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Nodes Area

You see the following nodes on the Workflow Designer application:

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Node Type

Icon

Description

1

Default State

Nodes Area-Icon-Default State

Use this node to represent a state wherein the user can fill data and move the model to next state.

2

Start State

Nodes Area-Icon-Start State

Use this node to represent the beginning of a model. This node should be the root node of a model.

3

Stop State

Nodes Area-Icon-Stop State

Use this node to represent the end of a model. This node should be placed at the end of a model.

4

AND State

Nodes Area-Icon-AND State

Use this node to represent AND conditional state.

5

OR State

Nodes Area-Icon-OR State

Use this node to represent OR conditional state.

6

Escalation State

Nodes Area-Icon-Escalation State

Use this node to represent an escalation state.

7

Notification State

Nodes Area-Icon-Notification State

Use this node to represent a state wherein a user can decide which operation to be performed on the model. The operations can be Accept-Reject or Yes-No. Typically, a model will have two paths after this state. Based on user's selection of an operation, the model moves along either of the available paths.

8

Conditional State

Nodes Area-Icon-Conditional State

Use this node to represent a conditional state. A model moves to the next state without user's intervention based on the conditions defined in this state.

9

Operation

Nodes Area-Icon 9-Operation State

This node represents an operation. Use this as a connector for linking nodes.

10

Workflow Type

Nodes Area-Icon-Workflow Type State

This node represents a workflow. Drop this node first on the work area, and then drill down to add workflow states and operations.

11

Loop Node

Nodes Area-Icon-Loop Node

This node represents a loop. Drop this node only after the Conditional State node. For more information on Loop node, refer to Conditional State node properties in the topic Properties of Nodes in Nodes Area.

12

Workflow Start

Nodes Area-Icon-Workflow Start

Use this node to represent the beginning of a Workflow containing sub-workflow & also used to represent the beginning of a Sub- Workflow. This node

13

Workflow End

Nodes Area-Icon-Workflow Start

Use this node to represent the end of a Workflow.

14

Self Move State

Nodes Area-Icon-Self Move State

Use this node for moving to next state and sending a notification automatically.

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