After creating a workflow process and adding states, you can add additional actions to these states, such as Delete or Edit, and add transition actions to connect the new state to existing states in your diagram.
The workflow diagram can be used to do the following:
A transition is really just a special kind of action. So, the Add Workflow Action dialog box is used to create both transition actions and regular actions.
When you create a transition, you specify an action name and a next state. This creates a transition action.
When you create a new action, you specify an action name and an action type, by selecting from the options in the dialog box. For more information on action types, see Workflow Action Types.
To add an action
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For a transition action, identify the state in the Next state box to which you want to connect.
You can add events to an action and change the names for the action and its procedures. Actions are represented in the diagram by lines. Select a line to modify its properties.
To modify an existing action
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Change the name of the action | Modify the name in the Name box |
Change the validation or action script procedure | Click the drop-down list under these events |
If your offline publication uses the table that has a workflow process applied, you usually want to make it possible for the actions to work while offline as well.
Caution Because a user who is working offline is likely to be the offline database owner (dbo) on the offline computer, only enable this option for actions and script you want the user to see.
To specify whether an action can be performed offline