Defining workstep properties

You can define the properties of each workstep in the Properties view. An Activity workstep’s Properties view has six tabs: General, Description, Fields, Collaboration, Alerts and Advanced tab. For more information on setting workstep properties, see Setting workstep properties.

Table 64. Workstep Properties
Workstep	Description
Request	This is the Start workstep for Approval.
Approve	This workstep is specific to the Manager approving the request. Performer: Manager
Decision	The Decision gateway represents the available paths.
NotifyApprove	This is an Email adapter workstep. The adapter sends an e-mail to the specified recipient, which in this case is the Requester. The e-mail notifies the requester regarding the manager’s decision to approve the request. Note that the performer is an external performer. Performer: common.externalperformers.Emailer: sendMail
NotifyReject	This is an Email adapter workstep. The adapter sends an e-mail to the specified recipient, which in this case is the Requester. The e-mail notifies the requester regarding the manager’s decision to reject the request. Note that the performer is an external performer. Performer: common.externalperformers.Emailer: sendMail
Or-Join	This connects two different flow paths from NotifyApprove and NotifyReject worksteps to the End workstep.
End	This is the final workstep. No attributes are attached to this workstep in particular.