftenthebatchjob

shouldrun.

c.ClickNext.

FIGURE5.15WORKFLOW

6.

OntheCompletingtheworkflowinfrastruc

tureconfiguration

wizardpage,clickFinishtoclosethewizard

.

AboutE

mailTemplates

Youcanusetemplatestocreatethelayoutofmessagesthataresentbyemail.

Emailmes

sagescanbegeneratedfromnotificationsthatareconfiguredona

workflow.Theemailtemplateprovidespredefinedconten

tforthemessage,and

thedataofthemessageisprovidedthroughthefunction(workflownotification

setup)tha

tusestheemailtemplate.

Emailtem

platescanbecreatedinHyperTextMarkupLan

guage(HTML)or

Extensible

MarkupLanguage(XSLT)format.

Youmust

specifyanemailIDforanyfunctionsrelatedto

whatyouwanttosend

withyouremailmessages.YoucanusetheemailIDtocr

eatetemplatesin

differentlanguages,sothattheemailmessagessentfrom

MicrosoftDynamics

AXarebasedonauniqueemailID.Then,ifthisemailID

containstemplatesin

differentlanguages,emailmessagescanbesentouttouse

rsintheirnative

language.ThelanguagethatissetupforauserintheLan

guagefieldinthe

Optionsformdetermineswhattemplateisappliedwhenanemailmessageissent

tothatuser.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

32/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-63

NOTE:ThedefaultlanguagecodefortheemailIDdetermineswhattemplateto

useiftheuserhassetalanguagethatdiffersfrom

thelanguageofanyavailable

tem

plate.

Procedure:CreateanEmailTempla

te

To

createanemailtemplate,followthesesteps:

1.OpenOrganizationadministration>Setup>E-mailtemplates.

2.PressCTRL+Ntocreateanewe-mailID.Anewlineiscreatedin

theupperpaneoftheform.

3.EntertheE-mailID,E-maildescription,Defaultlanguagecode,

Sendername,andSendere-mail.

FIGURE5.16E-MAILTEMPLATESFORM


2012

5-64

4.

Clickinthelowerpane.Createmorelinesinthelowerpaneofthe

E-mailtemplatesformtocreatetemplatesin

differentlanguages.

Foreachtemplateversion,enterthefollowinginformation:

a.Thee-mailIDisautomaticallyenteredin

theE-mailIDfield

basedontheIDyoucreated.

b.IntheLanguagefield,selectthelanguagecode.

c.IntheLayoutfield,selecteitherXSLTorHTML,dependingon

howyouwantyoure-mailmessagetodis

play.

d.ClickTemplatetoopenaneditor.Depen

dingonyourselection

intheLayoutfield,theXSLTeditorformortheE-maileditor

formisopened.

CAUTION

:Thedefaultlanguagecodeonthee-mailIDd

etermineswhat

templateisappliedwhentheuserhassetalanguageforw

hichthereareno

templatesavailable.

CAUTION

:Asetofmerge-dataelementscanbeaddedin

thee-mailtemplate.

Themerge

-dataelementcanbemergedintothebodytext

andthesubjectlineof

thee-mail

template.If,forexample,youaddthe%subject%dataelement,the

actualvalueof%subject%ismergedintothee-mailmessagewhenitissent.For

moreinfor

mation,refertotheMergeDataOverviewtopicinthehelp.

Procedure:AssigntheWorkflowEmailTemplate

Youcanuseoneemailtemplateforallworkflownotifications,oryoucanusea

differente

mailtemplateforeachworkflowthatyoucreate.Forexample,ifyou

haveapur

chaserequisitionworkflow,youmaywanttouseanemailtemplate

thatwasw

rittenspecificallyforpurchaserequisitions.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

33/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-65

S

pecifythedefaultemailtemplate

Completethefollowingproceduretospecifythedefaultemailtemplatethatwill

be

usedtogenerateworkflownotificationsthatdo

nothaveanassociatedemail

template.Forexample,ifyoudidnotselectanem

ailtemplatewhenyoucreated

thepurchaserequisitionworkflow,thedefaultem

ailtemplatewillbeused.

1.OpenOrganizationadministration>Setup>Workflow>

Workflowparameters.

FIGURE5.17WORKFLOWPARAMETER

SFORM

2.Selectanemailtemplatefromthelist.

3.ClickClosetosaveyourchanges.

