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’  flow palette contains all of the forms you have already created in the Forms tab of the application you are currently editing. These forms are available for you to add as steps of the flow. The palette also contains a new form which lets you create a new form step directly within the flow designer. Additional activity types for flow steps are Summary, http and Email. The purpose of each is described below.

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Previously completed activities in a workflow can be viewed by all users but editing data is only allowed for the user that initiated the flow. For example, if the Summary step is part of a screenflow performed by the same user, editing is allowed when this user clicks on the Details button. Once the flow navigates to a different user, previous steps are rendered read-only and cannot be edited. Refer to Flow Processing Modes for more information.

The Print button is available on Summary steps by default. Refer to Printing Flows for the details.

http Wait Notify

http Wait-Notify is a new type of activity that can be added to a flow. It is configured with a post url. The flow data is posted to this url when the task is executed. A call back url is included in the post. The flow and task are suspended until the receiver posts back.

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When you drag/drop an Email activity into your flow and click on it, a Properties panel displays. The Name,  Pending MessageEditing Activity Properties#PendingMsgPrecondition and Decorator properties work exactly like they do on other types of stepsactivitiesTask Info does not apply to an EMail stepactivity. If you want to set up a History Message you must do so on the step in your flow that the anonymous user is going to see. Note the envelope decorator to identify the Email activity in the flow. 

 Activity Doc Actions work exactly like they do on other types of activities. 

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When you click on the step in your flow that is seen by the anonymous user, a Properties pane displays. Several of these properties, do not apply to a task performed by a non-authenticated person and will have no effect. These properties are: Role List, Role, User, Task Info, CSS class, Precondition, Save Load, Save to Role, and Save to User and . You can customize the button label, history message and select a decorator for this task that will display on the Navigation toolbar.  

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The Task Notification Email  wizard also works exactly like it does on other types of activities except that the default message content is slightly different. It references {task.notify.url} which is the back link URL that the non-authenticated person clicks in the email to perform their step in the workflow. The designer can customize this message however, if you don't include the {task.notify.url} in your email content, the email recipient will never be able to access the task.

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Resetting a Flow with an Email Activity

 Consider a flow with the following navigation: Step 1 is performed by an Employee > Step 2 is an Email activity > Step 3 is performed by an Anonymous user > Step 4 is performed by a manager. 

  • Employee starts flow, email gets sent, the anonymous step is performed and a task is generated for manager.
  • A flow cannot be reset to the Email or Anonymous user step. In this example, only a reset to the employee step is allowed. 
  • The Employee performs the step again and clicks Continue. The Email activity is performed again and another email will go to the anonymous user.

 

 The same behavior applies to a flow with an http activity. 

Searching Tasks with an Email Activity

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