NAV 2016 TESTING WORKFLOW

NAV 2016 TESTING WORKFLOW  

… IS NOT A GUIDE !!!  … only some tests about this GREAT feature ! 

Some Workflow definitions directly from “Microsoft”:

WORKFLOW SCOPE\PURPOSE

  • “…. Workflow enable you to model real-life business processes
  • Workflow is defined as the movement of documents or task through a work process
  • Adopting workflow as a developer requires a move from functional code to “When-Then” thinking ….

MY SIMPLE AND LIMITED NAV 2016 WORKFLOW & NOTIFICATION SCHEMA MENTAL FLOW

NAV 2016 WORKFLOW NEW

WORKFLOW “TOPICS”

  • Topics are: Workflow Templates & Designer, Workflow Model & Architecture, Approval & Notification Model, Workflow User Group

Events, Responses, Workflows & Templates

Event & Response

  • Event: a NAV event subscription or action, implemented in C/AL and registered in Workflow library
  • Response: implementation in C/AL of a response

Workflow:

  • Workflow: a collection of one or more events/response pairs, designed and managed through the Workflow Designer
  • Workflow Template: A mechanism to deliver workflow processes to a NAV System

Event: IS NOT a workflow (is an event of Workflow…)

      • Workflow offer a higher degree of configurability and are managed by workflow designer
  • Event is not multi steps operation

Workflow Response Model

    • When Event
  • On Condition
  • Then Response (Multi-line events responses)

WORKFLOW TEMPLATES

  • Workflow template is a “Worflow ready to use” with some different steps
  • You can Copy from an existing workflow to build a new one
  • You can define also new workflow elements (subscribers & responses objects)
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Example of Simple Workflow

  • MS-POAPW à Purchase Order Approval Workflow
  • This Workflow is composed by some Steps (Event, Condition, Response)

SIMPLE WORKFLOW – ITALY screen

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For Each single workflow, you can define:

Events

  • Master or indented event (with level)

Condition

  • Set of simple\complex condition
  • Define an “Entry point”

Responses

  • You can define a single or multi- lines response events for each one-event Worflow line.

Sample of Response Definition   W1 Screen

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Workflow Responses List

  • You can see all existing response events from this list

ITA Screen

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Target Page & Custom Link

  • Is possible to define different options for Workflow Responses; for example is possibile to choose a page or hyperlink instead of standard execution.

Edit Response W1 Screen

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COPY FROM EXISTING TEMPLATE

  • You can create a new workflow copying from an existing and “ready to go” workflow

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NEW WORKFLOW FROM MODEL

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 EXAMPLE OF NEW WORKFLOW: POST_PO (Post Purchase Order)

  • Sample workflow with some sample steps instances
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WORKFLOW EVENTS\RESPONSE COMBINATION

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WORKFLOW EVENTS GERARCHY

  • Matrix for Events\Response mapping
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WORKFLOW TABLES RELATIONS

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CORE WORKFLOW & APPROVAL MANAGEMENT CODEUNITS

  • Codeunit 1501 Workflow Management
  • Codeunit 1502 Workflow Setup
  • Codeunit 1520 Workflow Event Handling
  • Codeunit 1521 Workflow Response Handling

 Main Workflow Functions (Events, Response Model)

  • CreateEventsLibrary()
  • CreateResponsesLibrary()
  • ExecuteResponse()

Approval Management Codeunit ( apart of workflow)

  • Codeunit 1535 Approval Management Codeunit
… IS NOT A GUIDE !!!  … only some tests about this GREAT feature ! 

Read NAV 2016 Help on MSDN (and How Do I Videos) for ALL Information about workflow:

NAV 2016 What’s New !!

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh173994(v=nav.90).aspx

WORKFLOW LANDING PAGE:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn892100(v=nav.90).aspx

How Do I: Create and use Workflow in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc5vmUZ1N10

Walkthrough: Implementing New Workflow Events and Responses

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt574349(v=nav.90).aspx

Walkthrough: Publishing, Raising, and Subcribing to an Event in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt299404(v=nav.90).aspx

What is new in Dynamics NAV 2016- Workflow

This video explores the new Worklfow functionality in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

…..look also on NAV COMMUNITY FORUM ..many topics about this feature.

My Video – Dynamics NAV 2016 Workflow

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