S

pecifyanemailtemplateforeachwo

rkflow

Youcanuseadifferentemailtemplateforeachw

orkflowyoucreate.For

ex

ample,ifyouhaveapurchaserequisitionworkflow,youcanuseanemail

templatethatiswrittenspecificallyforpurchaserequisitions.

Procedure:CreateaWorkItem

Que

ueGroups

A

workitemqueuegroupisacollectionofqueuescontainingdocumentsthatare

pa

rtoftheworkflowsystem.Forexample,ifyou

haveanexpensereportqueue

foreachorganization,youcanaddallofthequeuestoonegroup,sothatyoucan

easilymanagethem.


2012

5-66

Tocreateaqueuegroup,completethefollowingprocedure.

1.

OpenOrganizationadministration>Setup

>Workflow>Work

itemqueuegroups.

FIGURE5.18WORKITEMQUEUEGROUP

2.

ClickNew.

3.

IntheNamefield,enteranameforthequeue

group.

4.

IntheDescriptionfield,enteradescriptiontohelpyouidentifythe

queuegroup.

Procedure:AddorRemoveQueuestoaWorkItemQueue

Group

Toaddor

removeaqueuefromthegroup,completethefollowingprocedure.

1.

OpenOrganizationadministration>Setup

>Workflow>Work

itemqueuegroups.

2.

Selectthegroupyouwanttoaddqueuesto,o

rremovequeuesfrom.

3.

Toaddaqueuetothegroup,selectthequeue

intheAvailablework

itemqueueslistandthenclickthearrowtomoveitintothe

Selectedworkitemqueueslist.

4.

Toremoveaqueuefromthegroup,selectthe

queueintheSelected

workitemqueueslistandthenclickthearrowtomoveitintothe

Availableworkitemqueueslist.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

34/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

35/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

36/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-71

5.IntheCreateanewworkitemassig

nmentruleformthatappears,

dothefollowing:

a.IntheNamefield,enteranamefortheassignmentrule.

b.IntheDescriptionfield,enterab

riefdescriptiontohelpyou

identifytherule.

c.IntheQueuenamefield,selecta

queue.Documentsthatmeet

thespecifiedconditionsoftherulewillbesenttothisqueue.

d.ClickCreateruletocreatetheru

le.

6.Tospecifytheconditionsunderwhichthisruleapplies,dothe

following:

a.Selecttheruleintheleftpaneoftheform.

b.ExpandtheConditionstab,andclickAddcondition.

c.Enteracondition.

d.Enteradditionalconditions,ifnecessary.

7.Tospecifywhenthisruleisevaluated

,selecttheMoveuporMove

downbuttons.


2012

5-72

Lab5.2-CreateaW

orkItemQueue

Thislabdemonstrateshowtocreateaworkitemqueue,opentheworkflow

editor,and

howtomodifyaworkflowtousetheworkitemqueue.

Scenario

Inga,theP

urchasingManager,wantstosetupaworkitem

queuethatwill

containtasksfornon-catalogrequisitionssubmitted.Ingasteamisresponsible

forrealizingbettercostsavingsandenforcescompliancewithcorporatequality

standards.

Ingahasprivilegestocreate,updatequeuesandtotakeworkflowactionson

requisition

sandalsotoview,updateandcreaterequisitionsinuser-definedlegal

entities.

Aliciaand

LisaarevalidMicrosoftDynamicsAXusersw

hoareauthorizedto

takeworkflowactionsonrequisitionsandcanview,andu

pdaterequisitions.

Challen

geYourself!

Usetheinformationthatisprovidedtocreateaworkitem

queueandmodifythe

Automaticpurchaserequisitionapprovalworkflowtousethenewworkitem

queue.Wh

enyouarefinished,createandsubmitapurcha

serequisitionand

verifythat

thepurchaserequisitionappearsinthenewwo

rkitemqueue.

Needa

LittleHelp?

CreateanewworkitemqueueoftypeRequisition.

SelecttheAutomaticpurchaserequisitiona

pprovalworkflow.

ModifytheAssign-topropertytousethewor

kitemqueuecreatedin

step1.

Createanewpurchaserequisitionunder

Procurementandsourcing>Common>Purchaserequisitions>

Allpurchaserequisitions.

UsethebusinessjustificationreasonGeneral.

Selectitemnumber1003,andthensaveands

ubmitthepurchase

requisition.

