To Add Nodes to a Workflow Process
2. Create a new node in a process by dragging and dropping a notification, function, or process activity from the navigator tree into the Process window. The activity you drag must belong to the same data store as the process you are dragging it to. You can also choose Create Activity from the right mouse button menu while your cursor is in the Process window to create a new activity node.
Note: If you want to drag an activity into a process, where the activity is in a different data store than the process you are dragging it to, then you must first copy the item type that the activity belongs to into the same data store as the process. Suppose you are modifying a process that is stored in a file called wfexample.wft and you want to add some standard activities into the process that are stored in wfstd.wft. First you need to open both files as data stores in Oracle Workflow Builder, then you need to copy the item type called Standard in wfstd and paste it into the wfexample data store. Now you can drag any standard activity in the wfexample data store into your process.
3. You can also create a new node using the New Activity mouse button menu option. An Activities property page appears for you to select the activity for this node. See: To Define Nodes in a Process.
4. Create an arrow (transition) between two activity nodes by holding down your right mouse button and dragging your mouse from a source activity to destination activity.
5. If the source activity has no result code associated with it, then by default, no label appears on the transition. If you specifically choose to show the label for such a transition, the label <Default> appears. See: To Create and Edit a Transition.
If the source activity has a result code associated with it, then a list of lookup values appears when you attempt to create a transition to the destination activity. Select a value to assign to the transition. You can also select the values <Default> or <Timeout> to define a transition to take if the activity returns a result that does not match the result of any other transition, or if the activity times out, respectively.
You can also drag and drop a lookup code from the navigator tree onto an existing transition in the Process window to change the result of that transition. The lookup code you drag and drop must belong to the same data store and same lookup type as the lookup code you replace.
6. You can select an entire region of a process diagram, containing multiple activity nodes and transitions, and make a copy of the selection by holding down the Control or Shift key as you drag the selection to a new position in the Process window.
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