Starter flow rule

A starter flow is a flow that supports creation of a new work item. These are also called starting processes.

You can make a flow rule a starter flow in either of two ways:

Case Type rule

The Starting Process list, on the Processes tab of the Case Type rule form, allows you to select a flow rule in the case type (starter or non-starter) and designate it as a starter flow. When you enter at least one flow rule, the case type rule – not the Creates a new work object? checkbox on the Flow rule's Process tab – defines all the starter flows in the case type. The system disables the checkbox on all Flow rule forms in the case type, and designates flows not in this list as non-starter flows. If you leave this list blank, configure starter flows using the checkbox on the Flow rule form.

You can also create and maintain this list using the case types tree on the Case Designer (> Process & Rules > Case Management).

Flow

The Creates a new work object? checkbox on the Process tab of the Flow form marks a flow rule as a starter flow rule.

A flow rule called or branched to by another flow rule is sometimes called a subprocess. You can view relationships between starter flows and subprocesses with the Process Explorer display. Starter flows appear as a green rectangle ().

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