Executing Workflows for Business Rules

You should assign a workflow to the business rule catalog before creating business rules under it. The workflow assigned to the business rule catalog is applicable to all the business rules created under it.

A workflow has different stages and each stage is assigned to different roles. The users with the assigned roles receive the work queue notifications as the object moves across the stages. They can enter relevant comments while moving the object to the next stage.

Executing workflows involves:

  1. Receiving workflow queue notifications
  2. Examining and moving the business rules to the next stage

Once the workflow is assigned to the business rule, it can be executed via the Workflow Queue.

To execute workflows for business rules, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Application Menu > Data Literacy > Business Glossary Manager.

  2. Click .

    3. The available options appear.

  3. Click My Workflow Queue.

    4. The My Workflow Queue page appears. It displays workflow queues.

    You can search the object by entering any of the fields namely, Object Path, Object Name, Status Title, and Object Description and clicking .

  4. Click the <Object Name> appearing as a hyperlink.

    5. The <Business_Rule> page appears.

  5. Click the Workflow Status drop down.

    6. The available options appear. These options depend on the stages of the assigned workflow.

  6. Click Send To - <Next_Stage> to move the object to the next stage of the workflow.

    7. The Workflow Change Description page appears.

  7. Enter change description comments.
  8. Click Save & Send.

    9. The workflow status is updated to the <Title_Status> of next stage and the users with the assigned roles receive the work queue notification.

    Each stage in the workflow is assigned to different roles. For example, if the Draft stage in the workflow was assigned to Mapping Admin role then, the users with the Mapping Admin role receive the work queue notification.

    As the object moves through different stages, you can view the workflow log to see its workflow status. For more information on viewing the workflow logs of business rules, refer to the Viewing Workflow Logs topic.

    A business rule can be moved to different stages and finally, it can be published.