Summary
In this chapter, you learned the following:
A workflow is a business process and Alfresco embeds the Activiti workflow engine to execute advanced workflows.
Business process definitions can be created using a text editor or the Activiti Designer.
Logic can be added to workflows using expressions, JavaScript, and Java.
Workflows are well suited to long-running processes and can include asynchronous steps triggered by external programs. In the example, you used the ActivitiRuntimeService, Alfresco web scripts, and actions to implement a process involving non-Alfresco users via e-mail.
Timers can be added to a process using relative or absolute dates. Alfresco's workflow console and Activiti Explorer are handy debugging tools.
Alfresco's simple workflows are configurable by end users but aren't as powerful or flexible as advanced workflows.
When setting up an advanced workflow for the first time, there are a lot of steps involved because you have to do all the work from mapping the process...
