AX1164

User Workflow View command

Use the User Workflow View command (UserWorkflowViewAdapter) to display the Workflow task view in a task pane. Users can see and work with their active workflow tasks.

IMPORTANT: Workflow is a legacy feature that has been replaced by plan file processes in Process Management. Although workflows still work, all future development and enhancements in this area will be made to plan file processes. The Workflow feature is only visible in systems where the system configuration setting EnableLegacyWorkflowEngine is set to True. This should only be the case in older systems that have not yet had the opportunity to migrate their existing workflows to plan file processes.

Can be used in

Task panes

Axiom Software provides a built-in task pane named Workflow which uses this command. By default, the task pane is available to all users via the Everyone role. For more information on the built-in Workflow task pane, see Configuring the Workflow task pane. However, you can also include this command in your custom task panes if desired.

When the User Workflow View command is selected from the Command Library as the shortcut target, it displays as command://UserWorkflowViewAdapter.

Shortcut parameters

This command uses the following shortcut parameters:

Item	Description
Visibility	Determines when the Workflow view control is visible in the task pane: Always show: The control is always displayed, regardless of whether the user has any assigned tasks or whether any workflows are active. You might use this option if you want the user to be able to see that they have no tasks, as opposed to just not having the control display when there are no tasks. Show when system has active workflows: The control is displayed if at least one workflow is active in the system, regardless of whether the user has any assigned tasks in that workflow. You might use this option if you want the user to be able to see that they have no tasks, as opposed to just not having the control display when there are no tasks. Show when user has current assignments (default): The control is displayed only when the user has current tasks for an active workflow.
Allow multi-select	Determines whether users can select multiple workflow tasks in the task pane and complete them in batch. By default, this is enabled. If disabled, then users can only complete one workflow task at a time.

Item

Description

Visibility

Determines when the Workflow view control is visible in the task pane:

Always show: The control is always displayed, regardless of whether the user has any assigned tasks or whether any workflows are active. You might use this option if you want the user to be able to see that they have no tasks, as opposed to just not having the control display when there are no tasks.
Show when system has active workflows: The control is displayed if at least one workflow is active in the system, regardless of whether the user has any assigned tasks in that workflow. You might use this option if you want the user to be able to see that they have no tasks, as opposed to just not having the control display when there are no tasks.
Show when user has current assignments (default): The control is displayed only when the user has current tasks for an active workflow.

Allow multi-select

Determines whether users can select multiple workflow tasks in the task pane and complete them in batch. By default, this is enabled. If disabled, then users can only complete one workflow task at a time.

Visibility

The visibility of items using this command is determined by the Visibility setting in the shortcut parameters.

The task pane setting Show restricted items does not apply in this case. There is no way to force the Workflow view control to remain visible if the configured Visibility setting causes it to be hidden.

Remarks

When you use the Workflow command in a task pane, you may want to select the Display child items inline option for the task pane item. This causes the Workflow view control to display directly within the task pane. If you do not select this option, then the Workflow view control will display as a collapsible section underneath the item's display text.