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How to create a parallel workflow

How to add a step in parallel

1. Go to Publication Space
2. Click on Settings
3. Go to Workflows
4. Click on Add new
5. You will now be on the Workflow editor
6. To add a step click on the + button
7. You will notice now that with 1 step added the + button is shown next to and below the current step
8. If you want to add a parallel step click on the + button next to (on the left of) the existing workflow step
9. You can continue to add as many parallel steps as you require by clicking on the + button

Configuring when to go to the next step 

When a 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

1. To configure this click on the diamond (decision) button shown below
2. 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

Allow reviewers in a parallel step to see Markup's and comments

Do not allow reviewers to see Design issues, Markup's and comments

Parallel workflow in use