Understanding Workflow in WSS and Office Sharepoint Server 2007.ppt

understandingworkflowinwindowssharepointservices wss andmicrosoftofficesharepointserver2007 off306 tedpattisoninstructor author sharepointmvp agenda windowsworkflowfoundation wf wssintegrationwithwfofficeserversintegrationwithwfcreatingworkflowswiththesharepointdesignercreatingworkflowsandactivitieswithvisualstudiodeployingworkflows motivationforworkflow automatingbusinessprocessesinvolvesworkfloworderprocessinginsuranceclaimsprocessingworkflowveryimportantincontentmanagementfeedbackandmoderationdocumentapprovallifecyclemanagementfordocumentsandrecords windowsworkflowfoundation wf singleworkflowtechnologyforwindowsextensibleframework toolsetbaseplatformformicrosoft isvandcustomersolutionsaframeworkforbuildingworkflowintoapplicationsaframeworktobuildon notanapplicationorserverexposedtodevelopersvia net3 0 encapsulatedlogicforcoordinatingbusinessprocessesprovidesabstractionstomodelrealworldprocessesvaluableformodelinglongrunningandstatefulbehaviorworkflowsinwinwfaredecomposedintoactivities statemachineworkflow sequentialworkflows whatareworkflows modeledasflowchart modeledasstatediagram whatareactivities activitiesarereusablecomponents likeformcontrols modelbasedonactivityproducersandconsumersproducerencapsulateslogicintoreusableblackboxproducerexposesbehaviorthroughpropertiesandeventsconsumerdropsactivityonworkflowdesignerinvisualstudio hostprocess windowsworkflowfoundation wfruntimeengineandservices wfbaseactivitylibrary mycustomworkflow runtimeservices pluggableimplementationswithdefaults persistence communication tracking runtimeengine providesintrinsicbehaviorstoactivities trackinginfrastructure statemanagement workflowexecution dynamicupdate developingworkflowsusingclasses aworkflowcanbedefinedasaclassvisualstudioworkflowdesigningaddscodebehindthescenes importssystem workflow activitiespartialpublicclassmyworkflowinheritssequentialworkflowpublicsubnew mybase new initializecomponent endsubendclasspartialpublicclassmyworkflowremdesignergeneratedprivatesubinitializecomponent me delay1 newsystem workflow activities delayme delay1 id delay1 me delay1 timeoutduration system timespan parse 00 00 05 me activities add me delay1 me id myworkflow endsubprivatewitheventsdelay1assystem workflow activities delayendclass developingworkflowsusingxaml aworkflowcanbedefinedinsideaxmlfilexmlfilewritteninxmlapplicationmarkuplanguage xaml xamlfiledefinesacompositeofparameterizedactivities office2007workflowvision tofacilitateautomatingbusinessprocessesbyattachingbusinesslogictoitemsanddocumentsbyprovidingworkflowcontextandtrackingprogressbyseamlesslyintegratingworkflowintothesharepointuitoprovideuserswithself servicecapabilitiesbyusingsolutionsthatshipwithofficeserversbysupportingbroadrangeofrouting trackingscenariosbylessening eliminatingrequiredinvolvementofitstafftoprovidedeveloperswithanextensibilitypointtobuildwfsolutionsontopofwssv3andofficeservers wssworkflowfundamentals wsssupportsworkflowsonitemsanddocumentswfassociatedwithlist documentlibraryorcontenttypewfcanbestartedandcompletedbyuseractionswfcanbeconfiguredtostartwithoutuseractionwssaddsadimensionofhumanaccountabilityallwssworkflowsareassociatedwithatasklistwssaddsadimensionoftrackingandreportingallwssworkflowsareassociatedwithaworkflowhistorylist background wsstasklists wssprovidesanativetasklisttypewsstasklistsintegratedwithoffice2007applications workflow awareapplications browserfarmandsitecollectionadministrationworkflowinitiation configurationandcompletionoffice2007applications e g word excel powerpoint workflowinitiation configurationandcompletionoutlook2007tasknotificationandtaskcompletionsharepointdesignerwizard basedauthoringandformsintegrationapplicationdeploymentaccessreporting workflowsarerunonitemsanddocumentsworkflowsassociatedwithlist documentliborcontenttypefarm widetabletracksassociationstowftemplates wssworkflowarchitecture workflowtemplatecollection workflowassembly workflowassembly workflowassembly contenttype list documentlibrary farm levelworkflowassociationtable workflowa workflowb workflowc wssapplicationpoolworkerprocess windowsworkflowfoundation workflowhostingwithwss3 0 baseactivitylibrary mycustomwssworkflow runtimeservices customwssimplementations persistence transactions tracking notifications runtimeengine providesintrinsicbehaviorstoactivities wssactivitylibrary messaging roles rules scheduler tracking wsscontentdatabase wsscreatedcomponent workflowstages workflowassociationworkflowinstalledbyfarmadministratoratserverlevelworkflowboundandconfiguredbysitecollectionadministratorworkflowinitiationlaunchedbyusereithermanuallyorautomaticallyworkflowstatususerscanviewstatusofworkflowsonanyitemordocumentworkflowtaskcompletionmanuallytriggersbyuserorautomatedthroughcode associatingaworkflow usingabuilt inmossworkflow demo workflowforms formsareusedfor configuringworkflowsstartingworkflowscompletingtasksaspxformscanbeusedbywssandofficeserversserver sideonlyinfopathforms officeservers serverrenderedbyofficeformsserverofficeclientintegrationwriteonce runserverandclient sameform creatingaworkflowwiththesharepointdesigner developingworkflowwithvisualstudio scenarios newactivities lobworkflowsrulesbasedworkflows e g expensereportsstatemachineworkflows e g retentionpolicycreatingactivitiesforreuseauthoringenvironmentincludes graphicalworkflowdesignercodebehindworkflowsactivityreusedebugging creatinganewworkflowproject mustinstallwssworkflowprojecttemplatesrtmversionofdownloadavailablersn theworkflowdesignerandwsswfs activitiesfromwssactivitylibrary activitiesfromwwfbaselibrary officeactivityexamples taskmanagementcreatetaskcompletetaskontaskchangedeletetaskcannedtasksreviewtaskapprovaltaskclientsidescrubtaskitemupdateitemcopy deleteitemonitemchange documentsendtoofficialfilegetrange xlserver translatedocumentwebsendemailcreatealertvalidateuserrightsrequestpermissionsworkflowworkflowhistoryentryauditentry activitiesarethebu