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Create a Subjob Activity with Advanced Workflow Rules

Important To set up a subjob using workflow rules, the process map selected as a subjob must not be synchronous, and it must have the AWF_USABLE_RESOURCE variable assigned as an initialization parameter.

A Subjob activity is automatically completed when all the subjobs are completed or the conditions of the advanced workflow rules are met.

To set up a Subjob activity using the workflow rules, take the following steps:

  1. Create a subjob process. For example, create an Approval process to use as a subjob process for the Loan Application process. See Design a basic process map.
  2. Add the AWF_USABLE_RESOURCE system variable to the subjob map. See Add a system variable to a process.
  3. Assign the AWF_USABLE_RESOURCE variable as a process initialization variable.

    This system variable automatically assigns the resources assigned to the Subjob activity to each subjob. The variable then can be used as a dynamic resource allocation variable, as needed in the subjob. See Create process variables.

  4. Create a Subjob activity in the parent map. For example, create the Approval Process activity as shown in the Loan Application example map.
  5. Configure the Subjob activity. See Configure a Create Subjob activity.
  6. Add the resources for the subjob. See Assign Resources to an activity.
    Note When assigning resources to a Subjob activity applying rules, you can only apply the concurrent activity assignment or sequential activity assignment option; the non-concurrent activity (single activity access) assignment does not apply to subjobs.

    If the sequential activity assignment is applied, you cannot expand group resources for Subjob activities.