Assigning Workflows to Environments

After creating, and configuring a workflow, you can assign the workflow to environments in the Metadata Manager.

Before you assign workflows to an environment:

  • Ensure that you choose Metadata Manager as module and Environment as an object while adding the workflow to the folder.
  • Ensure that you assign the workflow to the system before creating the environment.
  • The workflow assigned to a system applies to all the environments under the system.

To assign workflows to environments, follow these steps:

  1. In the Workflow Manager page, select a folder.
    All the workflows in the folder appears.
  2. Hover over a workflow and click .

    3. The Assign Workflow page appears.

  3. Click New Assignment.

    4. The Assign To page appears.

  4. In Assign To field, click .

    5. The Assign Object page appears.

  5. Select a system.

    6. The workflow would apply to all the environments to be created under the system.

  6. Click Select.

    7. The Assign To page re-appears with Assign To field filled.

  7. Select a Status Title from which the workflow starts.

    8. A Status Title is assigned to a stage while creating a stage.

  8. Select an appropriate Roles.
  9. Select the Send Email check box to receive an email notification.
  10. Click Save.

    11. The workflow is assigned to the system.

Once the workflow is assigned successfully to a system in the Metadata Manager, users who are part of the assigned roles will get work queue notifications. For more information, on the execution of workflow via work queue notifications, refer to the Executing Workflows for Environments via Workflow Queue topic.