Manage the flow, timing, and logic of a process. These tasks help structure workflows, handle exceptions, and trigger subprocesses.
Workflow control tasks are key components in managing and optimizing business processes. They ensure that workflows are executed efficiently, exceptions are handled appropriately, and subprocesses are triggered as needed. By using these tasks, organizations can streamline operations, reduce errors, and improve overall productivity. Each task plays a specific role in the workflow, contributing to the seamless execution of business processes.
- Start task: Initiate workflows, setting the process in motion.
- Decision task: Evaluate conditions and guide the workflow along different paths based on the results.
- Note task: Add comments or annotations, providing context or instructions for subsequent steps.
- Log Message task: Capture and store information about the workflow execution, which is useful for auditing and troubleshooting.
- Delay task: Introduce pauses in the workflow, either for a set period or until a specific condition is met.
- Subprocess task: Trigger additional workflows within the main process, enabling complex operations to be broken down into manageable parts.
- Foreach task: Iterate over collections of items, applying the same operation to each element.
- Lock task: Ensure that resources aren't accessed simultaneously by multiple processes, preventing conflicts and ensuring data integrity.
- Run Workflow task: Execute predefined workflows, allowing for the reuse of established processes.
- Abort Process task: Stop workflows when certain conditions are met, ensuring that resources aren't wasted on unnecessary operations.