Part 2: Advanced Workflow Design Techniques The Nuxeo Platform has an integrated workflow engine with a full-featured workflow designer to help you define custom workflows that model your business processes. This series of two webinars will give a complete functional overview of workflow design in the Nuxeo Platform. Join Alain Escaffre, Director of Product Management, for this live webinar with a demo and Q&A to find out how the workflow designer works. If you’d like to play first, you can download the Nuxeo Platform and register for a free 30-day trial of Nuxeo Studio. The first webinar offers an introduction to workflow design for the Nuxeo Platform.

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Content Management Platform
For Business Applications
Designing Workflows for the
Nuxeo Platform, Part 2
Alain
Director of Product Management

2. Nuxeo / The Platform
Drive (bi-directional file
synchronization with the
desktop)
Auth. & Identity
Management kit
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Form and
Presentation
Engine
Customizable
Web app
Automation
Client
SDKs:
Java
JavaScript
Python
iOS
Android
Ready-to-integrate features (add-ons) ex:
comparison, quota, invitation
Workflow
Engine
Conversion kit
REST API
WEBDAV
Repository
CMIS
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3. Nuxeo / The Company
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Nuxeo supports customers in creating, building,
maintaining, deploying and operating apps
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Nuxeo covers the full lifecycle of applications:
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Development Environment: Nuxeo IDE (Eclipse), Maven Tooling
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Testing Toolset: Unit, Functional (Sl/WebDriver), Performance
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Application Designer: Nuxeo Studio
Deployment tools: Nuxeo Marketplace, Update Center
We focus on the complete experience for our customers,
not just the software you run
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4. Agenda
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Overview of key advanced workflow features
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Overview of available documentation
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Learn advanced concepts: Complete our Mission
Staffing Workflow
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5. Key Features (Advanced)
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6. Key features (Advanced)
‣ Reassignment
‣ Manual delegation
‣ Workflow Automation
‣ Escalation
‣ Multi-task node
‣ Sub-workflow
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7. Escalation
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‣ Escalation rules bound to a given node
‣ A rule = a name, an automation chain ID and a
condition
‣ Workflow scheduler evaluates rules of all
active nodes
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8. Multi-task node
‣ Create n tasks on one node, one task per
assignee
‣ When each task is closed, the task info (name
of the user, button clicked, comment) is added
to the “TasksInfo” object, available in
automation context on the node
‣ If the node is resumed before each user has
closed the task, respective tasks go to
“canceled” state
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9. Sub-workflow
‣ A specific node that instantiates a new
workflow for the same list of documents,
based on the given workflow model ID
‣ Accepts some parameters for initializing the
global variables of the sub-workflow
‣ Node is active until the sub-workflow is
achieved
‣ Canceling the main workflow will cancel subworkflows
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10. Overview of Existing
Documentation Resources
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11. Workflow Engine
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‣ Link : http://doc.nuxeo.com/x/OwzF
‣ Understand deployment cycle
‣ Understand how the graph is interpreted
‣ Example of escalation rules
‣ Workflow specific variables available in automation
context
‣ Naming Conventions
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12. Studio Designer
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‣ Link : http://doc.nuxeo.com/x/IwGw
‣ Screen by Screen help
‣ Link : http://doc.nuxeo.com/x/IwGw
‣ Simple workflow step-by-step tutorial
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13. Let’s Go!
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14. Studio deployment model
• Configuration tool
• No coding required
• Generates a Bundle
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15. Our Scenario (Same As Part I)
‣ A mission order workflow: a purchase order
is received, document is assigned to the
staffing committee that will then either ask for
more information or assign to someone for
fulfilling the mission.
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16. Implementation
‣ You will learn how to:
1. Make a task reassignable
2. Start a workflow from a button
3. Set up a task reminder
4. Make the workflow move automatically using
escalation and automation
5. Use a sub-workflow
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17. What’s Next?
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Download from
nuxeo.com/download
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Upcoming Webinar
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Building Virtual Navigation
Structures for the Nuxeo
Platform
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For geeks: nuxeo.com/
developers
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Source code:
nuxeo.github.io/
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Documentation:
doc.nuxeo.com
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Questions?
answers.nuxeo.com
Mon, Jan 20
www.nuxeo.com/webinars
Free 30-day trial of
Nuxeo Studio
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18. Thank You!
Alain ESCAFFRE
Director of Product Management
e-mail: aescaffre@nuxeo.com
Follow me: @aescaffre
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