Introduction

What is a workflow?

The official definition of "workflow" from the Oxford Dictionary is "the sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion".

Simply put, a workflow is a sequence of tasks through which work goes from start to finish. It could be an administrative process such as approving leave, an assessment process involving the collection and assessment of risk data, a response procedure for responding to a cyber-security incident, and so on. All work involves some type of workflow.

In Workflow86 terminology, a workflow is comprised of ➡ components linked together with ➡ connections. Each component performs a task, and then passes on data via a connection to other components.

Creating a new workflow

To create a new workflow, click the New Workflow button

This will then open a new blank workflow

Change workflow icon

You can set and change the icon for a workflow by clicking the settings button and then Change Icon

You can then select an icon from the icon picker

Deleting a workflow

To delete a workflow, click the settings button and then delete Delete Workflow. To confirm you want to delete the workflow, type in "permanently delete".

warning

Once a workflow is deleted, it may not be possible to recover it. Make sure you want to permanently delete a workflow before deleting it.