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To put our new condition into effect, we'll need to add a System participant. System participants are used when an automated task which does not involve human interaction is required. Emails being automatically sent out automatically is an example.
An important point to note, however, is that System participants use tools for their tasks instead of activities which regular participants use.
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1. On the Otherwise transition: creating a new transition to carry the condition supervisorApproval=='no' is an option, but one that does not fall in line with best practices. By using the Otherwise transition instead, we can be sure that all eventualities are covered and that the process will not get stuck midway.
2. Note also in In the final decision route that : the expression
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hodApproval=='yes' |
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There is a Process Guide at the bottom left-hand corner of Workflow Designer that analyzes your process on the fly for critical or warning items, on the fly. Pay attention when there are red crosses. They point out errors in your workflow that may likely cause your deployment to fail.
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To include a start and end bubble, you can either drag-and-drop them onto your process and join them to the proceeding and from the preceding activities, respectively, by manually adding transitions, ; or you can simply click on the "Insert missing start and end bubbles" icon.
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One thing to note is that your workflow designer Workflow Designer can run as a client. This means you can save drafts of your processes to your localhost and amend them any time until you are satisfied that they are ready for production.
When a process is ready for deployment, select Deploy from the File menu option, or update it if the process has previously been deployed.
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