About This Book

This book explains the operation of the InterSystems IRIS Workflow Engine and describes how to use it to build workflow into an InterSystems IRIS® integration solution.

This book contains the following sections:

• Overview of Workflow within Productions

• Developing a Workflow

• Including Custom Features in a Workflow

• Testing a Workflow

• Exploring the Workflow Sample

• Available Workflow Metrics

For a detailed outline, see the table of contents.

The following books provide related information:

• Best Practices for Creating Productions describes best practices for organizing and developing productions.

• Developing Productions explains how to perform the development tasks related to creating a production.

• Configuring Productions explains how to perform the configuration tasks related to creating a production.

• Managing Productions describes how to use the Interoperability pages of the Management Portal. In particular, see the chapter “Managing Workflow Roles, Users, and Tasks.”