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• This view has the following panels:
  
  • Left panel: The tree allows navigation to folders and objects. Workflows can be available in any folder in the Workflows sub-folder.
  • Middle panel: The design view allows JS7 - Workflow Instructions to be copied from the tool panel to a workflow by drag & drop. 
  • Right panel: The property editor allows management of instruction properties such as the jobs that are available with a workflow.
• For details of how to design workflows see the JS7 - Workflow Editor.
  
  

Workflows and jobs hold the Title property:

• Title: An explanation of the workflow's or job's purpose. Users who want to reference web sites, can use links in markdown syntax, for example: [web site](https://www.sos-berlin.com). When the workflow or job is displayed in the Workflows view, the link is clickable from workflow's or job's title.

Execution Views for Workflows

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The Workflows View is accessed from the main menu item of the same name:

Explanation:

• The header row provides the summary of orders and related states across all workflows displayed. For explanations about orders states see JS7 - Orders.
• Each row in the right panel displays a number of action shortcuts:
  • and icons allow display of all nodes in a workflows to be expanded and or collapsed.
  •  and  icons allow display of top-level nodes in a workflow to be expanded and or collapsed.
  • icon allows allows an order to be added for immediate or later execution.
  • icon allows navigation of to the Tabular View of the workflow.
  •  icon icon allows navigation of to the Graphical View of the workflow.
• In addition, the  icon opens the action menu, which also contains the above actions.

For jobs in the Workflows view the following options are displayed:

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• The job label is displayed in brackets right to the job name.
  
  

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Graphical View

The graphical view shows JS7 - Workflow Instructions and patterns used, for example, in forking.

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The tabular view provides a concise display of workflow instructions and allows actions similar actions to the graphical view:

• Running orders can be monitored as they pass along the instructions of the workflow.
• New orders can be added.
  
  

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• The tabular view shows the instructions for the selected workflow and any orders that are currently being processed by this the workflow.
• Depending on the order state, operations are available in the order's action menu for cancelling, suspending and resuming orders.
• The lower part of the screenshot shows the execution history and provides access to order logs and task logs.

Operations on Workflows and Jobs

Quick Search

The Quick Search is activated in the Workflows view by clicking the Image Addedicon:

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Based on keyboard input matching workflows are looked up in the inventory:

• Quick Search is case-insensitive.
• Quick Search looks up workflow names independently from folder locations.

The Quick Search displays results from a list like this:

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Users can apply meta characters using the asterix (*) for zero or more characters and the question mark (?) for a single character.

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Clicking one of the resulting hits will navigate directly to the respective workflow.

Filter Operations on Workflows

The Workflows view allows filtering of workflows using the following buttons: 

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• Synchronized: Shows workflows that have been deployed to a Controller and Agent. Such workflows are considered in sync between inventory and Controller.
• Not Synchronized: Shows workflows that are not available with a Controller as they have not been deployed or have been revoked. Orders cannot be added to such workflows.
• Suspended: Shows workflows with the suspended or suspending status status.
• Outstanding: Shows workflows for which an operation to suspend or resume the workflow has been started but is not yet confirmed. For example if an Agent that is assigned a job in the workflow is not reachable then the Controller will instruct the Agent once it successfully connects to the Agent. In between the outstanding status is returned.

Status Operations on Workflows

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