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5.5 Steps
Steps are the basic components of a Template. Every Template must have a Start Step and an End
Step. The Start Step exists by default. You can also add the following types of Steps to a Template:

Manual Step
 Decision Step

Mail Step
 Command Step

Activity Step
 End Step
5.5.1 Start Step
Every workflow template must have one and only one Start step. The transition from a Start step is
always Unconditional.
5.5.2 Manual Steps
This type of step indicates that manual work must be performed. Every manual step in a Template
must be assigned to a Role. The users in that role are notified through a worklist item when an
instantiated workflow process reaches the Manual Step. When a user accepts the worklist item, it is
removed from the queue of the other users in that Role. For more information about worklists and
stepping through a workflow process, see
Section 6.1.1, “Work Item Summary,” on page 147 .
section.
The description of the step should indicate what work needs to be performed. The user is expected to
perform that work and then acknowledge completion.
A Manual Step includes the following attributes:
 Name of step

Role

Variables

Delete
 Add

Description
Variables
The user can also be asked to set one or more variables to appropriate values. Four variable types
can be assigned to manual steps: (1) Integer, (2) Boolean, (3) String and (4) Float. This variable can
be set to an explicit default value during the Step definition, or the user can set the value at run-time
as part of the workflow process. The value can be optional or required.