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Scheduler task: Administer Workflow

This task starts or stops a workflow. You can use this task to automatically start or stop a workflow at a specific point in time, including recurring schedules (such as to automatically start a monthly workflow).

IMPORTANT: Workflow is a legacy feature that has been replaced by plan file processes in Process Management.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.

Item	Description
Selected workflow	The workflow to start or stop. Click the Browse button to select the workflow definition file. Workflow definition files are stored in the Workflow subfolder within a file group. Expand the file group and then select the Workflow folder in order to select the workflow definition file. Only administrators can navigate to these files.
Workflow Action	Select the action to take on the workflow: Start Workflow: The workflow will be started. If the workflow is already running, it will be stopped and then restarted unless the option Restart workflow if it is already active is disabled. Stop Workflow: The workflow will be stopped.
Restart workflow if it is already running	Specifies whether the Scheduler task will restart the workflow if it is already active, or if the process will be left as is. Select this option if you want to start the workflow regardless of whether it is already active. The current workflow process will be stopped and a new workflow process will be started. This option is selected by default. Clear this option if you want to leave the existing workflow running. In this case, the Scheduler task will take no action if the workflow is already active.

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Description

Selected workflow

The workflow to start or stop. Click the Browse button to select the workflow definition file.

Workflow definition files are stored in the Workflow subfolder within a file group. Expand the file group and then select the Workflow folder in order to select the workflow definition file. Only administrators can navigate to these files.

Workflow Action

Select the action to take on the workflow:

Start Workflow: The workflow will be started. If the workflow is already running, it will be stopped and then restarted unless the option Restart workflow if it is already active is disabled.
Stop Workflow: The workflow will be stopped.

Restart workflow if it is already running

Specifies whether the Scheduler task will restart the workflow if it is already active, or if the process will be left as is.

Select this option if you want to start the workflow regardless of whether it is already active. The current workflow process will be stopped and a new workflow process will be started. This option is selected by default.
Clear this option if you want to leave the existing workflow running. In this case, the Scheduler task will take no action if the workflow is already active.