Custom workflow templates
A custom workflow template is a sequence of required workflow tasks mapping the business process of translating your content. A custom workflow template consists of: tasks, phases, and transitions.
- Prerequisites for creating custom workflow templates
Building a valid custom workflow template should be done after you familiarize yourself with all the elements in this topic, otherwise your efforts can result in workflows which may not fully map to your business process requirements and may not run properly. - Limitations when creating custom workflow templates
This is a list of limitations you should be aware of when creating custom workflow templates. - Creating custom workflow templates
When you create custom workflow templates from scratch, you sequence default and custom tasks in an order that suits your localization needs. If you do not want to create a custom workflow template from scratch, you can reuse (copy) either a default or a custom workflow template to create a brand new custom workflow template. - Rules for sequencing tasks correctly
This section describes in detail the specifics of each task type. The goal of this section is to give you guidelines that you must familiarize yourself with before you start building your own custom workflow templates. Currently, the UI does not validate whether your task sequence is correct, which means that you might end up creating workflows which cannot run or which are not logical. - Editing custom workflow templates
You can edit some of the details of a custom workflow template, depending on their status: DRAFT (everything except Location and the Error phase) or ACTIVE (only task name and task configurations). - Managing transitions in custom workflow templates
You can manage both default transitions (or outcomes) and custom transitions (or outcomes). - Workflow template display mode
When you open a workflow template in view or edit mode, you can switch between 4 display modes: Horizontal, Vertical, Hybrid, and Direct. - Refreshing workflow templates
Refresh the workflow template to benefit from the latest updates in terms of tasks, configurations, and transitions (outcomes). - Creating custom workflow templates from existing ones
You can create custom workflow templates based on existing custom workflow templates, no matter of their status (DRAFT or ACTIVE). You can create custom workflow templates based on default workflow templates or other existing custom workflow templates. You can reuse (copy) either a default or a custom workflow template to create a brand new custom workflow template. - Activating custom workflow templates
You can activate custom workflow templates which have the DRAFT status. You must activate custom workflow templates, so that you can use them to create workflows. The maximum number of custom workflow templates you can activate depends on your subscription. - Deactivating custom workflow templates
You can deactivate the custom workflow templates to free an activation spot for other workflow templates. - Deleting custom workflow templates
You can delete the custom workflow templates which have the DRAFT status. - Examples - custom workflow templates
This topic provides some examples of how you can configure custom workflow templates.