Example 4 starts with 2 sequential tasks, after that there are 2 tasks which are running in parallel and after finishing those 2 parallel tasks the last task will start.

Diagram for example 4

Product 360 prerequisites for example 4

Product 360 entity	value
Usergroup	Standardusers
Ui Template	Item approve UI
DQ Channel	Channel 1
DQ Channel	Channel 2
DQ Channel	Channel 3.1
DQ Channel	Channel 3.2
DQ Channel	Channel 4

Explanation of the steps example 4

Step	Description
0	Check whether item is already in this workflow.
1	Run DQ check "Channel 1" if fail ==>put the item into the task "My task 1"
2	Run DQ check "Channel 2" if fail ==>put the item into the task "My task 2"
3.1	Run DQ check "Channel 3.1" if fail ==>put the item into the task "My task 3.1"
3.2	Run DQ check "Channel 3.2" if fail ==>put the item into the task "My task 3.2"
4	Run DQ check "Channel 4" if fail ==>put the item into the task "My task 4"

StepWorkflow.xml file for example 4

Example 4

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<imp:payload xmlns:imp="http://www.informatica.com/schema/ItemMap" contentType="string">
  <workflow>
    <label>Example Workflow 4</label>
    <identifier>Workflow_04</identifier>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <step>
      <id>0</id>
      <entity>Article</entity>
      <enterStatus>Never</enterStatus>
      <batchSize>500</batchSize>
      <executeDq>Always</executeDq>
      <dqService>ItemsInWorkflowTasks-Process</dqService>
      <dqFailStep>STEP:1</dqFailStep>
    </step>
    <step>
      <id>1</id>
      <entity>Article</entity>
      <workflowStatus>My task 1</workflowStatus>
      <description>My task 1</description>
      <workflowServiceEndpoint>StepWorkflow-Trigger</workflowServiceEndpoint>    
      <enterStatus>OnDqResults</enterStatus>
      <batchSize>500</batchSize>
      <userType>userGroup</userType>
      <userName>Standardusers</userName>
      <uiTemplate>Item approve UI</uiTemplate>
      <executeDq>Always</executeDq>
      <dqService>ExecuteDqBatch-Process</dqService>
      <dqChannel>Channel 1</dqChannel>  
      <nextStep>STEP:2</nextStep>
    </step>
    <step>
      <id>2</id>
      <entity>Article</entity>
      <workflowStatus>My task 2</workflowStatus>
      <description>My task 2</description>
      <workflowServiceEndpoint>StepWorkflow-Trigger</workflowServiceEndpoint>    
      <enterStatus>OnDqResults</enterStatus>
      <batchSize>500</batchSize>
      <userType>userGroup</userType>
      <userName>Standardusers</userName>
      <uiTemplate>Item approve UI</uiTemplate>
      <executeDq>Always</executeDq>
      <dqService>ExecuteDqBatch-Process</dqService>
      <dqChannel>Channel 2</dqChannel>
      <nextStep>StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Workflow</nextStep>
      <parallelStep>3.1</parallelStep>
      <parallelStep>3.2</parallelStep>
      <parallelNextStep>4</parallelNextStep>	  
    </step>
    <step>
      <id>3.1</id>
      <entity>Article</entity>
      <workflowStatus>My task 3.1</workflowStatus>
      <description>My task 3.1</description>
      <workflowServiceEndpoint>StepWorkflow-Trigger</workflowServiceEndpoint>
      <enterStatus>OnDqResults</enterStatus>
      <userType>userGroup</userType>
      <userName>Standardusers</userName>
      <uiTemplate>Item approve UI</uiTemplate>
      <executeDq>Always</executeDq>
      <dqService>ExecuteDqBatch-Process</dqService>
      <dqChannel>Channel 3.1</dqChannel>
      <dqFailTrigger>StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Finish-1</dqFailTrigger>
      <nextTrigger>StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Finish-1</nextTrigger>
    </step>	
    <step>
      <id>3.2</id>
      <entity>Article</entity>
      <workflowStatus>My task 3.2</workflowStatus>
      <description>My task 3.2</description>
      <workflowServiceEndpoint>StepWorkflow-Trigger</workflowServiceEndpoint>
      <enterStatus>OnDqResults</enterStatus>
      <userType>userGroup</userType>
      <userName>Standardusers</userName>
      <uiTemplate>Item approve UI</uiTemplate>
      <executeDq>Always</executeDq>
      <dqService>ExecuteDqBatch-Process</dqService>
      <dqChannel>Channel 3.2</dqChannel>
      <dqFailTrigger>StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Finish-2</dqFailTrigger>
      <nextTrigger>StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Finish-2</nextTrigger>
    </step>
    <step>
      <id>4</id>
      <entity>Article</entity>
      <workflowStatus>My task 4</workflowStatus>
      <description>My task 4</description>
      <workflowServiceEndpoint>StepWorkflow-Trigger</workflowServiceEndpoint>    
      <enterStatus>OnDqResults</enterStatus>
      <batchSize>500</batchSize>
      <userType>userGroup</userType>
      <userName>Standardusers</userName>
      <uiTemplate>Item approve UI</uiTemplate>
      <executeDq>Always</executeDq>
      <dqService>ExecuteDqBatch-Process</dqService>
      <dqChannel>Channel 4</dqChannel>  
    </step>	
  </workflow>
</imp:payload>

