Workflows are defined using templates. Workflow templates are provided out-of-the-box, and additional templates can be defined from the workflow template editor.

The Workflow Process Engine interprets the workflow template and notifies users that they have a task to complete. It also executes the automated activities in the workflow process such as promoting a document through a life cycle, evaluating expressions for routing, or integrating with a third-party solution.

Use the following tools to author, test, deploy, and monitor work within your Windchill solution.

This table provides the following actions:

For more information, see Workflow Templates Table.

You can access the workflow editor from the Workflow Template Administration utility using the following actions:

Use the actions in the editor to define a workflow process that you can save as a template.

For more information, see Workflow Template Editor.

The Workflow Process Administration utility provides a central location for managing and examining the health of running workflow processes and their associated process nodes.

You can use the Workflow Process Administration utility to find and display running workflow processes, view the health of the workflow process, and display warning and error messages.

For more information, see Workflow Process Administration Utility.

The workflow process manager provides a graphical display of the workflow process in the top pane, and the properties of the process and its activities in the lower pane. You can click a node to view its properties in the lower pane:

You can use the process manager to perform the following actions:

For more information, see Workflow Process Manager.