Oracle Workflow : Oracle Workflow Introduction

  Oracle workflow is complete workflow management system that facilities business process re engineering  Oracle workflow automatically process information and route from one place to other according business rules, you can easily change to any person inside or outside enterprise.

 Components of oracle workflow

1. Workflow Builder
2. Workflow Definition Loader
3. Workflow Notification system
4. Workflow engine.
5. workflow monitor.
6. Workflow Directory Services.

Oracle Workflow builder is graphical tool which help to design oracle workflow

Workflow Definition Loader is utility which help download and upload workflow definition between database and flat files.

Workflow notification  system handle send and receive response notification 

Workflow engine embedded in E-business Suite and it helps to monitors workflow status and coordinates  routing activities of process. 

        Workflow 

1. Attributes             =>  It is variable of oracle workflow
2. Process               ==>  Business process is combination activities
3. Notifications         =>  Define notification
4. functions              ==> PL\SQL functions
5. events                  ==>  Trigger
6. messages             ==> Define message for notifications
7. Lookup types        ==>  It is used display button in notification and list of values

  What are the item type attributes available in workflow?

          -Text

          -Number

          -Date

          -Lookup 

          -Form

          -URL

          -Document

          -Role

          -Attribute

        Oracle Workflow builder access level should be 100 for customization any workflow 

             Version 2.6.3.5

Access  level  : 100

Check box  which allowed modification of customized objects

I will explain about check box and access level  in next chapter.