WebLogic Process IntegratorTM
Glossary of Terms
- action
- Atomic unit of business functionality: the
fundamental determinant of workflow behavior.
- workflow expression
- An algebraic expression yielding a result.
- task reroute
- Specification of how tasks assigned to one individual
user are automatically reassigned by the system to another user or role.
- role
- A group of users, defined within an organization.
- organization
- A group of users. Workflow instances run within
the context of an organization.
- task
- Atomic unit of work with which a user interacts
directly. Displayed in the worklist.
- task event
- State transitions in life cycle of a task: CREATION,
ACTIVATION, EXECUTION, MARKED DONE. Each state transition invokes the
corresponding sequence of actions.
- user
- Authorized workflow user, defined externally in a
security realm. Users have permissions and belong to organizations and roles.
- template definition
- Highest level expression of a business process.
Defined as a network of interdependent nodes such as starts, decisions, dones,
events, joins and tasks.
- workflow trigger
- Specification of external circumstances that will
instantiate a workflow whenever those condition arises.
- worklist
- Central locus of activity for a workflow user.
Displays lists of tasks for the user and the roles to which the user belongs.
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