In this chapter, you learned:
A workflow is a business process and Alfresco embeds the JBoss jBPM workflow engine to execute advanced workflows.
Business process definitions can be created using a text editor or the JBoss Graphical Process Designer (GPD).
Logic can be added to workflows using Beanshell expressions, JavaScript, and Java.
Workflows are well suited to long-running processes and can include asynchronous steps triggered by external programs. In the example, you used the Workflow Service, Alfresco web scripts, and actions to implement a process involving non-Alfresco users via email.
Timers can be added to a process using relative or absolute dates. Alfresco's workflow console is a handy debugging tool.
Alfresco's basic workflows are configurable by end users but aren't as powerful or flexible as advanced workflows.
When setting up an advanced workflow for the first time, there are a lot of steps involved because you have to do all the work from mapping the process to custom...