Once a workflow process has been successfully simulated and tested, we can publish it by setting its status to Completed. Before the Siebel application can access the workflow process, we must also activate it by copying its definition to so-called runtime tables in the Siebel database.
Siebel Tools provides the functionality to accomplish these tasks. In addition, we will discuss the administrative views in the Administration - Business Process screen of the Siebel Web Client, which allow us to manage workflow processes.
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It is not necessary, or even possible, to compile Siebel Workflow processes. Because they are not part of the SRF file, it is easier and faster to deploy modified or new workflow processes without server downtime.
The following diagram illustrates the steps of publishing, activating, and deploying workflow processes:
From the preceding diagram we can learn the following:
(1): Developers use the Publish...