This topic deals with common business scenarios that can be addressed using Miscellaneous Actions

A set of scenarios for each Miscellaneous Action is described in the following sections:

• Synchronize Action Scenarios
• RedirectionOn—RedirectionOff Action Scenarios

Description: This section describes a scenario where the Synchronize action can be applied. It describes the Properties setting for this scenario.

(i) How to synchronize the execution of two workflow execution paths

Case: Synchronizing the execution of two workflow execution paths is possible by using the Synchronize action in the workflow design. If the Synchronization action is used in parallel actions, the workflow will wait for all the actions to get completed before resuming the next set of actions.

Property Setting:

1. Create a workflow with Approval and Checklist actions in parallel paths.
2. Add a Synchronize action and link both the parallel actions with it for different conditions like "Approved" or "Rejected" for the Approval action and "Action Completed" for the Checklist action.
3. Add an Information action and link the Synchronize action with it.
4. Set "To" property for all the actions mentioned above.
5. When the workflow is executed, the Information action will be executed only if all the actions that come to the Synchronize action get completed.

Description: This section describes a set of scenarios where the Redirection On and Redirection Off actions can be applied. It describes the Properties setting for each scenario.

(i) How to give Synchronous User Experience to the Users

Case: Setting up the workflow to redirect the user to a URL on execution of workflow actions to give them a synchronous user experience.

Property Setting:

1. Enabling the redirection functionality is achieved either by using the RedirectionOn action or setting the "Start Redirection" property of the Start Action to "Yes".
2. Set the "Redirection Url" property of the resource actions in the workflow to the desired path.
3. During workflow exection, when the user takes a decision or required action in his/her activity list, instead of showing the same page, the engine will redirect to page pointed to by the Redirection URL mentioned in the corresponding resource action.
4. Disabling the Redirection functionality is possible by linking "RedirectionOff" action to any action.

(ii) How to Setup Redirection URLs for the User

Case: Assigning URLs to which resource actions will redirect to when users act on the actions, e.g., User approves or rejects in the case of an Approval action.

Property Setting:

1. Set the "Redirection Url" property of the resource actions in the workflow to the desired path by specifying variables or contents that contain the URL or simply by typing the value in the text box in the property window.

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