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Managing Workflow Roles

Managing Workflow Roles

The Workflow Role Profiles page lists workflow roles currently defined in the namespace. To display this page:

Select Interoperability > Manage > Workflow > Workflow Roles.

On this page, you can do the following:

  • Edit the details of a role. To do so, click a role in the table. Edit the following details on the right:

    • Name — The role name. This is identical to the configured Name of the corresponding workflow operation in the production. See Defining Workflows.

    • Description — A descriptive name for the workflow role.

    • Capacity — The maximum number of active tasks a workflow role is expected to have. This number is used in calculating performance metrics. The default is 100.

    Then click Save.

  • Add a user to a role. To do so, click a role in the table. Then click Add.

    Provide the following details:

    • Username — Select a workflow user. The system lists all the user IDs that have been configured as workflow users; see the next topic.

    • Rank — Optionally select an integer to indicate the ordinal rank of the user within this role. This value can affect task distribution. For example, you could use 1 for the more senior members of the role and 2 for the other members.

    • Title — Optionally specify a string that clarifies the user’s job position. This value can affect task distribution. For example, a user can be designated as the “manager” of a workflow role.

    Then click OK.

  • Remove a user from a role. To do so, click a role in the table and then click the lower Remove button (next to Add).

    Then select a user and click OK.

  • See the users currently in this role. To do so, click a role in the table and then click Users. The system displays a table of users in a dialog box.

  • See the tasks currently associated with or assigned to users in this role. To do so, click a role in the table and then click Tasks. The system displays a table of tasks in a dialog box.

  • Remove a role. To do so, click a role in the table and then click the upper Remove button (next to Save). Click OK to confirm.

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