OpentheWorkitemqueueformandverifythepurchaserequisition

iswaitingforreview.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

37/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

38/40

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

39/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-77

Summary

MicrosoftDynamicsAX2009introducedworkflow,andnowMicrosoft

DynamicsAX2012hasaddedseveralimprovementstoworkflow:

WorkflowisnowhostedintheAOS.

Agraphicalworkfloweditorisnowa

vailable.

Improvementstoworkflowflowandassignment.

Workflowperformanceanalysisreportingisnowavailable.

Th

ereareseveraldifferenttypesofworkflowelem

entsthatcanbeaddedtoa

workflow.Eachtypeelementrequiresdifferentpropertiestobespecified.The

workflowelementsinclude:

Tasks

Approvalprocess

Line-itemelements

Flow-controlelements

MicrosoftDynamicsAX2012providesapproxim

ately60workflowstypesthat

areorganizedineachmodule.Someworkflowsty

pesarerequiredinordertouse

certainfeaturesofthesystem;whileotherareoptional.

Th

erequiredandoptionalsetupstepsforusingw

orkflowwerereviewedinthis

ch

apter.Inadditiontheworkflowreportsandinquirieswerediscussed.


2012

5-78

TestYourKnowledg

e

Testyourknowledgewiththefollowingquestions.

1.Which

system-widefeaturesaresupportedinworkflo

w?(Selectallthat

apply)()Financialdimension

()Organizationmodel

()Security

()Relationaldatabase

2.Match

theworkflowfeaturestotheirdescriptions

_____1.

Advanced

flowcontrols

_____2.

Linelevel

workflow

_____3.

Workitem

queue

_____4.

AOShosting

_____5.

Graphical

workflow

editor

a.Canvasbaseddrag-and

-dropinterfacefor

creatingworkflows.

b.Groupofusersthatwo

rkflowtaskscanbe

assignedto.

c.Workflowprocessesru

natthelinelevel

ratherthanattheheader.

d.Workflowmovedfrom

theIIStotheAOS.

e.Controlstoallowforb

ranchinganddecision-

makingwithinworkflo

ws.

3.Which

toolisusedtofindthestatusofanindividualworkflow?

()Workflowhistory

()Workflowtasklist

()Performance

()Batchjobhistory

4.Whataretheadvantagesofmovingworkflowfromth

eIIStotheAOS?

(Selectallthatapply)

()Simplifiedsetup.

()Multi-threading.

()64-bitsupport.

()Fewercomponentstobreakinproduction.

5.WhatdoworkflowPerformanceAnalysisReportsme

asure?(Selectallthat

apply)()Howmuchworkisdoneusingtheworkflow.

()Howmanyworkflowsaresetup.

()Howmuchtimeisspenttoperformthebusinesstasksthatcomprise

theworkflow.

()Howlongworkflowcodetakestorun.

8/9/2019 AX2012_ENUS_IMP_05.pdf

40/40

Chapter5:Workflow

5-79

QuickInteraction:LessonsLearned

Ta

keamomentandwritedownthreekeypointsy

ouhavelearnedfromthis

ch

apter

1.2.3.


5-80

Solutions

TestYo

urKnowledge

1.Which

system-widefeaturesaresupportedinworkflo

apply)(

)Financialdimension

(

)Organizationmodel

(

)Security

(

)Relationaldatabase

2.Match

theworkflowfeaturestotheirdescriptions

e1.A

dvancedflow

controls

c2.Linelevel

workflow

b3.W

orkitem

queue

d4.A

OShosting

a5.G

raphical

workflow

editor

a.Canvasbaseddrag-and-

creatingworkflows.

b.Groupofusersthatwor

assignedto.

c.Workflowprocessesrun

thanattheheader.

d.Workflowmovedfrom

e.Controlstoallowforbr

makingwithinworkflow

3.Which

toolisusedtofindthestatusofanindividualw

()Workflowhistory

()Workflowtasklist

()Performance

()Batchjobhistory

4.Whataretheadvantagesofmovingworkflowfromth

(Selectallthatapply)

(

)Simplifiedsetup.

()Multi-threading.

()64-bitsupport.

(

)Fewercomponentstobreakinproduction.

5.WhatdoworkflowPerformanceAnalysisReportsme

apply)(

)Howmuchworkisdoneusingtheworkflow.

()Howmanyworkflowsaresetup.

(

)Howmuchtimeisspenttoperformthebusine

theworkflow.

()Howlongworkflowcodetakestorun.