Workflows

In a business application, a workflow is a sequence of steps or rules applied to a process from its initiation to completion. In Oro applications, workflows organize and direct users’ work, making them follow particular steps in a pre-defined order, or preventing them from performing actions that either contradict or conflict with the logical steps of a process.

A workflow step is a state of an entity record. It is represented by an instance of the Oro\Bundle\WorkflowBundle\Entity\WorkflowStep class. The process of moving an entity from one step to another is called a transition.

This guide explains and illustrates how to create workflows through configuration files, and provides details on workflow components and their translation.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Configuration Reference
• Basic Workflow Configuration
• Transition Forms
• Managing Elements (Actions and Conditions)
• Workflow Translations
• Example of Workflow Configuration

Hint

For information on how to create simple workflows via the user interface (application back-office), see the Workflow Management user guide.