The thirteenth workflow puts items into a workflow task called “My first task” and then to another workflow. The first step checks whether the affected item is already in this workflow, if not it will be put into the task. The second step puts the items into the task. Once the items are finished in the task, they will move to another workflow at a specific step.

Diagram for example 13

Explanation of the steps example 13

Step	Description
0	Check whether item is already in this workflow.
1	Put the item into the task "My first task". When that task is finished, send the items to a step in another workflow

Product 360 prerequisites for example 13

Product 360 entity	value
Usergroup	Standardusers
Ui Template	Item approve UI
Workflow	Workflow_02

Info

Standarduser is the Identifier of the Usergroup!

StepWorkflow.xml file for example 13

Example 13

<imp:payload xmlns:imp="http://www.informatica.com/schema/ItemMap" contentType="string">
  <workflow>
      <label>Example Workflow 13</label> 
      <identifier>Workflow_13</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 first task</workflowStatus> 
         <description>My first workflow task</description>
         <workflowServiceEndpoint>StepWorkflow-Trigger</workflowServiceEndpoint>	  
         <enterStatus>Always</enterStatus>
         <batchSize>500</batchSize>
         <userType>userGroup</userType>
         <userName>Standardusers</userName>
         <uiTemplate>Item approve UI</uiTemplate>
         <executeDq>Never</executeDq>
         <changeWorkflowLabel>Example Workflow 2</changeWorkflowLabel>
         <changeWorkflowIdentifier>Workflow_02</changeWorkflowIdentifier>
         <changeWorkflowStep>2</changeWorkflowStep>
         <nextStep>ChangeWorkflow-Process</nextStep>
      </step>
  </workflow>
</imp:payload>   

Detailed explanation of the steps

Step 0

This step checks only whether the item is already in this workflow. If not the executed next step is 1. If yes the workflow will end because there is no next step defined.

Key	Value	Description
id	0	Identifier of the step.
entity	Article	Entity container for this workflow.
enterStatus	Never	The circumstances when an item should enter a status (task). In this case never!
batchSize	500	Batch size to use with trigger batching.
dqService	ItemsInWorkflowTasks-Process	This DQ service is an additional bpel inside the StepWorkflow which checks whether the item is already inside this workflow or not.
dqFailStep	STEP:1	The item will be moved to the step with the identifier 1 if the above dq fails.

Step 1

This step moves the items into a task called "My first task". When the items are finished by a user, they will move into "Example Workflow 2" step "2".

Key	Value	Description
id	1	Identifier of the step.
entity	Article	Entity container for this workflow.
workflowStatus	My first task	Status name within the Product 360 workflow. ==> Product 360 task name = [Workflow] - [Status] - [Catalog]
description	My first workflow task	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	Always	The circumstances when an item should enter a status (task). In this case always!
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	Never	The circumstances when a DQ should be run. In this case never!
changeWorkflowLabel	Example Workflow 2	The label of the workflow the item is going to.
changeWorkflowIdentifier	Workflow_02	The identifier of the workflow the item is going to.
changeWorkflowStep	2	The step of the workflow the item is going into.
nextStep	ChangeWorkflow-Process	This process will send the item to another workflow and step based on the 3 previous parameters.