Detailed explanation of the steps

Only the differences to the previous example will be explained.

Step 0

Step 0 is an exact copy of the step 0 of example 3.

Step 1

Step 1 is an exact copy of the step 1 of example above 3.

Step 2

Step 2 is nearly the same as the step 2 of the example above. Only the differences are shown in the next table.

Key	Value	Description
...	...	Same keys and values than in example 3.
nextStep	StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Workflow	StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Workflow defines that the next steps run in parallel
parallelStep	3.1	Identifier of the first parallel step, the item will be moved to this parallel step. The maximum number of parallel steps is 6.
parallelStep	3.2	Identifier of the second parallel step, the item will be moved also to this parallel step.
parallelNextStep	4	The item will be moved to this step when all parallel steps are finished.

Step 3.1

Key	Value	Description
id	3.1	Identifier of the step.
entity	Article	Entity container for this workflow.
workflowStatus	My task 3.1	Status name within the Product 360 workflow. ==> Product 360 task name = [Workflow] - [Status] - [Catalog]
description	My task 3.1	Description of the status.
workflowServiceEndpoint	StepWorkflow-Trigger	This is the service name of the partner link. This name is defined in the process deployment descriptor of the workflow.
enterStatus	OnDqResults	The circumstances when an item should enter a status (task). In this case only when DQ check will fail!
userType	userGroup	Type of the default assignee of this task. In this case it will be a usergroup.
userName	Standardusers	Name/Identifier of the Default assignee of the task. ==> The item will be assigned to the usergroup "Standardusers".
uiTemplate	Item approve UI	This is the default UI of the task.
executeDq	Always	The circumstances when a DQ should be run. In this case always!
dqService	ExecuteDqBatch-Process	The service name of the process that will be handle the processing of the DQ.
dqChannel	Channel 3.1	Name of the DQ channel which will be executed.
dqFailTrigger	StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Finish-1	This is the service name of the partner link of the parallel tasks. It will be called if DQ fails to ensure that the item will remain in the status (task).
nextTrigger	StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Finish-1	This is another service name of the partner link of the parallel tasks. It will be called if the item will leave this step.

Step 3.2

Step 3.2 is nearly the same as the step 3.1. Only the differences are shown in the next table.

Key	Value	Description
id	3.1	Identifier of the step.
workflowStatus	My task 3.2	Status name within the Product 360 workflow. ==> Product 360 task name = [Workflow] - [Status] - [Catalog]
description	My task 3.2	Description of the status.
dqChannel	Channel 3.2	Name of the DQ channel which will be executed.
dqFailTrigger	StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Finish-2	This is the service name of the partner link of the parallel tasks. It will be called if DQ fails to ensure that the item will remain in the status (task).
nextTrigger	StepWorkflow_ParallelTasks-Finish-2	This is another service name of the partner link of the parallel tasks. It will be called if the item will leave this step.

Step 4

Key	Value	Description
id	4	Identifier of the step.
entity	Article	Entity container for this workflow.
workflowStatus	My task 4	Status name within the Product 360 workflow. ==> Product 360 task name = [Workflow] - [Status] - [Catalog]
description	My task 4	Description of the status.
workflowServiceEndpoint	StepWorkflow-Trigger	This is the service name of the partner link. This name is defined in the process deployment descriptor of the workflow.
enterStatus	OnDqResults	The circumstances when an item should enter a status (task). In this case only when DQ check will fail!
batchSize	500	Batch size to use with trigger batching.
userType	userGroup	Type of the default assignee of this task. In this case it will be a usergroup.
userName	Standardusers	Name/Identifier of the Default assignee of the task. ==> The item will be assigned to the usergroup "Standardusers".
uiTemplate	Item approve UI	This is the default UI of the task.
executeDq	Always	The circumstances when a DQ should be run. In this case always!
dqService	ExecuteDqBatch-Process	The service name of the process that will be handle the processing of the DQ.
dqChannel	Channel 4	Name of the DQ channel which will be executed.