Create Quickflow

In this section, you will learn how to create a Quickflow. As an example, the "Invoke Web API” activity is configured to invoke a web API from the Quickflow.

Prerequisites

• Download and install AVEVA Work Tasks 2023 R3.

• Create a repository.

• Log on to the repository using Administrator credentials.

This section is categorized into:

• Designing a Quickflow

• Publishing and executing a Quickflow

• Viewing the result in the Execution View

To design a Quickflow

1. Log on to the Enterprise Console.

2. In the Enterprise Console, click the Menu button, and then click Workflows.

   The Workflows page appears.

3. On the action bar, click New, and then click Quickflow.

   The New Quickflow wizard appears.

4. In the Title box, type a name for the Quickflow, and in the Description box, type a description for the Quickflow.

5. Select the Persistence checkbox to enable the activity status persistence.

   Note:
   - For a Quickflow with parent and child Quickflows, the activity status persistence depends on the the persistence enabled or disabled for the parent Quickflow and not on the child Quickflow persistence property.
   For example, if the persistence is enabled for parent Quickflow, the activity status will persist even if the child Quickflow has disabled persistence property.
   - If the persistence is enabled, the activity status will not be reflected when the execution time exceeds.

6. Click Save & Continue.

   The Quickflow is created, and gets opened in the Process Designer page.

7. Drag an Invoke Web API activity from the Integration Activities to the design area.

   

8. Right-click Invoke Web API activity, and then click Activity Properties.

   The Activity Properties window appears. 

   

9. Configure the Invoke Web API activity properties.

   1. Enter a Name and Description for the activity. 

      

   2. Click the edit icon under the Configure Web API property.

      The Web API Activity Configuration window appears.

      

   3. You have to configure the Web API to be called. Web APIs are frameworks to build HTTP services for browsers and mobile devices.

      For more information about this activity property, see Invoke Web API: Configure Web API.

10. Click Save in the Web API Activity Configuration window to save all the data entered.

    Your first Quickflow is created.

To Publish and Execute the Quickflow

11. Click Publish from the menu.

    

    A message appears to confirm that the Quickflow is published successfully.

12. Click Close.

    The Process Designer closes and the Workflows list appears. The list now displays one new Quickflow.

13. Right-click on the Quickflow, and then click Publish and Test Run.

    This option publishes the Quickflow and then test runs it.

    The Process execution view appears where you can see the execution status.

    The Start Activity and the Invoke Web API Activity are executed successfully.

    Note:
    - If the Status is "Execution Pending" in the Process execution view window, then click the Refresh button to get the latest status.
    - If the execution time exceeds 10 seconds, the Quickflow fails showing an error.

    The Variable values are not stored in the database and hence will not be available in the Execution view or the Repository.

Note:
- In some pages, you may find that Quickflows are named as Workflows in the Enterprise Console.
- Quickflow with Unsuccessful output is not supported.