Administering the workflow system
You can use the administration console to search for work items, edit workflow data and properties, and manage workflows. A workflow is one instance of a workflow definition. The workflow definition specifies a series of steps that represent a business process.
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At any particular point in a workflow, a work
item is the work for a workflow step that a particular
step worker performs. A step worker is a workflow
participant or code that processes the work item (such as a component
queue adapter). Multiple work items can concurrently exist
for a workflow for the following reasons:
- A step can be processed by more than one participant.
- Different sections of a complex workflow definition can run in parallel.
You can also use the administration console to view the event log by searching for events. Event logs contain a record of specific system- or workflow-related events for each isolated region. Recorded events include creation of a work item, user log on and log off, when a work item reaches a milestone, and many others.