What is a
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Parallel Workflow?
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Parallel Workflows are set up by Administrators. Click here for how. |
A parallel workflow allows you to conduct a document review where 2 or more reviews can happen in parallel to each other. Each of these reviews are independent of each other.
Topics
- How to create a parallel workflow
- Different configuration options
- Parallel workflow in use
- When a Workflow is completed
How to create a parallel workflow
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| You need to be a Publication Space Admin or a Workflow Admin to be able to perform the following steps |
How to add a step in parallel
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If you need to remove a step at any stage please click on the X icon
Configuring when to go to the next step
When 2 steps are added in parallel we need to decide when and how to exit that stage to move on the next step(s) in the workflow
- To configure this click on the diamond (decision) button shown below
- This will let you configure when to move to the next step and will provide you with 2 configurable options
All steps are finished = with this setting - all steps in parallel in a workflow stage need to be completed/finished before moving to the next stage of the workflow
Any step is finished = with this setting - as soon as any of the of the steps in the parallel stage are finished the workflow will move to the next stage/step
Different configuration options
Parallel step sharing
When a workflow has parallel steps iTWOcx allows you to configure what users within these parallel steps are allowed to access (while the workflow is in the parallel stage)
The configurable options are
Do not allow reviewers to see Markup's and comments = reviewers in parallel steps cannot see markup's or comments in the step parallel to them
Allow reviewers in a parallel step to see Markup's and comments = all reviewers in parallel steps can see markup's and comments from the reviewers in the parallel step
Do not allow reviewers to see Design issues, Markup's and comments = stops all reviewers from seeing design review issues, markup's or comments in a parallel step.
Parallel workflow in use
Parallel Workflow in Use
When you are a reviewer of a parallel workflow, the workflow screen will look as shown belowlshow all reviewers.
The parallel steps are shown as below with the step you are a part of shown as Active.
If you have the rights to see what other reviewers are doing in a parallel step you can click on the step name to see the results.
When a Workflow is
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Completed
When the workflow has been completed the summary page will list the verdicts/comments/markup information from the parallel steps as shown below.
