Workflow Concepts
The fundamental concept of Advanced Workflows is the automation of front and back-office business processes. Advanced Workflows is a software platform for building, managing, and launching automated tasks within EFT Event Rules. Tasks are developed via drag-and-drop without writing a single line of code. Simply drag together each action object in the sequence it should be executed.
Architecture
Advanced Workflows breaks down business processes into "visual" steps with the use of "actions." Multiple steps combined together are called a "task." Actions are used to instruct Advanced Workflows how to carry out a task. A "trigger" is a condition or event in Windows that essentially directs to execute a task automatically.
Task - The primary and most important object, a task is composed of a series of steps based on actions. Tasks can be designed to any of a very wide spectrum of business processes.
Actions - The available processes that can be used to build the steps to be carried out when a task is run. More than 300 actions are available from which to build tasks. These actions are assembled visually (without the use of code) via drag-and-drop in the Task Builder interface. Each action used to construct the task becomes a step. Upon execution, these steps are performed in a sequential order.
Components
The three main components are as follows:
Task Builder - Used to visually assemble actions into sequential task steps to be carried out. Additionally, the Task Builder is fully equipped with a wide variety of debugging tools to easily examine and troubleshoot problem tasks, eventually ensuring maximum reliability when the task is put into production.
EFT Event Rules - The central tool used to administer and customize all aspects of Advanced Workflows. EFT Event Rules organize tasks, connect to remote installations, and set task properties. In addition, it is used to administer global settings such as the default mail server, default logon properties, database connections, and much more.
Advanced Workflow Action - Launches tasks according to the triggers attached to them.