Submit your flow definition

About this task

Until you submit a flow definition, Process Manager is not aware of it. Submitting a flow definition places it under the control of Process Manager. Once a flow definition is submitted, Process Manager determines when the flow is to run, and triggers it as appropriate.

When you have completed defining your flow, it is recommended that you save the flow before you submit it.

You can optionally submit your flow with versioning comments, which makes it easier to track different versions of the flow.

Procedure

Results

When the flow is submitted successfully, you will receive a confirmation message with the version number of the flow. New flows are submitted as version 1.0.

What to do next

After submitting the flow to Process Manager, it is not published by default. To publish a flow, run the Flow Manager as an administrator, right-click the flow, and select Publish. To unpublish the flow, right-click the published flow and select Unpublish.

Submit your flow without version comments

Procedure

In the flow editor, select the flow definition that you want to submit.
From the Action menu, select Submit.
If the flow editor displays a Flow exists dialog, specify the method of flow submission.
- To assign the flow as a new version, click Update.
  
  The new flow exists as a new version of the existing flow.
- To assign the flow as a duplicate, click Duplicate.
  
  The new flow exists as a separate, independent flow.
Note:
If you delete a flow, then later add a flow with the same name as the deleted flow, the new flow is treated as a new flow rather than a new version of the previous flow.

Submit your flow with version comments

Procedure

In the flow editor, select the flow definition that you want to submit.
From the Action menu, select Submit with comment....
The Set Comments window displays.
In the Comments for the flow field, specify the comments for the flow version.
Click OK to submit the flow.
If there is a flow with the same name, the flow editor displays a Flow exists dialog.
If the flow editor displays a Flow exists dialog, specify the method of flow submission.
- To assign the flow as a new version, click Update.
  
  The new flow exists as a new version of the existing flow.
- To assign the flow as a duplicate, click Duplicate.
  
  The new flow exists as a separate, independent flow.
Note:
If you delete a flow, then later add a flow with the same name as the deleted flow, the new flow is treated as a new flow rather than a new version of the previous flow.