Workflow Transitions

Management > Workflow > Workflows: Add > Insert Transition

Management > Workflow > <Workflow name> > Launch Workflow Editor: Insert Transition

Transitions are the connections between workflow steps. They control the overall progress of the workflow. There is no limit to the number of transitions you can draw going into a step or out of a human step. Each automatic step has a predetermined number of transitions that can go out of it.

Use transitions to give users choices when Human steps are completed. For example, if one user is reviewing a translation, you can give that user the option of returning the task to the translator for corrections, or approve the translation and move the workflow along.

When you draw a transition in the Workflow Editor, WorldServer checks rules and return values and does not allow you to save a workflow if there are errors in transitions between workflow steps. Automatic steps, for example, have a set number of return values. You must draw one transition for each return value from the step. Human steps require text to correlate with the transition.

To create a transition

In the Workflow Editor, click the transition button or choose Insert > Transition .
Drag a line from the earlier step to the later step.
Choose a name for the transition and, if applicable, chose a transition order.

Use transition order when a step can proceed in more than one possible direction. For example, a review step that can proceed to Finish if the translation is accepted, or can return to the Translate step if the translation is rejected. This transition order determines the order in which the next steps appear in the Complete Task dialog box.